National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name PERCHLORIC ACID
CAS # 7601-90-3
RTECS # SC7500000
Agent Code 80182

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 940 589
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 192  
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 58 45
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 805 300
29 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS 1,523 399
32 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 128 12
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 627  
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 164 41
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 3,959  
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 6  
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 176 9
49 ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES 662  
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 8,578 3,585
80 HEALTH SERVICES 9,402 6,551
TOTAL 27,220 11,531

*(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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