National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name BENZOIC ACID, ALUMINUM SALT
CAS # 555-32-8
RTECS #
Agent Code M2636

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,185 474
374 MATERIAL RECORDING, SCHEDULING, AND DISTRIBUTING CLERKS, N.E.C. 5  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 2,935 3
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 27  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 21  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 37  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 892  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 78  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 580 4
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 48  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 1,185  
643 BOILERMAKERS 40  
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 13  
707 ROLLING MACHINE OPERATORS 29  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 53  
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 11  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 5  
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 69  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 3  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,913 90
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 13  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 92 5
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 27  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 3  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 16  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 3,791  
TOTAL 13,071 576

*(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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