National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name HYDROCARBON WAXES (PETROLEUM), OXIDIZED, ME ESTERS, BARIUM SALTS
CAS # 68603-10-1
RTECS #
Agent Code E0385

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
07 AGRICULTURAL SERVICES 2,061 883
16 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS 1,319 10
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 2,328  
23 APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS 435  
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 97 7
25 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 177  
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 218  
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 421  
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 257  
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 575  
32 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 1,464  
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 763  
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 13,156 2,621
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 23,796 530
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 24,348 9,585
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 2,431 73
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 3,331 877
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 149 25
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 1,234 460
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 196  
49 ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES 7,291 110
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 4,355  
51 WHOLESALE TRADE - NONDURABLE GOODS 2,156 431
72 PERSONAL SERVICES 896 597
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 35  
80 HEALTH SERVICES 1,980  
TOTAL 95,469 16,210

*(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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