National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ANIMAL KINGDOM, SHELLFISH-DEAD
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X6778

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 46 46
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 730 319
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 456 46
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 91  
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 958  
786 HAND CUTTING AND TRIMMING OCCUPATIONS 2,494 2,339
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 365  
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 651  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 2,866 2,866
TOTAL 8,658 5,615

*(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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