National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

Estimated Numbers of Employees Potentially Exposed to Specific Agents by Occupation within 2-Digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)*

Agent Name FATTY ACIDS, PALM KERNEL, SODIUM SALTS
CAS # 61789-89-7
RTECS #  
Agent Code X2562

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
704 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,033

706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 1,162

709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 387

769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 258

779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 561
359
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 1,420

889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 31
31
SUBTOTAL 4,852
390
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 377

637 MACHINISTS 377

SUBTOTAL 754

ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 54

SUBTOTAL 54

TOTAL 5,660 390
RELATED PAGES: Estimates by SIC, Estimates by Occupation

*(1) The estimates for each occupation apply only to the 3- and 4-digit SICs surveyed within the 2-digit SIC where the agent was observed. Not all SICs were surveyed, and not all agents were observed in all surveyed SICs. (2) When using the estimates, standard errors associated with estimates should be considered. (3) Potential exposures to a chemical agent are categorized as actual (i.e., the surveyor observed the use of the specific agent) or tradename (i.e., the surveyor observed the use of a tradename product known to contain the specific agent). The estimates presented in the table combine both categories.

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