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 OXALIC ACID, POTASSIUM SALT
CAS # 583-52-8
RTECS #  
Agent Code X5057

WATER TRANSPORTATION (SIC 44)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 244

547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 488

549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 610

567 CARPENTERS 1,708
244
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,708

783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 366

889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 610

SUBTOTAL 5,734
244
BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 5,260
2,954
SUBTOTAL 5,260
2,954
HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
099 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS 300
197
103 PHYSICAL THERAPISTS 275
253
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 1,726
1,220
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 195
120
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,483
918
444 MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATION OCCUPATIONS 1,430
1,314
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 2,337
1,692
449 MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN 1,660
968
SUBTOTAL 9,406
6,682
MUSEUMS, BOTANICAL, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS (SIC 84)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 368

SUBTOTAL 368

TOTAL 20,768 9,880
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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