National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name PENTAERYTHRITOL
CAS # 115-77-5
RTECS # RZ2490000
Agent Code 54185

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 6,861  
16 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS 322  
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 8,738  
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 93  
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 5,344 2,556
23 APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS 2,873 420
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 3,844 559
25 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 12,131 4,446
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 15,573 991
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 38,566 5,414
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 20,303 4,222
29 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS 868  
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 6,169 2,867
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 4,066 14
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 4,768 425
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 25,356 5,782
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 2,805 1,204
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 11,451 725
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 3,370 2,808
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 785 64
41 LOCAL AND INTERURBAN PASSENGER TRANSIT 3,897  
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 168  
44 WATER TRANSPORTATION 3,341  
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 8,414 57
48 COMMUNICATION 1,226 29
49 ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES 16,946 197
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 3,488 363
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 31,004 17,098
75 AUTO REPAIR, SERVICES, AND GARAGES 11,849  
80 HEALTH SERVICES 16,473 9,992
TOTAL 271,094 60,232

*(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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