National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name AMMONIUM SULFIDE
CAS # 12135-76-1
RTECS # BS4920000
Agent Code 84440

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 1,120 17
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 128 97
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 719 584
208 HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 140 115
216 ENGINEERING TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 658 495
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 120 120
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 55 55
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 927  
547 SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS, N.E.C. 29  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 167  
695 POWER PLANT OPERATORS 96  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 114  
TOTAL 4,271 1,482

*(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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