National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name FOODSTUFFS-IMITATION AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X8654

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
027 PERSONNEL, TRAINING, AND LABOR RELATIONS SPECIALISTS 460 430
036 INSPECTORS AND COMPLIANCE OFFICERS, EXC. CONSTRUCTION 32 32
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 78 39
078 BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS 108 73
084 PHYSICIANS 608 288
085 DENTISTS 92 14
095 REGISTERED NURSES 75,854 68,898
096 PHARMACISTS 8,416 5,050
098 INHALATION THERAPISTS 328 160
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 138 41
206 RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS 1,471 1,125
207 LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES 4,492 4,357
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 341 212
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 384 116
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,134 55
335 FILE CLERKS 376 30
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 1,806  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 30  
368 WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS 62  
435 WAITERS AND WAITRESSES 1,438 1,233
436 COOKS, EXCEPT SHORT ORDER 2,640 1,827
444 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS 1,464 1,189
445 DENTAL ASSISTANTS 107 76
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 2,677 1,513
447 NURSING AIDES, ORDERLIES, AND ATTENDANTS 10,988 8,603
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 5,519 973
487 ANIMAL CARETAKERS, EXCEPT FARM 1,838 1,608
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 872  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 3,535 302
567 CARPENTERS 6,427  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 777  
637 MACHINISTS 1,130  
678 DENTAL LABORATORY AND MEDICAL APPLIANCE TECHNICIANS 35 21
684 MISCELLANEOUS PRECISION WORKERS, N.E.C. 71  
687 BAKERS 5,403 714
688 FOOD BATCHMAKERS 8,519 5,395
696 STATIONARY ENGINEERS 127  
699 MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS 753  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,317 94
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 14,050 2,157
755 EXTRUDING AND FORMING MACHINE OPERATORS 318 68
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 9,921 481
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 26 6
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 944 638
764 WASHING, CLEANING, AND PICKLING MACHINE OPERATORS 2  
769 SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORS 643 536
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 5,896 2,917
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 6,067 3,407
785 ASSEMBLERS 2,674  
795 MISCELLANEOUS HAND WORKING OCCUPATIONS 435 186
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 128 96
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 130 68
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 292  
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 348  
877 STOCK HANDLERS AND BAGGERS 313  
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 288 76
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 236  
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 113  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 6,440 5,282
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 8,546 872
TOTAL 209,654 121,256

*(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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