National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ANIMAL BLOOD-NEC
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X8241

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 745 611
078 BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS 224 186
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 465 390
084 PHYSICIANS 274 250
095 REGISTERED NURSES 6,216 6,144
096 PHARMACISTS 671 366
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 11,978 9,726
206 RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS 353 289
207 LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES 1,188 1,154
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 69 51
215 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS 350 33
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,753 1,445
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 570 520
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 190 122
303 SUPERVISORS, GENERAL OFFICE 94 69
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 431 359
389 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 711 634
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 1,553 1,025
447 NURSING AIDES, ORDERLIES, AND ATTENDANTS 878 686
449 MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN 34 34
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 453  
487 ANIMAL CARETAKERS, EXCEPT FARM 1,333 1,075
567 CARPENTERS 237 14
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 582  
686 BUTCHERS AND MEAT CUTTERS 2,222 38
748 LAUNDERING AND DRY CLEANING MACHINE OPERATORS 820 364
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,017 100
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 167 50
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,983 467
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 113  
786 HAND CUTTING AND TRIMMING OCCUPATIONS 698  
799 GRADERS AND SORTERS, EXCEPT AGRICULTURAL 57  
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 245  
TOTAL 38,672 26,202

*(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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