National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name FORMALDEHYDE
CAS # 50-00-0
RTECS # LP8925000
Agent Code 33640

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
07 AGRICULTURAL SERVICES 11,757 6,101
13 OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION 14,667  
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 17,947 478
16 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS 921  
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 33,493  
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 20,960 3,562
21 TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS 81 31
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 33,825 5,428
23 APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS 72,651 59,061
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 33,755 5,659
25 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 49,594 13,002
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 55,285 9,064
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 80,869 11,750
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 74,846 13,274
29 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS 9,395 166
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 39,254 5,742
31 LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS 11,287 6,476
32 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 29,019 2,532
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 28,014 305
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 47,280 8,386
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 64,195 6,798
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 40,492 15,112
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 59,761 3,921
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 17,159 4,708
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 16,783 5,072
40 RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION 1,351 392
41 LOCAL AND INTERURBAN PASSENGER TRANSIT 767  
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 3,363 748
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 25,816 2,739
47 TRANSPORTATION SERVICES 1,333 1,075
48 COMMUNICATION 8,244 43
49 ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES 519  
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 19,136 880
51 WHOLESALE TRADE - NONDURABLE GOODS 4,192 431
55 AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS & SERVICE STATIONS 16,271 2,728
72 PERSONAL SERVICES 58,235 29,238
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 102,760 37,370
76 MISCELLANEOUS REPAIR SERVICES 1,306 1,132
80 HEALTH SERVICES 220,357 178,050
84 MUSEUMS, BOTANICAL, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 1,643 164
TOTAL 1,329,322 441,902

*(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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