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 GUAR GUM, 2-HYDROXYPROPYL ETHER
CAS # 39421-75-5
RTECS #  
Agent Code X9073

OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION (SIC 13)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
617 MINING OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 7,885

SUBTOTAL 7,885

TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS (SIC 22)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 377
108
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 270
108
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 917
54
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 1,780

796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 324
54
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 324
108
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 54

SUBTOTAL 4,046
432
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (SIC 24)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 167

SUBTOTAL 167

TOTAL 12,098 432
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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