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 ALGINIC ACID
CAS # 9005-32-7
RTECS # AZ5775000 
Agent Code 83805

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
368 WEIGHERS, MEASURERS, AND CHECKERS 43

756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 43

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 54
11
797 PRODUCTION TESTERS 43

SUBTOTAL 183
11
HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
095 REGISTERED NURSES 7,291
6,990
096 PHARMACISTS 1,396
741
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 300
237
SUBTOTAL 8,987
7,968
TOTAL 9,170 7,979
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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