National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name PHOSPHORUS
CAS # 7723-14-0
RTECS # TH3500000
Agent Code 81650

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 9,664  
16 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS 152  
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 84,347 77
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 555  
21 TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS 2  
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 180  
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 180  
25 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 1,342  
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 1,246  
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 454  
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 117  
29 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS 1,626  
32 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 985  
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 5,981 166
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 21,202 1,815
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 21,900 2,651
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 3,640 1,244
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 13,768 125
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 5,216 653
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 649 51
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 691 25
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 1,283  
49 ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES 597  
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 466  
51 WHOLESALE TRADE - NONDURABLE GOODS 3,335  
72 PERSONAL SERVICES 140  
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 78  
75 AUTO REPAIR, SERVICES, AND GARAGES 2,963  
76 MISCELLANEOUS REPAIR SERVICES 22,113  
80 HEALTH SERVICES 2,442 627
84 MUSEUMS, BOTANICAL, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 1,643 164
TOTAL 208,975 7,598

*(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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