National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ANIMAL FOODSTUFFS, CHEESE
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X6773

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 322  
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 46 46
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,977 1,412
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 2,372 1,774
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 3,626 443
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 33  
687 BAKERS 1,624 162
688 FOOD BATCHMAKERS 1,318 54
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 130  
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 113  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,204 529
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 710  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,020 430
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 5,198 2,188
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 1,183  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 1,047 269
873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 761  
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 161  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 2,033 857
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 591 322
TOTAL 25,467 8,486

*(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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