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 GUAR GUM
CAS # 9000-30-0
RTECS # MG0185000 
Agent Code 83111

OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION (SIC 13)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
617 MINING OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 7,885

SUBTOTAL 7,885

HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS (SIC 16)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 761

SUBTOTAL 761

SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS (SIC 17)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
567 CARPENTERS 5,429

579 PAINTERS, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 1,067

869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 427

SUBTOTAL 6,923

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS (SIC 20)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 30

444 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS 482
301
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 445

547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 356

637 MACHINISTS 880

687 BAKERS 3,792
384
688 FOOD BATCHMAKERS 141
28
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,759
1,750
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 541

757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 300

887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 113

889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 676
186
SUBTOTAL 10,515
2,649
TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS (SIC 22)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 404
108
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 259

734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,153
54
744 TEXTILE SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 552
249
749 MISCELLANEOUS TEXTILE MACHINE OPERATORS 283
141
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,741
148
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 123

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 848
236
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 1,780

796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 324
54
856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 465
155
878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 54

SUBTOTAL 7,986
1,145
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (SIC 27)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
567 CARPENTERS 149

SUBTOTAL 149

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 201

756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 403

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,517

859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 101

SUBTOTAL 2,222

LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS (SIC 31)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
368 WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS 33

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 458

795 MISCELLANEOUS HAND WORKING OCCUPATIONS 295

SUBTOTAL 786

TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 22

575 ELECTRICIANS 65

585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 115

859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 687

887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 98

SUBTOTAL 987

BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 68
45
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 45
23
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 3,052
872
SUBTOTAL 3,165
940
HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
095 REGISTERED NURSES 27
25
096 PHARMACISTS 2,345
1,427
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 167
167
206 RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS 374
337
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 446
194
SUBTOTAL 3,359
2,150
TOTAL 44,738 6,884
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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