TABLE V.
Prevalence of Exposure to Select Potentially Hazardous Workplace Exposures Among US Adults Who Worked in the Past 12 Months, by Detailed Occupation for Those in Construction and Extraction, Production, and Transportation and Materials Moving
| Samplea ,c | Est. population (in thousands) |
Frequent occupational skin contact with chemicalsa |
Frequently work outdoorsa |
Non-smokers frequently exposed to SHS at worka |
Currently non-smoker |
Frequent exposure to vapors, gas, dust, or fumes at worka |
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| Casesc | %(95% CI) | Casesc | %(95% CI) | Casesc | %d (95% CI) | Casesc | %(95% CI) | Casesc | %(95% CI) | |||
| Construction and extraction | 906 | 8,707 | 305 | 33.3 (29.8–36.9) | 730 | 79.5 (76.1–82.6) | 173 | 28.5 (24.4–33.0) | 632 | 69.2 (65.7–72.5) | 526 | 57.6 (53.7–61.4) |
| Supervisors | 62 | 692 | 21 | 31.0 (19.7–45.1) | 52 | 82.4 (68.2–91.1) | 10 | 28.4 (14.8–47.6)e | 41 | 69.9 (56.3–80.8) | 36 | 49.4 (37.1–61.8) |
| Construction trades workers | 766 | 7,181 | 261 | 33.8 (30.0–37.9) | 613 | 78.8 (75.0–82.2) | 148 | 28.9 (24.4–33.8) | 534 | 68.6 (64.6–72.3) | 443 | 58.5 (54.2–62.7) |
| Helpers, construction trades | 5 | 35 | 2 | g | 4 | g | 1 | 72.8 (18.1–97.0)e | 3 | 63.9 (18.8–93.1)e | 6 | 91.8 (56.0–99.0) |
| Other construction and related workers | 48 | 550 | 10 | 25.1 (13.3–42.4) | 42 | 89.1 (76.2–95.4) | 7 | 21.1 (9.7–40.1)e | 33 | 71.1 (53.9–83.8) | 20 | 41.6 (26.3–58.6) |
| Extraction workers | 25 | 249 | 11 | 43.7 (24.7–64.8) | 19 | 74.5 (50.0–89.6) | 7 | 27.9 (13.5–4 8.8)e | 21 | 80.3 (56.5–92.8) | 21 | 83.1 (60.1–94.1) |
| Production | 1,053 | 9,136 | 354 | 35.9 (32.5–39.5) | 163 | 15.5 (13.2–18.2) | 106 | 14.5 (11.7–17.9) | 785 | 73.3 (70.3–76.2) | 615 | 53.2 (49.9–56.5) |
| Supervisors | 88 | 879 | 24 | 27.5 (18.4–38.9) | 19 | 20.2 (12.7–30.6) | 6 | 9.0 (3.9–19.5)e | 68 | 75.8 (64.6–84.3) | 64 | 58.1 (47.8–67.8) |
| Assemblers and fabricators | 141 | 1,258 | 39 | 24.2 (17.0–33.2) | 10 | 6.5 (3.5–11.9)e | 14 | 9.2 (5.2–15.9) | 108 | 79.9 (72.5–85.8) | 75 | 44.3 (35.3–53.8) |
| Food processing workers | 100 | 793 | 26 | 29.7 (19.8–42.0) | 11 | 8.6 (4.4–16.1)e | 9 | 12.4 (6.3–23.0)e | 77 | 71.0 (56.9–82.0) | 23 | 26.1 (16.2–39.3) |
| Metal workers and plastic workers | 161 | 1,431 | 71 | 49.2 (40.1–58.3) | 27 | 17.2 (11.6–24.8) | 26 | 28.2 (19.2–39.3) | 104 | 65.2 (56.0–73.3) | 141 | 69.7 (62.1–76.4) |
| Printing workers | 44 | 372 | 24 | 55.7 (39.5–70.7) | 5 | 14.3 (5.5–32.0)e | 3 | g | 31 | 69.1 (51.5–82.4) | 37 | 76.1 (58.1–88.0) |
| Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers | 106 | 735 | 29 | 28.2 (19.2–39.5) | 7 | 5.8 (2.6–12.5)e | 7 | 7.9 (3.3–17.9)e | 88 | 82.3 (71.8–89.4) | 43 | 31.2 (22.3–41.7) |
| Woodworkers | 16 | 150 | 6 | 34.3 (14.6–61.3)e | 4 | 27.5 (10.3–55.4)e | 1 | g | 9 | 52.9 (30.1–74.5) | 12 | 87.5 (58.5–97.2) |
| Plant and system operators | 29 | 316 | 15 | 56.3 (34.9–75.6) | 21 | 71.1 (50.1–85.8) | 4 | 20.4 (7.6–44.4)e | 24 | 80.0 (57.4–92.2) | 16 | 52.9 (32.6–72.2) |
| Other production occupations | 368 | 3,201 | 120 | 36.1 (30.3–42.3) | 59 | 15.1 (11.2–20.1) | 36 | 14.6 (10.2–20.5) | 276 | 73.0 (67.1–78.2) | 204 | 53.6 (47.6–59.5) |
| Transportation and materials moving | 978 | 8,684 | 197 | 20.9 (18.1–24.1) | 573 | 58.1 (54.2–61.9) | 123 | 16.9 (13.7–20.6) | 695 | 70.9 (67.3–74.2) | 442 | 46.9 (43.0–50.9) |
| Supervisors | 19 | 166 | 4 | 38.2 (15.6–67.3)e | 6 | 41.5 (18.4–69.1)e | 0 | — | 9 | 45.8 (22.6–71.0) | 15 | 62.5 (41.8–79.5) |
| Air transportation workers | 31 | 275 | 2 | g | 5 | 18.4 (7.1–40.0)e | 1 | g | 28 | 95.7 (86.0–98.8) | 15 | 37.1 (18.2–60.9)e |
| Motor vehicle operators | 458 | 4,022 | 71 | 17.2 (13.5–21.7) | 364 | 78.9 (74.0–83.1) | 64 | 17.5 (13.2–22.8) | 337 | 72.8 (67.6–77.5) | 177 | 42.4 (36.7–48.3) |
| Rail transportation workers | 10 | 115 | 2 | g | 9 | 92.2 (59.5–98.9) | 2 | g | 9 | 85.3 (42.1–97.9) | 12 | 84.3 (56.2–95.8) |
| Water transportation workers | 4 | 40 | 0 | f | 3 | 66.4 (15.6–95.5)e | 0 | f | 2 | g | 3 | 91.9 (53.6–99.1) |
| Other transportation workers | 37 | 302 | 11 | 23.8 (12.6–40.5)e | 23 | 56.1 (36.7–73.8) | 8 | 26.8 (12.5–48.3)e | 26 | 74.4 (56.7–86.6) | 21 | 57.7 (38.6–74.6) |
| Material moving workers | 419 | 3,763 | 107 | 25.6 (20.9–30.8) | 163 | 38.6 (33.0–44.5) | 48 | 17.5 (12.5–23.9) | 284 | 67.7 (62.0–72.9) | 199 | 47.7 (41.9–53.6) |
SHS, secondhand smoke; Est., estimated; CI, confidence interval.
Data: National Health Interview Survey, 2010.
All estimates weighted unless otherwise noted. Data include only U.S. working adults who are part of the civilian non-institutionalized population.
a, b, c, d, e, f, g
Please see Table II for definition of footnotes.