National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name C.I. SOLVENT BLUE 98
CAS # 71819-49-3
RTECS #
Agent Code X1187

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 81 32
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 42 10
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 3,826 411
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 5,161  
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 2,991  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 103  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 546  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 154  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 821  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 51  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 2,173  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 156  
637 MACHINISTS 966  
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 864  
695 POWER PLANT OPERATORS 175  
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 282  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 104  
739 KNITTING, LOOPING, TAPING, AND WEAVING MACHINE OPERATORS 263 230
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 66  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 52  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 357 31
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 23  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 59 59
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 728 156
785 ASSEMBLERS 726  
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 38  
844 OPERATING ENGINEERS 1,883  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 2,636  
885 GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION RELATED OCCUPATIONS 7  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 380  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 744  
TOTAL 26,458 930

*(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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