National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name GALLIC ACID
CAS # 149-91-7
RTECS # LW7525000
Agent Code 84280

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
214 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS 34  
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 54  
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 517 239
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 661  
695 POWER PLANT OPERATORS 278 14
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 343  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 280  
774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 17  
TOTAL 2,184 252

*(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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