National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ALUMINUM, DUST
CAS # 7429-90-5
RTECS # BD0330000
Agent Code X3088

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 25 8
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 238  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 24  
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 2,991  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 849 71
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 13  
563 BRICKMASONS AND STONEMASONS 1,388  
567 CARPENTERS 1,199  
637 MACHINISTS 6,679 436
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 105 20
655 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION METAL WORKERS 364  
677 OPTICAL GOODS WORKERS 51 4
704 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS 71  
705 MILLING AND PLANING MACHINE OPERATORS 17  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 119  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 65  
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 39 13
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 48  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 312  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 18  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 508 118
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 502  
785 ASSEMBLERS 2,762 973
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 44  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 1,891  
TOTAL 20,323 1,644

*(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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