National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name TARTARIC ACID, MONOPOTASSIUM MONOSODIUM SALT, TETRAHYDRATE
CAS # 6381-59-5
RTECS #
Agent Code X3226

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
048 CHEMICAL ENGINEERS 7 2
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 150 112
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 2  
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 424 71
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,321 852
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 411  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 40  
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 2  
689 INSPECTORS, TESTERS, AND GRADERS 14  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 145  
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 3,543 1,288
774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 38  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 414 127
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 19 6
785 ASSEMBLERS 174  
793 HAND ENGRAVING AND PRINTING OCCUPATIONS 526 33
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 360  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 123  
TOTAL 7,714 2,492

*(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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