National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name DIESEL OIL (PETROLEUM)
CAS # 68334-30-5
RTECS #
Agent Code Y1022

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 7  
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 223 56
356 MAIL CLERKS, EXC. POSTAL SERVICE 98 7
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 2,088  
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 2,197  
507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 259  
515 AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE 4,018  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 66  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 339  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 437  
675 HAND MOLDERS AND SHAPERS, EXCEPT JEWELERS 285  
694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 116  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 25  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 3,878  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 522  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,311  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 1,131  
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 10  
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 7,980  
805 TRUCK DRIVERS, LIGHT 5,099 259
844 OPERATING ENGINEERS 1,937  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 3,913  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 801  
885 GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION RELATED OCCUPATIONS 74,194 20,074
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 332  
TOTAL 111,267 20,396

*(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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