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 TALC, ASBESTOS-FREE
CAS #
RTECS #  
Agent Code X4237

GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS (SIC 15)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 234

869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 1,714
5
SUBTOTAL 1,948
5
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS (SIC 20)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
688 FOOD BATCHMAKERS 7,245
5,175
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 424
131
SUBTOTAL 7,669
5,306
STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS (SIC 32)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
059 ENGINEERS, N.E.C. 18

235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 6

SUBTOTAL 24

PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 627

637 MACHINISTS 672

715 MISCELLANEOUS METAL, PLASTIC, STONE, AND GLASS WORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 90

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 179

796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 73

859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 1,344

SUBTOTAL 2,985

MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 3,399
35
SUBTOTAL 3,399
35
BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 619

SUBTOTAL 619

HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
095 REGISTERED NURSES 1,039
1,039
206 RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS 118
47
447 NURSING AIDES, ORDERLIES, AND ATTENDANTS 394
322
SUBTOTAL 1,551
1,408
TOTAL 18,195 6,754
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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