National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ATTAPULGITE
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code M1112

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 196  
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 7,279  
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 257 43
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 277  
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 1,882  
49 ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES 933  
51 WHOLESALE TRADE - NONDURABLE GOODS 666  
TOTAL 11,490 43

*(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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