National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name C.I. ACID YELLOW 36, MONOSODIUM SALT
CAS # 587-98-4
RTECS # DB7329500
Agent Code M1438

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
018 FUNERAL DIRECTORS 630 70
083 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS 302 257
188 PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, CRAFT-ARTISTS, AND ARTIST PRINTMAKERS 158 53
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 1,706 1,480
206 RADIOLOGIC TECHNICIANS 993 689
213 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 293  
235 TECHNICIANS, N.E.C. 13  
364 TRAFFIC, SHIPPING, AND RECEIVING CLERKS 245  
446 HEALTH AIDES, EXCEPT NURSING 1,312 1,002
449 MAIDS AND HOUSEMEN 3,860 2,323
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 2,261 253
458 HAIRDRESSERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS 3,499 3,254
486 GROUNDSKEEPERS AND GARDENERS, EXCEPT FARM 487  
518 INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY REPAIRERS 103  
549 NOT SPECIFIED MECHANICS AND REPAIRERS 171  
567 CARPENTERS 172 10
575 ELECTRICIANS 1,028 62
585 PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS, AND STEAMFITTERS 372  
633 SUPERVISORS, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS 1,900 380
637 MACHINISTS 245  
666 DRESSMAKERS 358  
694 WATER AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATORS 16  
734 PRINTING MACHINE OPERATORS 1,192  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 541  
757 SEPARATING, FILTERING, AND CLARIFYING MACHINE OPERATORS 270  
759 PAINTING AND PAINT SPRAYING MACHINE OPERATORS 136  
766 FURNACE, KILN, AND OVEN OPERATORS, EXC. FOOD 467  
768 CRUSHING AND GRINDING MACHINE OPERATORS 172  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 1,044 139
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 17,798 5,049
785 ASSEMBLERS 2,380 1,678
887 VEHICLE WASHERS AND EQUIPMENT CLEANERS 3,104 507
889 LABORERS, EXCEPT CONSTRUCTION 5,448 950
TOTAL 52,679 18,156

*(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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