National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name CALCIUM HYDROXIDE
CAS # 1305-62-0
RTECS # EW2800000
Agent Code 15743

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
13 OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION 32,808  
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 33,349 71
16 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS 4,743  
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 50,694  
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 18,473 3,136
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 5,751 877
23 APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS 35  
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 7,883 2,356
25 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 380 28
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 5,162  
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 6,488  
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 13,951 2,624
29 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS 4,101 217
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 10,085 4,491
32 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 6,767 18
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 9,584 1,317
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 12,052 1,220
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 33,123 6,082
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 14,010 6,047
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 13,735 728
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 3,941 2,665
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 2,620 16
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 9,917  
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 10,403 57
49 ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES 18,814  
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 1,269  
51 WHOLESALE TRADE - NONDURABLE GOODS 6,161 474
55 AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS & SERVICE STATIONS 3,566  
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 3,733 979
75 AUTO REPAIR, SERVICES, AND GARAGES 6,245  
80 HEALTH SERVICES 10,165 5,927
TOTAL 360,007 39,330

*(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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