National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name PUMICE
CAS # 1332-09-8
RTECS #
Agent Code 92780

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 634  
16 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS 198  
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 13,025  
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 356  
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 94  
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 3,794 753
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 2,014 1,123
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 10,045 2,769
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 4,320 2,518
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 714 56
32 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 4,786 687
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 11,258 1,553
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 995  
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 6,580 313
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 2,801 464
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 1,020 14
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 3,388 1,116
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 338  
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 553  
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 1,182 118
49 ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES 10,232  
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 1,859  
51 WHOLESALE TRADE - NONDURABLE GOODS 1,090  
55 AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS & SERVICE STATIONS 8,560  
72 PERSONAL SERVICES 2,898  
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 2,789 1,160
75 AUTO REPAIR, SERVICES, AND GARAGES 3,182  
80 HEALTH SERVICES 6,095 4,489
TOTAL 104,802 17,134

*(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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