National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ALUMINUM OXIDE, DUST
CAS # 1344-28-1
RTECS # BD1200000
Agent Code X5459

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 25 8
363 PRODUCTION COORDINATORS 262  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 284  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,550 18
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 24  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 483  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 525  
637 MACHINISTS 3,935 273
683 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLERS 73 35
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 71  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,472 323
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 915  
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 122  
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 28  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 483 241
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 45  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 247  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 198  
785 ASSEMBLERS 546  
TOTAL 11,287 899

*(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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