National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name FATTY ACIDS, CASTOR-OIL, HYDROGENATED, LITHIUM SALTS
CAS # 68604-46-6
RTECS #
Agent Code X9878

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 94 3
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 11  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 12,754 418
505 AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS 209  
507 BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS 2,701  
516 HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 1,185  
517 FARM EQUIPMENT MECHANICS 47  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 3,501  
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 833  
538 OFFICE MACHINE REPAIRERS 1,932  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 1,228 4
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 2,253 58
575 ELECTRICIANS 65  
577 ELECTRICAL POWER INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS 3,893 87
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 115  
597 STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS 1,319 10
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 826  
634 TOOL AND DIE MAKERS 214  
636 PRECISION ASSEMBLERS, METAL 508  
637 MACHINISTS 618  
667 TAILORS 32  
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 71  
695 POWER PLANT OPERATORS 69  
704 LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS 210  
705 MILLING AND PLANING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,977  
708 DRILLING AND BORING MACHINE OPERATORS 16  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 450  
715 MISCELLANEOUS METAL, PLASTIC, STONE, AND GLASS WORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 58  
717 FABRICATING MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 36 36
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 880  
726 WOOD LATHE, ROUTING, AND PLANING MACHINE OPERATORS 353  
727 SAWING MACHINE OPERATORS 3,141 163
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,563  
738 WINDING AND TWISTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,773 916
739 KNITTING, LOOPING, TAPING, AND WEAVING MACHINE OPERATORS 390  
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 107 107
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 321 224
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,416  
765 FOLDING MACHINE OPERATORS 186  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 5  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 131  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 280  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 4,452 674
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 2,824  
785 ASSEMBLERS 5,848 1,483
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 281 14
799 GRADERS AND SORTERS, EXCEPT AGRICULTURAL 5  
804 TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY 2,732  
825 RAILROAD BRAKE, SIGNAL, AND SWITCH OPERATORS 354  
844 OPERATING ENGINEERS 845 129
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 321  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 687  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 2,123 5
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 216  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 1,263  
TOTAL 69,720 4,330

*(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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