| Agent Name | SODIUM BENZOATE |
| CAS # | 532-32-1 |
| RTECS # | DH6650000 |
| Agent Code | 80214 |
| Code | Occupation Description (1980) | Total # Employees (Male & Female) |
Total # Female Employees |
| 018 | FUNERAL DIRECTORS | 2,427 | 485 |
| 019 | MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. | 1,655 | 533 |
| 027 | PERSONNEL, TRAINING, AND LABOR RELATIONS SPECIALISTS | 460 | 430 |
| 055 | ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS | 162 | |
| 067 | STATISTICIANS | 23 | |
| 073 | CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS | 2,470 | 1,151 |
| 078 | BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS | 108 | 73 |
| 084 | PHYSICIANS | 187 | 59 |
| 086 | VETERINARIANS | 2,015 | |
| 095 | REGISTERED NURSES | 106,845 | 97,814 |
| 096 | PHARMACISTS | 4,714 | 2,739 |
| 098 | INHALATION THERAPISTS | 229 | 166 |
| 099 | OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS | 31 | 31 |
| 103 | PHYSICAL THERAPISTS | 328 | 328 |
| 105 | THERAPISTS, N.E.C. | 219 | 219 |
| 188 | PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, CRAFT-ARTISTS, AND ARTIST PRINTMAKERS | 130 | |
| 203 | CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS | 8,283 | 5,971 |
| 204 | DENTAL HYGIENISTS | 85 | 49 |
| 206 | RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS | 212 | 115 |
| 207 | LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES | 6,020 | 5,903 |
| 208 | HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 675 | 546 |
| 213 | ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS | 75 | 26 |
| 216 | ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 1,903 | 789 |
| 223 | BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS | 3,465 | 1,048 |
| 224 | CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS | 990 | 518 |
| 225 | SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 1,390 | 67 |
| 235 | TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 307 | 15 |
| 274 | SALES WORKERS, OTHER COMMODITIES | 1,315 | 1,315 |
| 335 | FILE CLERKS | 376 | 30 |
| 357 | MESSENGERS | 278 | |
| 364 | TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS | 159 | 52 |
| 365 | STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS | 69 | |
| 368 | WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS | 76 | |
| 389 | ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. | 52 | |
| 435 | WAITERS AND WAITRESSES | 1,438 | 1,233 |
| 436 | COOKS, EXCEPT SHORT ORDER | 274 | 33 |
| 443 | WAITERS'/WAITRESSES' ASSISTANTS | 235 | 235 |
| 444 | MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS | 628 | 318 |
| 446 | HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING | 5,130 | 3,461 |
| 447 | NURSING AIDES, ORDERLIES, AND ATTENDANTS | 11,077 | 10,349 |
| 448 | SUPERVISORS, CLEANING AND BUILDING SERVICE WORKERS | 28 | |
| 449 | MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN | 15,307 | 10,468 |
| 453 | JANITORS AND CLEANERS | 58,613 | 17,373 |
| 455 | PEST CONTROL OCCUPATIONS | 4,321 | |
| 486 | GROUNDSKEEPERS AND GARDENERS, EXCEPT FARM | 4,774 | 378 |
| 487 | ANIMAL CARETAKERS, EXCEPT FARM | 2,643 | 2,414 |
| 505 | AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS | 5,181 | |
| 507 | BUS, TRUCK, AND STATIONARY ENGINE MECHANICS | 665 | |
| 516 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS | 139 | |
| 518 | INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS | 1,699 | 22 |
| 519 | MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS | 293 | |
| 527 | TELEPHONE LINE INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS | 225 | |
| 529 | TELEPHONE INSTALLERS AND REPAIRERS | 6,517 | 36 |
| 534 | HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION MECHANICS | 456 | |
| 547 | SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. | 3,388 | 110 |
| 549 | NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS | 7,415 | 77 |
| 567 | CARPENTERS | 238 | |
| 575 | ELECTRICIANS | 97,841 | 38 |
| 576 | ELECTRICIAN APPRENTICES | 368 | |
| 585 | PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS | 2,540 | |
| 593 | INSULATION WORKERS | 44 | |
| 597 | STRUCTURAL METAL WORKERS | 258 | |
| 633 | SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS | 1,424 | |
