National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ACRYLAMIDE
CAS # 79-06-1
RTECS # AS3325000
Agent Code 03540

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 49 28
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 851 187
075 GEOLOGISTS AND GEODESISTS 28  
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 53 22
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 761 48
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 53  
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 14 7
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 333  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 410 22
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 393  
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 267  
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 129  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 806  
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 715 89
764 WASHING, CLEANING, AND PICKLING MACHINE OPERATORS 95  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 420  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 3,972 215
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 441  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 101  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 140  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 108  
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 515 103
TOTAL 10,651 721

*(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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