National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name SODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X4107

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
048 CHEMICAL ENGINEERS 6  
059 ENGINEERS, N.E.C. 310  
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 652 420
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 79 79
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 2,273 1,723
206 RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS 714 370
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 26 6
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,048 27
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 3,834 1,835
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,774 1,083
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 952 670
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 510  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 1,079  
575 ELECTRICIANS 3  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 146  
694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 8  
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 4,023 1,083
724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 62  
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 2,550  
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 827 276
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,444  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 25  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 45  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,201 6
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 3,680 80
848 HOIST AND WINCH OPERATORS 214  
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 24  
877 STOCK HANDLERS AND BAGGERS 138  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 302 91
TOTAL 27,949 7,748

*(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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