National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code 80090

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 783  
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 257 51
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 1,297  
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 1,937 628
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 929 52
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 28  
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 3,004  
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 1,721  
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 160 12
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 566 32
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 1,499 1,179
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 479 16
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 130  
51 WHOLESALE TRADE - NONDURABLE GOODS 704  
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 1,091 996
80 HEALTH SERVICES 311 165
TOTAL 14,897 3,129

*(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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