National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

Estimated Numbers of Employees Potentially Exposed to Specific Agents by 2-Digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)*

Agent Name AMMONIUM NITRATE
CAS # 6484-52-2
RTECS # BR9050000
Agent Code 06163

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 100 25
16 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS 2,628  
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 3,273  
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 433  
23 APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS 242 195
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 929  
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 2,120 153
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 7,192 590
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 11,631 1,751
32 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 1,706 115
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 3,634 14
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 5,184 876
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 3,964 3
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 609 54
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 4,081 946
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 752  
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 372 90
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 47  
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 495  
48 COMMUNICATION 149  
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 752 68
80 HEALTH SERVICES 6,810 4,578
84 MUSEUMS, BOTANICAL, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 730 365
TOTAL 57,833 9,824

*(1) By survey design, not all 2-digit SICs were surveyed. (2) The estimates for each 2-digit SIC apply only to the 3- and 4-digit SICs surveyed within the 2-digit SIC. Not all SICs were surveyed. (3) When using the estimates, standard errors associated with estimates should be considered. (4) 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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