National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name DISTILLATES (PETROLEUM), CHEMICALLY NEUTRALIZED HEAVY NAPHTHENIC
CAS # 64742-34-3
RTECS #
Agent Code Y1046

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
016 MANAGERS, PROPERTIES AND REAL ESTATE 81  
059 ENGINEERS, N.E.C. 77  
185 DESIGNERS 1,595 1,595
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 17  
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 170  
363 PRODUCTION COORDINATORS 170 170
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 122  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 58  
379 GENERAL OFFICE CLERKS 69  
384 PROOFREADERS 303 303
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 22,732 134
503 SUPERVISORS, MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 9  
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 1,081  
507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 3,291  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 742 18
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 88  
538 OFFICE MACHINE REPAIRERS 723  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 192  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 1,100  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 65  
563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 592  
567 CARPENTERS 740  
575 ELECTRICIANS 1,159  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 367  
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 519  
637 MACHINISTS 9,208 15
643 BOILERMAKERS 48  
655 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION METAL WORKERS 364  
675 HAND MOLDERS AND SHAPERS, EXCEPT JEWELERS 15  
676 PATTERNMAKERS, LAY-OUT WORKERS, AND CUTTERS 100 100
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 146  
703 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS 32  
704 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,464 322
705 MILLING AND PLANING MACHINE OPERATORS 318  
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 932 281
708 DRILLING AND BORING MACHINE OPERATORS 40  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 29  
715 MISCELLANEOUS METAL, PLASTIC, STONE, AND GLASS WORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 177 111
717 FABRICATING MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 198  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,751 300
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 14,414 28
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 827 79
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 384  
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 724 65
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,041 264
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 159 16
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 45  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 3,275 152
774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 464  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 10,592 445
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 2,818 398
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 323  
785 ASSEMBLERS 2,645 837
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 415 29
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 129  
844 OPERATING ENGINEERS 1,668  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 192  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 81  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 1,802  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 2,008  
885 GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION RELATED OCCUPATIONS 6,446 1,098
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 2,983 2,570
TOTAL 106,320 9,327

*(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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