National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name SAND
CAS #
RTECS # VV7330000
Agent Code 67915

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
13 OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION 15,957  
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 47,542 242
16 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS 73,755 2,479
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 114,071  
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 1,887  
23 APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS 332  
25 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 604  
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 691 29
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 114  
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 4,280 1,701
29 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS 4,252  
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 1,500 231
32 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 49,944 1,203
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 6,367 99
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 3,036  
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 9,157 351
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 2,300 200
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 4,810 58
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 244  
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 1,561 870
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 1,703  
48 COMMUNICATION 1,687  
49 ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES 140  
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 907  
51 WHOLESALE TRADE - NONDURABLE GOODS 179  
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 13,974 11,207
80 HEALTH SERVICES 538  
TOTAL 361,534 18,669

*(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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