National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name AMMONIUM THIOCYANATE
CAS # 1762-95-4
RTECS # XK7875000
Agent Code 80258

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 7,287 25
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 203  
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 112 56
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 5,975 1,780
25 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 7,706 567
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 26  
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 32,543 12,441
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 6,996 2,298
31 LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS 36  
32 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 826  
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 3,442 347
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 3,319 738
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 1,942 323
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 691 292
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 3,022 514
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 1,483 915
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 202 202
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 413  
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 68 17
48 COMMUNICATION 366  
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 4,483  
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 3,772 1,010
80 HEALTH SERVICES 3,752 1,714
84 MUSEUMS, BOTANICAL, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 1,919 164
TOTAL 90,585 23,403

*(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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