National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

Estimated Numbers of Employees Potentially Exposed to Specific Agents by Occupation*

Agent Name AMMONIUM SULFITE
CAS # 10196-04-0
RTECS #
Agent Code 83551

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 348 255
184 TECHNICAL WRITERS 172 103
185 DESIGNERS 332  
189 PHOTOGRAPHERS 977 353
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 90 66
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 129  
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 12  
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 1,433 179
347 OFFICE MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 7 7
365 STOCK AND INVENTORY CLERKS 59 59
426 GUARDS AND POLICE, EXC. PUBLIC SERVICE 140  
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 301  
458 HAIRDRESSERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS 7,275 5,347
519 MACHINERY MAINTENANCE OCCUPATIONS 90  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 269  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 26 14
736 TYPESETTERS AND COMPOSITORS 1,175 444
753 CEMENTING AND GLUING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,264  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 503  
774 PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS MACHINE OPERATORS 3,916 2,361
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 9  
TOTAL 18,525 9,188

*(1) The estimates for each occupation apply across the surveyed industries in which the agent was observed. Not all industries were surveyed, and not all agents were observed in all surveyed industries. (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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