National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION-GASOLINE (LEADED)
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code 60713

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
07 AGRICULTURAL SERVICES 14,884  
13 OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION 16,649 97
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 104,622 399
16 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS 53,817 750
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 200,223 351
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 44,317 665
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 743  
23 APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS 1,589 733
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 24,760 595
25 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 1,315  
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 6,169 61
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 11,928 754
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 9,724 2,169
29 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS 1,344  
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 2,107 105
32 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 27,626  
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 9,004 226
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 43,131 2,615
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 23,651 1,186
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 2,105 166
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 24,174 1,007
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 1,017 65
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 1,517 354
40 RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION 1,065  
41 LOCAL AND INTERURBAN PASSENGER TRANSIT 27,237 10,567
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 69,501 381
44 WATER TRANSPORTATION 2,611  
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 36,717 1,106
46 PIPE LINES, EXCEPT NATURAL GAS 7,382  
48 COMMUNICATION 5,301  
49 ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES 31,635 634
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 84,401 444
51 WHOLESALE TRADE - NONDURABLE GOODS 13,938  
55 AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS & SERVICE STATIONS 120,677 21,164
72 PERSONAL SERVICES 11,229 3,097
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 10,974 1,554
75 AUTO REPAIR, SERVICES, AND GARAGES 64,361  
76 MISCELLANEOUS REPAIR SERVICES 5,565 362
80 HEALTH SERVICES 1,985 190
84 MUSEUMS, BOTANICAL, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 460  
TOTAL 1,121,454 51,797

*(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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