National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE
CAS # 85-44-9
RTECS # TI3150000
Agent Code 59230

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 107  
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 59  
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 1,775 36
25 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 1,623  
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 1,099 46
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 10,114 635
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 21,663 5,036
29 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS 517 239
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 7,125 529
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 3,841 14
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 1,701 325
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 7,451 2,591
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 2,404 724
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 6,333 1,265
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 1,781 972
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 598 448
44 WATER TRANSPORTATION 1,708 244
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 7,306 57
48 COMMUNICATION 34  
49 ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES 71  
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 901  
55 AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS & SERVICE STATIONS 153  
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 1,173 282
80 HEALTH SERVICES 1,773 1,233
TOTAL 81,312 14,675

*(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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