National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name C.I. ACID BLACK 52, SODIUM SALT
CAS # 5610-64-0
RTECS #
Agent Code M2126

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 198 151
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 482 47
368 WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS 152  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 813  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 259  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,153 54
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 283 141
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 5,195 141
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 4,930 284
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 270  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 467  
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 172  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 167 24
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 2,081 236
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 1,341  
795 MISCELLANEOUS HAND WORKING OCCUPATIONS 295  
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 1,224  
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 141 47
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 119  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 306  
TOTAL 20,048 1,125

*(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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