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 ARGININE, L-
CAS # 74-79-3
RTECS #  
Agent Code X3074

CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 193
96
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 289
145
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 385
145
SUBTOTAL 867
386
BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
075 GEOLOGISTS AND GEODESISTS 28

SUBTOTAL 28

HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
019 MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, N.E.C. 21
14
078 BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS 212
169
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 195
142
084 PHYSICIANS 13

095 REGISTERED NURSES 9,809
9,509
096 PHARMACISTS 2,329
1,026
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 4,826
3,828
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 161
109
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 14
7
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 823
530
SUBTOTAL 18,403
15,334
TOTAL 19,298 15,720
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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