National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ARW STAINLESS STEEL
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code S2393

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
215 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS 1,106 24
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 15  
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 1,433 179
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 109  
389 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 1,462  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 17,790 194
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 668  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 471  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 90  
523 ELECTRONIC REPAIRERS, COMMUNICATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT 294  
534 HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION MECHANICS 3,405  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 5,890  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 9,629 31
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 48  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 9,860 93
597 STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS 2,134  
598 DRILLERS, EARTH 3,446  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 3,457 380
637 MACHINISTS 1,795  
643 BOILERMAKERS 34 6
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 3,708 49
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 1,328  
703 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS 259  
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 345  
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 704  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 86  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 3,208 697
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 31,150 25
785 ASSEMBLERS 9,043 31
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 313  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 679  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 2,067 5
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 1,077  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 16,001 1,038
TOTAL 133,102 2,751

*(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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