National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

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.

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