Testing Status of Agents at NTP
Asphalt Table 3
Table 3. Ten industries
and ten occupations* with the most employees
potentially exposed to asphalt
products,
Industry | Employees Exposed | Occupation | Employees Exposed | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % of total | Number | % of total | ||
Special trade contractors | 125,832 | 26.58 | Construction laborers | 53,167 | 11.23 |
Heavy construction contractors | 71,137 | 15.03 | Roofers | 46,000 | 9.72 |
Machinery, except electrical | 54,064 | 11.42 | Carpenters | 30,862 | 6.52 |
General building contractors | 27,267 | 5.76 | Machine operators, not
specified | 23,639 | 4.99 |
Primary metal industries | 27,088 | 5.72 | Machinists | 16,891 | 3.57 |
Paper and allied products | 24,034 | 5.08 | Assemblers | 16,663 | 3.52 |
Printing and publishing | 17,765 | 3.75 | Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 16,477 | 3.48 |
Stone, clay, and glass products | 13,789 | 2.91 | Electricians | 16,322 | 3.45 |
Wholesale trade - durable goods | 13,366 | 2.82 | Printing machine operators | 14,781 | 3.12 |
Transportation equipment | 11,304 | 2.39 | Not specified mechanics and repairers | 13,204 | 2.79 |
*Excluding janitors which comprised 41,346 or 8.75% of the total.
Source NIOSH [1983b].
Total
employees exposed to asphalt products = 473,344
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