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 QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS, BIS(HYDROGENATED TALLOW ALKYL)DIMETHYL, CHLORI
CAS # 61789-80-8
RTECS #  
Agent Code X9305

SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS (SIC 17)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
567 CARPENTERS 3,213

595 ROOFERS 7,501

SUBTOTAL 10,714

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS (SIC 20)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 51

759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 26

SUBTOTAL 77

TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS (SIC 22)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
738 WINDING AND TWISTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,874
1,874
SUBTOTAL 1,874
1,874
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (SIC 24)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 546

SUBTOTAL 546

FURNITURE AND FIXTURES (SIC 25)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
658 FURNITURE AND WOOD FINISHERS 672
224
SUBTOTAL 672
224
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 26)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 412

787 HAND MOLDING, CASTING, AND FORMING OCCUPATIONS 687
46
SUBTOTAL 1,099
46
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (SIC 27)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
679 BOOKBINDERS 1,504
882
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,614
546
736 TYPESETTERS AND COMPOSITORS 586

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 462

796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 489
326
SUBTOTAL 5,655
1,754
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 313
313
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 626

754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 89

756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 89

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 715

859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 268

888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 1,789
1,789
SUBTOTAL 3,889
2,102
RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS (SIC 30)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 146

658 FURNITURE AND WOOD FINISHERS 1,167
146
SUBTOTAL 1,313
146
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 72

SUBTOTAL 72

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 181

653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 1,948

723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 136

785 ASSEMBLERS 597

SUBTOTAL 2,862

MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
637 MACHINISTS 453

759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 106
11
785 ASSEMBLERS 566

SUBTOTAL 1,125
11
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 221

579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 24
24
SUBTOTAL 245
24
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
567 CARPENTERS 97

759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 3

785 ASSEMBLERS 43

SUBTOTAL 143

INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS (SIC 38)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
064 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS AND SCIENTISTS 386
125
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 114

SUBTOTAL 500
125
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (SIC 39)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 229
102
SUBTOTAL 229
102
TRANSPORTATION BY AIR (SIC 45)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
508 AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANICS 6,707
57
SUBTOTAL 6,707
57
HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
099 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS 450
440
105 THERAPISTS, N.E.C. 29
29
449 MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN 586
541
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 250
38
567 CARPENTERS 109

569 CARPENTER APPRENTICES 64

579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 57

SUBTOTAL 1,545
1,048
TOTAL 39,267 7,513
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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