National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name CARAMEL
CAS # 8028-89-5
RTECS #
Agent Code M0960

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 46 46
095 REGISTERED NURSES 4,500 4,375
096 PHARMACISTS 1,637 859
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 167 167
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 260 140
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 730 319
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 407  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 30  
368 WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS 354  
435 WAITERS AND WAITRESSES 1,438 1,233
436 COOKS, EXCEPT SHORT ORDER 582 101
444 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS 2,033 1,295
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 1,345 806
447 NURSING AIDES, ORDERLIES, AND ATTENDANTS 597 597
449 MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN 911 911
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 313 152
458 HAIRDRESSERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS 7,087 5,104
514 AUTOMOBILE BODY AND RELATED REPAIRERS 1,584  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 103  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 41  
579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 186  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 103  
668 UPHOLSTERERS 45  
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 71  
687 BAKERS 1,711 330
688 FOOD BATCHMAKERS 255 28
727 SAWING MACHINE OPERATORS 188 188
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,693 1,473
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 217  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 3,071 273
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 622 6
764 WASHING, CLEANING, AND PICKLING MACHINE OPERATORS 2  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 5,558 1,641
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 1,290 198
785 ASSEMBLERS 2,254  
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 135 96
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 740 46
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 26 26
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 113  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 1,863 948
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 1,292 770
TOTAL 46,597 22,129

*(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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