National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name NAPHTHALENE
CAS # 91-20-3
RTECS # QJ0525000
Agent Code 49600

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
07 AGRICULTURAL SERVICES 1,838 1,608
13 OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION 10,299  
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 1,236  
16 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS 215  
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 6,286  
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 6,750 22
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 4,951 261
23 APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS 354  
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 80  
25 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 147 33
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 5,720  
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 4,136  
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 6,764 373
29 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS 13,767 617
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 206 14
31 LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS 167 24
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 7,690 12
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 4,107 437
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 9,399 62
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 2,506 110
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 1,253 60
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 9  
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 954 396
40 RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION 436  
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 339  
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 10,303 57
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 1,123 46
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 3,362 738
75 AUTO REPAIR, SERVICES, AND GARAGES 6,889  
80 HEALTH SERVICES 1,317 349
84 MUSEUMS, BOTANICAL, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 92  
TOTAL 112,696 5,220

*(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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