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 ACID, DIBUTYL ESTER
CAS # 84-74-2
RTECS # TI0875000
Agent Code 80248

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 1,253  
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 35,230 892
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 7,014 2,489
21 TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS 2,43 1,91
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 6,527 4,245
23 APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS 18,564 15,710
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 9,501 2,987
25 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 22,814 12,676
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 20,978 4,248
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 43,880 11,214
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 17,939 3,799
29 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS 3,012  
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 11,931 8,588
31 LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS 3,888 1,421
32 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 2,165 90
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 6,730 909
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 11,184 2,528
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 13,208 598
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 13,426 6,031
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 14,830 2,154
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 7,671 4,521
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 5,604 1,412
40 RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION 1,351 392
41 LOCAL AND INTERURBAN PASSENGER TRANSIT 597  
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 4,361 339
44 WATER TRANSPORTATION 4,025 244
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 27,326 3,861
48 COMMUNICATION 702 414
49 ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES 2,120 42
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 2,067 46
51 WHOLESALE TRADE - NONDURABLE GOODS 7,264 474
55 AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS & SERVICE STATIONS 1,876  
72 PERSONAL SERVICES 12,054 7,889
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 68,889 28,561
75 AUTO REPAIR, SERVICES, AND GARAGES 13,000  
80 HEALTH SERVICES 86,944 67,561
84 MUSEUMS, BOTANICAL, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 276  
TOTAL 512,631 198,249

*(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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