National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name FE, IRON POWDER-MF UNKNOWN
CAS # 7439-89-6
RTECS #
Agent Code T0176

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 62  
037 MANAGEMENT RELATED OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 129  
059 ENGINEERS, N.E.C. 697 299
185 DESIGNERS 100 25
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 44  
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 28 7
217 DRAFTING OCCUPATIONS 1,105  
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 266 101
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 24  
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,177 833
313 SECRETARIES 8,273 8,209
336 RECORDS CLERKS 231 231
345 DUPLICATING MACHINE OPERATORS 68 29
347 OFFICE MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 17 6
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 238  
379 GENERAL OFFICE CLERKS 5,188 4,841
385 DATA-ENTRY KEYERS 402 327
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 14,223 6
503 SUPERVISORS, MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 226  
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 3,281  
507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 5,981  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 2,430  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 546  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 322  
535 CAMERA, WATCH, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT REPAIRERS 3,476  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 419  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 850  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 7,149  
558 SUPERVISORS, N.E.C. 8,188  
563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 62  
567 CARPENTERS 6,913  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 48  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 4,356 100
588 CONCRETE AND TERRAZZO FINISHERS 766  
593 INSULATION WORKERS 44  
596 SHEETMETAL DUCT INSTALLERS 2,136  
597 STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS 3,832  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 1,240  
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 3,539  
637 MACHINISTS 6,809 8
643 BOILERMAKERS 93  
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 2,750 6
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 825  
689 INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND GRADERS 192  
694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 66  
699 MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS 97  
706 PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS 1,530 160
707 ROLLING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,166  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 3,097 39
713 FORGING MACHINE OPERATORS 271  
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,234  
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 247  
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,136 21
733 MISCELLANEOUS WOODWORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 72  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 156 54
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 386  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,312  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 4,063  
774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 84 25
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 402  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 2,515  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 57,357 453
785 ASSEMBLERS 5,220 335
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 604 6
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 662  
853 EXCAVATING AND LOADING MACHINE OPERATORS 781  
855 GRADER, DOZER, AND SCRAPER OPERATORS 468  
865 HELPERS, CONSTRUCTION TRADES 326  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 19,914 453
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 492  
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 905  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 300  
TOTAL 204,603 16,574

*(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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