National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ALCOHOLS, C8-10, ETHOXYLATED PROPOXYLATED, BENZYL ETHER
CAS # 68154-99-4
RTECS #
Agent Code X1893

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 69  
033 PURCHASING AGENTS AND BUYERS, N.E.C. 251 174
363 PRODUCTION COORDINATORS 4,411  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 401 337
444 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS 138  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,040  
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 3,281  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 395  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 33  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 485  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 39  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 121  
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 273  
637 MACHINISTS 1,361 40
703 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS 39  
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 2,019 128
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,455 303
713 FORGING MACHINE OPERATORS 30  
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 1,227 91
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 69 4
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,826 1,217
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 526  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 752 10
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 273 61
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 856 30
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 4,330 341
785 ASSEMBLERS 5,155  
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 327  
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 21  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 1,588 1,238
TOTAL 32,793 3,976

*(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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