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 TARTARIC ACID, L-(+)-
CAS # 87-69-4
RTECS # WW7875000 
Agent Code X4599

OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION (SIC 13)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
617 MINING OCCUPATIONS, N.E.C. 6,111

SUBTOTAL 6,111

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS (SIC 20)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
688 FOOD BATCHMAKERS 323

756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 17

777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 34

SUBTOTAL 374

PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 26)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 156

734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 918
153
SUBTOTAL 1,074
153
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (SIC 27)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
379 GENERAL OFFICE CLERKS 319
57
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 450
53
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 212

734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 4,995
533
735 PHOTOENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS 582

737 MISCELLANEOUS PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 768

SUBTOTAL 7,326
643
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 541

SUBTOTAL 541

PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES (SIC 33)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 49
8
SUBTOTAL 49
8
MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (SIC 35)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 411

793 HAND ENGRAVING AND PRINTING OCCUPATIONS 526
33
SUBTOTAL 937
33
ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
048 CHEMICAL ENGINEERS 7
2
055 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERS 162

585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 2

723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,584
950
774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 13
13
SUBTOTAL 2,768
965
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 142
5
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 20

724 HEAT TREATING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS 55

SUBTOTAL 217
5
INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS (SIC 38)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 138

235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 1,361
907
723 METAL PLATING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,978
949
774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 1,465
909
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 9

785 ASSEMBLERS 174

SUBTOTAL 5,125
2,765
BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 68
45
774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 38

SUBTOTAL 106
45
AUTO REPAIR, SERVICES, AND GARAGES (SIC 75)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
637 MACHINISTS 971

SUBTOTAL 971

HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 1,174
909
SUBTOTAL 1,174
909
TOTAL 26,773 5,526
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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