National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name FUMARIC ACID
CAS # 110-17-8
RTECS # LS9625000
Agent Code 33940

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
015 MANAGERS, MEDICINE AND HEALTH 9  
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 395  
048 CHEMICAL ENGINEERS 6  
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 1,290 160
075 GEOLOGISTS AND GEODESISTS 28  
078 BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS 9  
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 26  
084 PHYSICIANS 595 454
095 REGISTERED NURSES 6,060 5,617
098 INHALATION THERAPISTS 1,064 882
103 PHYSICAL THERAPISTS 111 77
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 3,950 2,878
206 RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS 546 250
207 LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES 1,191 1,191
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 388 255
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 3  
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,526 1,121
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 212 176
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 2,696 680
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 101 101
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 293 258
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 486 250
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 1,348 1,110
389 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 407 407
444 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS 452 382
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 230 149
447 NURSING AIDES, ORDERLIES, AND ATTENDANTS 621 587
448 SUPERVISORS, CLEANING AND BUILDING SERVICE WORKERS 642 368
449 MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN 13,270 7,497
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 34,662 18,263
508 AIRCRAFT ENGINE MECHANICS 6,707 57
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 52  
544 MILLWRIGHTS 735 105
567 CARPENTERS 464  
575 ELECTRICIANS 3  
617 MINING OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 13,996  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 47 26
653 SHEET METAL WORKERS 188 24
679 BOOKBINDERS 462 231
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 699  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 23,991 1,264
735 PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS 72 18
745 SHOE MACHINE OPERATORS 1,506 1,375
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 3,260 529
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,017  
765 FOLDING MACHINE OPERATORS 840 840
774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 324 93
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 2,947 485
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 895  
787 HAND MOLDING, CASTING, AND FORMING OCCUPATIONS 687 46
798 PRODUCTION SAMPLERS AND WEIGHERS 296  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 283  
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 2,475 5
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 402  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 32 5
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 133  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 847 706
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 471  
TOTAL 136,448 48,919

*(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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