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, BENZYL-C12-16-ALKYLDIMETHYL CHLORIDES
CAS # 68424-85-1
RTECS #  
Agent Code X9472

AGRICULTURAL SERVICES (SIC 07)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 403
 403
487 ANIMAL CARETAKERS, EXCEPT FARM 403
 403
SUBTOTAL 806
 806
SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS (SIC 17)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 79
SUBTOTAL 79
FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS (SIC 20)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,672
 537
SUBTOTAL 1,672
 537
TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS (SIC 22)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
426 GUARDS AND POLICE, EXC. PUBLIC SERVICE 32
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 402
 36
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 139
SUBTOTAL 573
 36
APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS (SIC 23)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 48
 48
SUBTOTAL 48
 48
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (SIC 24)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 60
SUBTOTAL 60
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 26)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 894
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 143
 48
SUBTOTAL 1,037
 48
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (SIC 27)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 31
SUBTOTAL 31
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 129
 54
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 453
758 COMPRESSING AND COMPACTING MACHINE OPERATORS 90
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 129
SUBTOTAL 801
 54
PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS (SIC 29)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 332
SUBTOTAL 332
RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS (SIC 30)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,194
SUBTOTAL 1,194
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 13
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 1,510
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 69
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 13
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 16
SUBTOTAL 1,621
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 131
695 POWER PLANT OPERATORS 78
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 26
SUBTOTAL 235
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 334
637 MACHINISTS 591
708 DRILLING AND BORING MACHINE OPERATORS 279
715 MISCELLANEOUS METAL, PLASTIC, STONE, AND GLASS WORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 8
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 30
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 775
SUBTOTAL 2,017
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 129
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 959
 480
785 ASSEMBLERS 173
 52
SUBTOTAL 1,261
 532
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 14
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 448
637 MACHINISTS 826
 43
695 POWER PLANT OPERATORS 45
SUBTOTAL 1,333
 43
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS (SIC 38)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 52
 37
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 15
SUBTOTAL 67
 37
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (SIC 39)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 46
 46
SUBTOTAL 46
 46
TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING (SIC 42)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 316
SUBTOTAL 316
TRANSPORTATION BY AIR (SIC 45)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
828 SHIP CAPTAINS AND MATES, EXCEPT FISHING BOATS 3
SUBTOTAL 3
ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES (SIC 49)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 372
SUBTOTAL 372
WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS (SIC 50)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 920
SUBTOTAL 920
AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS & SERVICE STATIONS (SIC 55)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
885 GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION RELATED OCCUPATIONS 4,391
 1,098
SUBTOTAL 4,391
 1,098
PERSONAL SERVICES (SIC 72)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
018 FUNERAL DIRECTORS 5,717
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 2,765
458 HAIRDRESSERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS 2,646
 1,664
SUBTOTAL 11,128
 1,664
BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 336
 112
078 BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS 75
 56
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 93
 56
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 587
 48
SUBTOTAL 1,091
 272
HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
055 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS 111
 3
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 237
 199
084 PHYSICIANS 164
 164
095 REGISTERED NURSES 3,412
 3,409
098 INHALATION THERAPISTS 1,001
 523
103 PHYSICAL THERAPISTS 153
 153
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 212
 150
444 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS 145
 97
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 867
 867
447 NURSING AIDES, ORDERLIES, AND ATTENDANTS 857
 857
449 MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN 410
 410
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 437
 11
694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 30
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 12
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 39
SUBTOTAL 8,087
 6,843
TOTAL 39,521 12,064
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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