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 BACTO-PEPTONE
CAS #
RTECS #  
Agent Code X6031

FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS (SIC 20)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 46
46
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 48
32
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 858
655
SUBTOTAL 952
733
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (SIC 27)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
078 BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS 9
4
SUBTOTAL 9
4
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS (SIC 28)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 20

225 SCIENCE TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 50
50
754 PACKAGING AND FILLING MACHINE OPERATORS 13

SUBTOTAL 83
50
TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT (SIC 37)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 3

SUBTOTAL 3

BUSINESS SERVICES (SIC 73)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
078 BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS 636
212
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 1,186
830
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 7

453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 494

SUBTOTAL 2,323
1,042
HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
078 BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENTISTS 602
448
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 148
123
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 4,351
3,484
223 BIOLOGICAL TECHNICIANS 340
270
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 753
532
SUBTOTAL 6,194
4,857
TOTAL 9,564 6,686
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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