National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name PENTACHLOROPHENOL
CAS # 87-86-5
RTECS # SM6300000
Agent Code 54160

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 1,721  
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 2,326 171
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 8,100 2,764
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 74  
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 2,473 164
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 470 97
31 LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS 394  
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 1,588  
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 78  
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 41  
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 41  
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 183  
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 84  
49 ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES 1,954  
51 WHOLESALE TRADE - NONDURABLE GOODS 704  
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 3,732 574
80 HEALTH SERVICES 1,200 257
84 MUSEUMS, BOTANICAL, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 1,643 164
TOTAL 26,806 4,191

*(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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