National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name DISTILLATES (PETROLEUM), CATALYTIC REFORMER FRACTIONATOR RESIDUE, LOW-BOILING
CAS # 68477-31-6
RTECS #
Agent Code Y1056

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 69  
035 CONSTRUCTION INSPECTORS 1,190  
055 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS 5  
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 233  
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 315 22
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 427 15
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 380 44
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 26  
343 COST AND RATE CLERKS 45  
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 263 6
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 104  
374 MATERIAL RECORDING, SCHEDULING, AND DISTRIBUTING CLERKS, N.E.C. 5  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 17,399 97
503 SUPERVISORS, MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 217  
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 330  
507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 41  
508 AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANICS 6,736 57
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 97  
515 AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE 157  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 284  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 346 46
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 216 2
523 ELECTRONIC REPAIRERS, COMMUNICATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT 1,633  
533 MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT REPAIRERS 1,219  
539 MECHANICAL CONTROLS AND VALVE REPAIRERS 37  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 3,074 4
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 1,818  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 5,765  
563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 185  
575 ELECTRICIANS 190  
577 ELECTRICAL POWER INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS 3,106  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 2,619  
593 INSULATION WORKERS 311  
597 STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS 258  
599 CONSTRUCTION TRADES, N.E.C. 32  
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 2,591  
636 PRECISION ASSEMBLERS, METAL 1,200 81
637 MACHINISTS 12,191 66
643 BOILERMAKERS 6,513  
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 1,613 28
676 PATTERNMAKERS, LAY-OUT WORKERS, AND CUTTERS 282  
678 DENTAL LABORATORY AND MEDICAL APPLIANCE TECHNICIANS 21  
689 INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND GRADERS 318  
695 POWER PLANT OPERATORS 115 14
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 85  
704 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,267  
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 618 41
708 DRILLING AND BORING MACHINE OPERATORS 104  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 420 42
713 FORGING MACHINE OPERATORS 828  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 7  
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 189  
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,677 2,539
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 704 335
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 181  
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 5,835  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 231  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 318  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,016  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 709 134
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 6,103 414
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 6,253 6
785 ASSEMBLERS 9,491 1,360
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 3,467 395
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 566 156
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 80  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 9 4
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 243  
885 GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION RELATED OCCUPATIONS 7  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 1,696 143
TOTAL 118,081 6,054

*(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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