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 ACETIC ACID ETHENYL ESTER, POLYMER WITH N-(HYDROXYMETHYL)-2-PROPENAMIDE
CAS # 26337-27-9
RTECS #  
Agent Code X9797

TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS (SIC 22)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 53
27
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 266

756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 160

SUBTOTAL 479
27
LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS (SIC 24)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
646 LAY-OUT WORKERS 1,827
1,522
726 WOOD LATHE, ROUTING, AND PLANING MACHINE OPERATORS 761
457
733 MISCELLANEOUS WOODWORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,405

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 752
501
SUBTOTAL 5,745
2,480
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES (SIC 25)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
668 UPHOLSTERERS 789
379
727 SAWING MACHINE OPERATORS 631

733 MISCELLANEOUS WOODWORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 133

744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,841
1,484
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 111

779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 60

785 ASSEMBLERS 1,262
297
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 90

889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 2,210
1,263
SUBTOTAL 8,127
3,423
PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 26)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 156

734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 104

756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 52

SUBTOTAL 312

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 101

224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 5,103
2,085
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 512
183
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 632

756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 404

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 202

873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 404

877 STOCK HANDLERS AND BAGGERS 202

889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 367
91
SUBTOTAL 7,927
2,359
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
637 MACHINISTS 176

703 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS 259

759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 65

779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 259

785 ASSEMBLERS 1,036
324
SUBTOTAL 1,795
324
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES (SIC 39)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 11

547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 11

633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 63

SUBTOTAL 85

TOTAL 24,470 8,613
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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