National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name LIGNITE
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code 82242

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 31  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 215  
613 SUPERVISORS, EXTRACTIVE OCCUPATIONS 335  
614 DRILLERS, OIL WELL 5,362  
617 MINING OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 3,346  
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 338 123
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 106  
824 LOCOMOTIVE OPERATING OCCUPATIONS 3,346  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 61  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 6,492  
TOTAL 19,631 123

*(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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