National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

Estimated Numbers of Employees Potentially Exposed to Specific Agents by Occupation*

Agent Name C.I. PIGMENT YELLOW 12
CAS # 6358-85-6
RTECS # AK4580000
Agent Code M0644

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 475  
027 PERSONNEL, TRAINING, AND LABOR RELATIONS SPECIALISTS 50  
099 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS 30 30
105 THERAPISTS, N.E.C. 366 366
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 365  
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,185 474
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 497 82
345 DUPLICATING MACHINE OPERATORS 33 16
363 PRODUCTION COORDINATORS 631 210
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 1,367  
368 WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS 322  
379 GENERAL OFFICE CLERKS 137  
385 DATA-ENTRY KEYERS 568 568
426 GUARDS AND POLICE, EXC. PUBLIC SERVICE 140  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 2,794 187
508 AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANICS 6,707 57
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 613  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 212  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 84  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 484  
575 ELECTRICIANS 1,316  
597 STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS 243  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 2,329 170
637 MACHINISTS 143  
679 BOOKBINDERS 462 231
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 96  
707 ROLLING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,898  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 260  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 7,327 1,287
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 65,827 3,160
735 PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS 714 18
736 TYPESETTERS AND COMPOSITORS 85  
737 MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 3,527 1,605
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 1,976 215
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 676 65
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,416 264
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 607 44
764 WASHING, CLEANING, AND PICKLING MACHINE OPERATORS 158  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 766 58
774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 303 72
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 5,675 878
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 991  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 225  
785 ASSEMBLERS 266 29
787 HAND MOLDING, CASTING, AND FORMING OCCUPATIONS 687 46
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 325 38
798 PRODUCTION SAMPLERS AND WEIGHERS 1,115  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 2,534  
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 190  
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 80  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 3,996 68
TOTAL 123,270 10,238

*(1) The estimates for each occupation apply across the surveyed industries in which the agent was observed. Not all industries were surveyed, and not all agents were observed in all surveyed industries. (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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