National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ACETONITRILE
CAS # 75-05-8
RTECS # AL7700000
Agent Code 02900

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 159  
048 CHEMICAL ENGINEERS 16  
069 PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS 14  
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 3,532 707
075 GEOLOGISTS AND GEODESISTS 28  
078 BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS 3  
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 38 22
084 PHYSICIANS 7  
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 1,509 820
206 RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS 150  
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 1,350 127
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 4,187 1,432
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 1,882 467
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 5,776 1,660
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,557 608
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 404  
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 210 155
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 3,480 1,455
535 CAMERA, WATCH, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENT REPAIRERS 13  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 39  
735 PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS 1,026 91
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 4,718 386
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 257 43
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 86  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 63  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 86  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 751  
TOTAL 31,341 7,975

*(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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