National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name CEMENT, PORTLAND TYPE I
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X3038

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
036 INSPECTORS AND COMPLIANCE OFFICERS, EXC. CONSTRUCTION 41  
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 40  
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 205  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 20  
368 WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS 62  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,375  
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 123  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 258  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 1,274  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 184 41
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 40  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 1,368  
558 SUPERVISORS, N.E.C. 7,511  
563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 23,143  
565 TILE SETTERS, HARD AND SOFT 12,861  
567 CARPENTERS 2,708  
575 ELECTRICIANS 327  
584 PLASTERERS 6,283  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 1,043  
588 CONCRETE AND TERRAZZO FINISHERS 3,755 34
593 INSULATION WORKERS 176  
595 ROOFERS 5,584  
599 CONSTRUCTION TRADES, N.E.C. 4,339  
615 EXPLOSIVES WORKERS 246  
617 MINING OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 159  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 1,733  
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 20  
637 MACHINISTS 184  
675 HAND MOLDERS AND SHAPERS, EXCEPT JEWELERS 1,423  
704 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS 5,098  
707 ROLLING MACHINE OPERATORS 708  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 28  
713 FORGING MACHINE OPERATORS 40  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 182  
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 3,526  
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 809  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 5,903  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 48  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 511  
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 287  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,221  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 3,183  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 993  
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 13,733  
844 OPERATING ENGINEERS 2,978 181
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 954  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 214  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 2,237 119
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 73,587 1,302
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 383  
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 276  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 410  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 7,342  
TOTAL 201,140 1,678

*(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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