National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ZINC, DUST
CAS # 7440-66-6
RTECS # ZG8600000
Agent Code X4242

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 125 100
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 1,452 1,050
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 503  
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 3,274 1,427
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 313 313
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,000 188
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 103 52
389 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 52  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 2,022  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 396  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 75  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 13  
555 SUPERVISORS, ELECTRICIANS AND POWER TRANSMISSION INSTALLERS 429  
575 ELECTRICIANS 14,650 91
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 2,523 51
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 2,016 3
597 STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS 2,725  
599 CONSTRUCTION TRADES, N.E.C. 2,542  
613 SUPERVISORS, EXTRACTIVE OCCUPATIONS 178  
614 DRILLERS, OIL WELL 5,342  
617 MINING OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 500  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 53  
637 MACHINISTS 4,400  
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 2,116  
683 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLERS 2,123 1,887
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 32  
707 ROLLING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,519  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,395  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 134  
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 128  
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 89  
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 48  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 577 45
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 197 4
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 4,503 165
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 591  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 4,664 80
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 338  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 1,425 69
785 ASSEMBLERS 2,930 349
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 118  
848 HOIST AND WINCH OPERATORS 355  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 268  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 2,179 5
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 7,168  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 1,995 1,789
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 338 207
TOTAL 79,920 7,874

*(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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