National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name SERPENTINE
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code M3821

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 129  
059 ENGINEERS, N.E.C. 40  
064 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS AND SCIENTISTS 386 125
074 ATMOSPHERIC AND SPACE SCIENTISTS 22  
105 THERAPISTS, N.E.C. 219 219
188 PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, CRAFT-ARTISTS, AND ARTIST PRINTMAKERS 256  
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 7 7
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 407 3
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 2,395  
515 AIRCRAFT MECHANICS, EXC. ENGINE 567 21
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 1,115 32
565 TILE SETTERS, HARD AND SOFT 2,932  
567 CARPENTERS 10,225  
575 ELECTRICIANS 579  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 1,630  
583 PAPERHANGERS 387  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 12  
597 STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS 1,016  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 484  
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 36  
637 MACHINISTS 1,477  
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 4,147  
683 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLERS 486 390
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 1,643 164
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 645 645
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 266 1
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 303 24
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 5,302 545
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 31  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 105  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 740 286
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 957  
785 ASSEMBLERS 3,826 1,011
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 763  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 6,602 183
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 637  
TOTAL 50,773 3,657

*(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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