National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ASPHALT
CAS # 8052-42-4
RTECS # CI9900000
Agent Code 90320

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
07 AGRICULTURAL SERVICES 1,644  
13 OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION 1,597  
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 27,267 5
16 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS 71,031 1,319
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 123,634  
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 3,829  
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 4,886 945
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 4,832 7
25 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 366  
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 24,034 4,994
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 17,765 1,098
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 1,601 43
29 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS 6,446 166
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 4,170 109
32 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 13,789 266
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 27,088 204
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 10,706 164
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 54,064 7,566
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 8,093 925
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 11,304 580
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 833 82
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 3,550 454
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 5,988  
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 344  
48 COMMUNICATION 53  
49 ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES 10,495  
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 13,366  
51 WHOLESALE TRADE - NONDURABLE GOODS 1,359  
55 AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS & SERVICE STATIONS 3,212  
72 PERSONAL SERVICES 213  
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 1,173  
75 AUTO REPAIR, SERVICES, AND GARAGES 10,405  
80 HEALTH SERVICES 1,532 35
84 MUSEUMS, BOTANICAL, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 368  
TOTAL 471,039 18,959

*(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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