National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name TARTARIC ACID
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code 80270

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
045 METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERS 16 5
069 PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS 1,354 829
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 532 215
075 GEOLOGISTS AND GEODESISTS 28  
078 BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS 19  
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 60 41
095 REGISTERED NURSES 304 253
096 PHARMACISTS 988 464
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 4,482 3,544
206 RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS 993 689
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,625 1,134
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 400  
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 1,184 754
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 8,028 2,428
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 101 101
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,708 1,035
335 FILE CLERKS 227  
368 WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS 19  
436 COOKS, EXCEPT SHORT ORDER 121  
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 203 162
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,520  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 45  
677 OPTICAL GOODS WORKERS 263 165
694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 8  
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 15  
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,884 949
737 MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 253  
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 181 91
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,698 564
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,357  
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,574 386
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 335 43
774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 680 318
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 572  
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 751  
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 19  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 292  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 156  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 362  
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 55  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 165 91
TOTAL 35,575 14,261

*(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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