National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name CAROTENE, BETA-
CAS # 7235-40-7
RTECS #
Agent Code 83866

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 356 307
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 3,052 872
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 28 7
437 SHORT-ORDER COOKS 21  
444 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS 253  
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 28 21
687 BAKERS 2,308 287
688 FOOD BATCHMAKERS 556  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,772  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,666 810
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 2,305 1,956
795 MISCELLANEOUS HAND WORKING OCCUPATIONS 435 186
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 559 435
TOTAL 13,339 4,881

*(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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