National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name DISILOXANE, HEXAMETHYL-
CAS # 107-46-0
RTECS # JM9237000
Agent Code X5873

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 81 32
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 13 3
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 5,436 447
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 103  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 546  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 120  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 821  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 51  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 2,342  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 156  
637 MACHINISTS 229  
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 282  
727 SAWING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,294  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 104  
739 KNITTING, LOOPING, TAPING, AND WEAVING MACHINE OPERATORS 263 230
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 66  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 52  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 12  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 23  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,905 274
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 1,624  
885 GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION RELATED OCCUPATIONS 7  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 744  
TOTAL 16,273 986

*(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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