National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ARW CAST IRON
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code S2581

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
269 SALES WORKERS, PARTS 132  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 256  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 4,879 16
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 342  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 785  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 153  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 718  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 2,717  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 180  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 12,774 17
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 132  
637 MACHINISTS 1,142 9
643 BOILERMAKERS 34 6
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 361 43
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 620  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 48  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 922  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 11,713 16
785 ASSEMBLERS 2,621 31
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 283  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 486  
TOTAL 41,297 136

*(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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