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 URIC ACID
CAS # 69-93-2
RTECS #  
Agent Code 82048

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 279
46
SUBTOTAL 279
46
PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 348

SUBTOTAL 348

BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 7

SUBTOTAL 7

HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 352
300
078 BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS 69
62
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 141
127
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 9,590
7,153
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,130
706
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 700
539
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 4,781
3,476
SUBTOTAL 16,763
12,363
TOTAL 17,397 12,409
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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