| Agent Name | MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE |
| CAS # | 142-47-2 |
| RTECS # | MA1575000 |
| Agent Code | 82886 |
| Code | Occupation Description (1980) | Total # Employees (Male & Female) |
Total # Female Employees |
| 073 | CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS | 228 | 65 |
| 083 | MEDICAL SCIENTISTS | 70 | 42 |
| 095 | REGISTERED NURSES | 4,162 | 3,943 |
| 223 | BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS | 3,351 | 1,136 |
| 224 | CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS | 92 | |
| 225 | SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 532 | 296 |
| 364 | TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS | 352 | |
| 365 | STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS | 58 | |
| 436 | COOKS, EXCEPT SHORT ORDER | 874 | 233 |
| 444 | MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS | 265 | 106 |
| 446 | HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING | 1,417 | 1,042 |
| 449 | MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN | 1,841 | 856 |
| 453 | JANITORS AND CLEANERS | 3,266 | 435 |
| 455 | PEST CONTROL OCCUPATIONS | 11,655 | 574 |
| 486 | GROUNDSKEEPERS AND GARDENERS, EXCEPT FARM | 10 | |
| 519 | MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS | 22 | |
| 549 | NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS | 672 | |
| 567 | CARPENTERS | 57 | |
| 585 | PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS | 2,008 | |
| 593 | INSULATION WORKERS | 44 | |
| 633 | SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS | 950 | 333 |
| 637 | MACHINISTS | 307 | |
| 653 | SHEET METAL WORKERS | 75 | |
| 686 | BUTCHERS AND MEAT CUTTERS | 865 | 430 |
| 694 | WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS | 66 | |
| 699 | MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS | 97 | |
| 749 | MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS | 90 | 23 |
| 754 | PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS | 2,411 | 748 |
| 756 | MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS | 4,906 | 957 |
| 759 | PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS | 174 | |
| 763 | ROASTING AND BAKING MACHINE OPERATORS, FOOD | 117 | |
| 766 | FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD | 18 | |
| 768 | CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS | 3,595 | 64 |
| 777 | MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. | 907 | 441 |
| 795 | MISCELLANEOUS HAND WORKING OCCUPATIONS | 96 | |
| 796 | PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS | 625 | 587 |
| 798 | PRODUCTION SAMPLERS AND WEIGHERS | 111 | |
| 856 | INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS | 378 | |
| 877 | STOCK HANDLERS AND BAGGERS | 469 | |
| 878 | MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS | 134 | 76 |
| 888 | HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS | 12,612 | 10,255 |
| 889 | LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION | 362 | 186 |
| TOTAL | 60,341 | 22,829 | |
*(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.