National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name FOODSTUFFS-SUGARS
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X8656

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 3,351 1,136
435 WAITERS AND WAITRESSES 1,438 1,233
486 GROUNDSKEEPERS AND GARDENERS, EXCEPT FARM 82  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 457 114
686 BUTCHERS AND MEAT CUTTERS 2,214 374
687 BAKERS 1,238 231
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 666 199
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 3,923 936
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,524  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 711 118
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 3,545 457
883 FREIGHT, STOCK, AND MATERIAL MOVERS, HAND, N.E.C. 189  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 1,198 706
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 792 616
TOTAL 21,328 6,122

*(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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