National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ARSENIC ACID
CAS # 7778-39-4
RTECS # CG2275000
Agent Code 84479

Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 1,358 956
646 LAY-OUT WORKERS 5  
677 OPTICAL GOODS WORKERS 107  
709 GRINDING, ABRADING, BUFFING, AND POLISHING MACHINE OPERATORS 107 107
733 MISCELLANEOUS WOODWORKING MACHINE OPERATORS 2,313  
756 MIXING AND BLENDING MACHINE OPERATORS 466  
777 MISCELLANEOUS MACHINE OPERATORS, N.E.C. 30 19
779 MACHINE OPERATORS, NOT SPECIFIED 19 19
796 PRODUCTION INSPECTORS, CHECKERS, AND EXAMINERS 12 12
TOTAL 4,415 1,111

*(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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