| Agent Name | SODIUM POLYACRYLATE |
| CAS # | 9003-04-7 |
| RTECS # | WD6826000 |
| Agent Code | 83142 |
| Code | Occupation Description (1980) | Total # Employees (Male & Female) |
Total # Female Employees |
| 019 | MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. | 616 | |
| 027 | PERSONNEL, TRAINING, AND LABOR RELATIONS SPECIALISTS | 2,561 | 1,556 |
| 053 | CIVIL ENGINEERS | 368 | |
| 057 | MECHANICAL ENGINEERS | 42 | |
| 073 | CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS | 131 | 75 |
| 095 | REGISTERED NURSES | 280 | 269 |
| 098 | INHALATION THERAPISTS | 493 | 281 |
| 099 | OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS | 62 | 62 |
| 103 | PHYSICAL THERAPISTS | 1,313 | 866 |
| 188 | PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, CRAFT-ARTISTS, AND ARTIST PRINTMAKERS | 215 | 29 |
| 203 | CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS | 560 | 409 |
| 208 | HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 427 | 231 |
| 214 | INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS | 80 | |
| 216 | ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 293 | 293 |
| 223 | BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS | 140 | 140 |
| 224 | CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS | 910 | 66 |
| 225 | SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 1,380 | 474 |
| 235 | TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. | 124 | |
| 274 | SALES WORKERS, OTHER COMMODITIES | 299 | 299 |
| 276 | CASHIERS | 93 | 93 |
| 335 | FILE CLERKS | 776 | 549 |
| 365 | STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS | 5,200 | 1,140 |
| 436 | COOKS, EXCEPT SHORT ORDER | 31 | |
| 444 | MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS | 6,552 | 5,311 |
| 446 | HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING | 1,806 | 1,170 |
| 447 | NURSING AIDES, ORDERLIES, AND ATTENDANTS | 104 | 104 |
| 449 | MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN | 1,792 | 1,251 |
| 453 | JANITORS AND CLEANERS | 15,664 | 336 |
| 516 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS | 668 | |
| 518 | INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS | 2,276 | 1,009 |
| 534 | HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION MECHANICS | 164 | |
| 544 | MILLWRIGHTS | 2,560 | 159 |
| 547 | SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. | 198 | |
| 549 | NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS | 881 | |
| 575 | ELECTRICIANS | 580 | |
| 579 | PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE | 783 | |
| 585 | PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS | 19 | |
| 614 | DRILLERS, OIL WELL | 1,659 | |
| 633 | SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS | 2,921 | 174 |
| 637 | MACHINISTS | 3,514 | |
| 643 | BOILERMAKERS | 165 | |
| 647 | PRECIOUS STONES AND METALS WORKERS (JEWELERS) | 183 | |
| 686 | BUTCHERS AND MEAT CUTTERS | 2,067 | |
| 694 | WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS | 367 | |
| 695 | POWER PLANT OPERATORS | 262 | |
| 696 | STATIONARY ENGINEERS | 3,611 | 645 |
| 699 | MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS | 1,090 | |
| 704 | LATHE AND TURNING MACHINE OPERATORS | 136 | 17 |
| 706 | PUNCHING AND STAMPING PRESS MACHINE OPERATORS | 915 | 171 |
| 708 | DRILLING AND BORING MACHINE OPERATORS | 256 | 204 |
| 709 | GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS | 789 | 30 |
| 713 | FORGING MACHINE OPERATORS | 271 | |
| 715 | MISCELLANEOUS METAL, PLASTIC, STONE, AND GLASS WORKING MACHINE OPERATORS | 221 | 34 |
| 719 | MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS | 1,487 | 1,487 |
| 723 | METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS | 191 | |
| 724 | HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS | 177 | |
| 725 | MISCELLANEOUS METAL AND PLASTIC PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATORS | 376 | |
| 726 | WOOD LATHE, ROUTING, AND PLANING MACHINE OPERATORS | 763 | |
| 727 | SAWING MACHINE OPERATORS | 188 | 188 |
| 733 | MISCELLANEOUS WOODWORKING MACHINE OPERATORS | 428 | |
| 734 | PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS | 712 | |
| 735 | PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS | 256 | |
| 737 | MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS | 595 | 298 |
| 744 | TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS | 1,162 | 374 |
| 747 | PRESSING MACHINE OPERATORS | 994 | 994 |
| 748 | LAUNDERING AND DRY CLEANING MACHINE OPERATORS | 395 | 353 |
| 749 | MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS | 5,687 | 367 |
| 756 | MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS | 1,603 | 94 |
| 757 | SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS | 2,145 | |
| 759 | PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS | 2,741 | |
| 765 | FOLDING MACHINE OPERATORS | 840 | 840 |
| 766 | FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD | 2,333 | |
| 769 | SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS | 313 | |
| 777 | MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. | 12,553 | 2,464 |
| 779 | MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED | 5,443 | 330 |
| 784 | SOLDERERS AND BRAZERS | 69 | |
| 785 | ASSEMBLERS | 8,036 | 2,865 |
| 796 | PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS | 112 | |
| 804 | TRUCK DRIVERS, HEAVY | 3,513 | |
| 806 | DRIVER-SALES WORKERS | 335 | |
| 856 | INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS | 430 | 47 |
| 859 | MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS | 857 | |
| 869 | CONSTRUCTION LABORERS | 3,078 | |
| 873 | PRODUCTION HELPERS | 696 | |
| 878 | MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS | 108 | |
| 885 | GARAGE AND SERVICE STATION RELATED OCCUPATIONS | 1,370 | |
| 887 | VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS | 253 | 140 |
| 888 | HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS | 1,337 | 426 |
| 889 | LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION | 9,072 | 21 |
| TOTAL | 139,513 | 28,737 | |
*(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.