National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name COCOA - POWDER
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X9502

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
096 PHARMACISTS 101 51
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 212 176
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 658  
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 30  
435 WAITERS AND WAITRESSES 1,438 1,233
436 COOKS, EXCEPT SHORT ORDER 241  
444 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS 106 85
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 1,223 282
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 988  
687 BAKERS 1,895 330
688 FOOD BATCHMAKERS 709 124
699 MISCELLANEOUS PLANT AND SYSTEM OPERATORS 753  
719 MOLDING AND CASTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,317 94
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,826 1,217
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,362 529
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,773 1,241
795 MISCELLANEOUS HAND WORKING OCCUPATIONS 435 186
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 213  
888 HAND PACKERS AND PACKAGERS 1,938 1,300
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 616 616
TOTAL 17,835 7,466

*(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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