National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name SULFONIC ACID
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code 82006

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 415 366
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 207 200
449 MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN 659 481
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 2,380 1,040
539 MECHANICAL CONTROLS AND VALVE REPAIRERS 2,515  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 718  
557 SUPERVISORS; PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 3,250  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 1,964  
593 INSULATION WORKERS 311  
748 LAUNDERING AND DRY CLEANING MACHINE OPERATORS 29 29
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,594  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 3  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 554  
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 690  
TOTAL 16,289 2,116

*(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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