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 ISOVALERIC ACID
CAS # 503-74-2
RTECS # NY1400000 
Agent Code 84451

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS (SIC 20)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 58

453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 117

633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 117

754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 58

763 ROASTING AND BAKING MACHINE OPERATORS, FOOD 117

768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,170

856 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK AND TRACTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 175

878 MACHINE FEEDERS AND OFFBEARERS 58

SUBTOTAL 1,870

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 1,224
216
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 96

754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 827
276
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 358

779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 1,368
288
859 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL MOVING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 360

877 STOCK HANDLERS AND BAGGERS 138

889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 138

SUBTOTAL 4,509
780
HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 279
244
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 35
14
SUBTOTAL 314
258
TOTAL 6,693 1,038
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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