National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ANIMAL FOODSTUFFS, CURED AND SMOKED
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X8195

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 46 46
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 933 406
368 WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS 332 142
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 377  
686 BUTCHERS AND MEAT CUTTERS 3,292 118
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,660 211
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 743 24
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 958  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 643 536
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,194 261
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 1,059 538
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 29  
TOTAL 11,266 2,282

*(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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