| 634 | TOOL AND DIE MAKERS | 4,366 | 49 |
| 636 | PRECISION ASSEMBLERS, METAL | 847 | |
| 637 | MACHINISTS | 1,204 | 110 |
| 649 | ENGRAVERS, METAL | 263 | |
| 653 | SHEET METAL WORKERS | 163 | |
| 659 | MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WOODWORKERS | 247 | |
| 675 | HAND MOLDERS AND SHAPERS, EXCEPT JEWELERS | 1,423 | |
| 676 | PATTERNMAKERS, LAY-OUT WORKERS, AND CUTTERS | 219 | |
| 678 | DENTAL LABORATORY AND MEDICAL APPLIANCE TECHNICIANS | 2,529 | 316 |
| 683 | ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLERS | 121 | |
| 684 | MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. | 256 | |
| 687 | BAKERS | 4,840 | 650 |
| 688 | FOOD BATCHMAKERS | 7,889 | 5,237 |
| 689 | INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND GRADERS | 46 | 34 |
| 694 | WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS | 531 | |
| 695 | POWER PLANT OPERATORS | 162 | |
| 696 | STATIONARY ENGINEERS | 278 | |
| 699 | MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS | 97 | |
| 703 | LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE SET-UP OPERATORS | 97 | |
| 704 | LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS | 4,677 | |
| 706 | PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS | 925 | 910 |
| 707 | ROLLING MACHINE OPERATORS | 2,166 | |
| 709 | GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS | 403 | |
| 719 | MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS | 1,619 | 26 |
| 723 | METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS | 3,251 | 509 |
| 724 | HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS | 671 | |
| 734 | PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS | 7,574 | 58 |
| 735 | PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS | 767 | 100 |
| 736 | TYPESETTERS AND COMPOSITORS | 3,687 | 114 |
| 744 | TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS | 1,510 | 1,322 |
| 747 | PRESSING MACHINE OPERATORS | 657 | 657 |
| 748 | LAUNDERING AND DRY CLEANING MACHINE OPERATORS | 329 | 329 |
| 749 | MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS | 1,541 | 741 |
| 753 | CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS | 616 | |
| 754 | PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS | 11,927 | 1,999 |
| 755 | EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS | 2,593 | 322 |
| 756 | MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS | 7,060 | 778 |
| 757 | SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS | 161 | |
| 759 | PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS | 2,011 | 264 |
| 764 | WASHING, CLEANING, AND PICKLING MACHINE OPERATORS | 936 | 433 |
| 766 | FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD | 1,624 | 11 |
| 769 | SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS | 4,484 | 2,245 |
| 774 | PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS | 730 | 657 |
| 777 | MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. | 12,208 | 1,018 |
| 779 | MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED | 16,238 | 4,878 |
| 783 | WELDERS AND CUTTERS | 4,012 | 12 |
| 784 | SOLDERERS AND BRAZERS | 6 | |
| 785 | ASSEMBLERS | 7,274 | 6,191 |
| 787 | HAND MOLDING, CASTING, AND FORMING OCCUPATIONS | 219 | |
| 795 | MISCELLANEOUS HAND WORKING OCCUPATIONS | 418 | 90 |
| 796 | PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS | 1,428 | 412 |
| 797 | PRODUCTION TESTERS | 110 | 30 |
| 799 | GRADERS AND SORTERS, EXCEPT AGRICULTURAL | 1,578 | |
| 804 | TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY | 3,168 | |
| 856 | INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS | 292 | |
| 859 | MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS | 338 | 91 |
| 869 | CONSTRUCTION LABORERS | 1,519 | |
| 878 | MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS | 53 | |
| 883 | FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. | 596 | |
| 887 | VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS | 4,103 | |
| 888 | HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS | 2,871 | 1,364 |
| 889 | LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION | 8,340 | 945 |
| TOTAL | 533,161 | 199,915 | |
*(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.