National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name TARTARIC ACID, MONOPOTASSIUM MONOSODIUM SALT
CAS # 304-59-6
RTECS #
Agent Code 80206

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
048 CHEMICAL ENGINEERS 2 2
069 PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS 1,354 829
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 2,169 838
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 5  
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 7,792 5,414
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,638 1,147
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 23 6
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 4,412 2,729
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 495 286
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 4,192 2,150
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,934 1,121
335 FILE CLERKS 149 30
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 1,259 953
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 707 15
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 143  
637 MACHINISTS 182 7
644 PRECISION GRINDERS, FITTERS, AND TOOL SHARPENERS 255  
678 DENTAL LABORATORY AND MEDICAL APPLIANCE TECHNICIANS 667 21
689 INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND GRADERS 67 33
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 7  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 11  
717 FABRICATING MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 107  
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 6,784 1,638
725 MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS 376 376
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 292 31
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 134 80
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 900 146
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 165 91
TOTAL 36,220 17,944

*(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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