National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name YEAST EXTRACT
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X9252

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
078 BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS 617 474
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 169 131
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 6,454 5,110
206 RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS 993 689
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 125  
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 2,346 1,848
225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 50 50
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 933 605
447 NURSING AIDES, ORDERLIES, AND ATTENDANTS 18 9
449 MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN 34 34
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 76  
458 HAIRDRESSERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS 2,271 1,817
688 FOOD BATCHMAKERS 113  
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 76 76
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 3  
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 453 453
TOTAL 14,731 11,297

*(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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