National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

Estimated Numbers of Employees Potentially Exposed to Specific Agents by Occupation within 2-Digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)*

Agent Name TRICHLOROACETIC ACID
CAS # 76-03-9
RTECS # AJ7875000 
Agent Code 81560

OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION (SIC 13)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
616 MINING MACHINE OPERATORS 8,072

SUBTOTAL 8,072

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS (SIC 20)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 333
238
SUBTOTAL 333
238
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 912
394
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,574
386
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 257
43
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 86

783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 751

SUBTOTAL 4,580
823
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 66
23
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 40
6
SUBTOTAL 106
29
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS (SIC 38)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
785 ASSEMBLERS 174

SUBTOTAL 174

BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 3,534
2,846
SUBTOTAL 3,534
2,846
HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 42
28
069 PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS 1,354
829
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 1,091
892
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 225
177
084 PHYSICIANS 13

095 REGISTERED NURSES 562
562
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 10,344
7,135
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,641
1,147
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 424
71
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 1,290
1,064
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 35
21
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 1,306
959
SUBTOTAL 18,327
12,885
TOTAL 35,126 16,821
RELATED PAGES: Estimates by SIC, Estimates by Occupation

*(1) The estimates for each occupation apply only to the 3- and 4-digit SICs surveyed within the 2-digit SIC where the agent was observed. Not all SICs were surveyed, and not all agents were observed in all surveyed SICs. (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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