National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name CEMENT, PORTLAND TYPE II
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X3082

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 378  
036 INSPECTORS AND COMPLIANCE OFFICERS, EXC. CONSTRUCTION 41  
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 205  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 700  
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 123  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 101  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 164 41
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 878  
558 SUPERVISORS, N.E.C. 116  
563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 15,251  
565 TILE SETTERS, HARD AND SOFT 2,056  
567 CARPENTERS 2,231  
575 ELECTRICIANS 246  
588 CONCRETE AND TERRAZZO FINISHERS 2,088 34
599 CONSTRUCTION TRADES, N.E.C. 1,797  
615 EXPLOSIVES WORKERS 246  
617 MINING OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 159  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 749  
637 MACHINISTS 123  
675 HAND MOLDERS AND SHAPERS, EXCEPT JEWELERS 1,430  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 44 5
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 156  
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 507  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 410  
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 287  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,039  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 44  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 265  
787 HAND MOLDING, CASTING, AND FORMING OCCUPATIONS 7 5
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 7,698  
844 OPERATING ENGINEERS 1,891 181
849 CRANE AND TOWER OPERATORS 509  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 316  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 1,127  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 46,060 1,139
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 501  
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 276  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 410  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 4,218  
TOTAL 94,846 1,405

*(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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