National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name XANTHAN GUM
CAS # 11138-66-2
RTECS #
Agent Code M1183

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)		 Total # Female
Employees
07 AGRICULTURAL SERVICES 5,607 2,015
16 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS 2,235  
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 4,744  
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 3,468 895
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 209  
23 APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS 4,990 3,930
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 546  
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 3,310 873
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 3,481 2,151
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 334 8
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 115 28
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 3,767 53
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 490  
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 29  
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 2,011  
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 1,720 1,364
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 622 11
44 WATER TRANSPORTATION 5,733 244
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 2,666 243
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 1,389  
55 AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS & SERVICE STATIONS 4,580 509
72 PERSONAL SERVICES 216  
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 29,338 15,582
75 AUTO REPAIR, SERVICES, AND GARAGES 907  
80 HEALTH SERVICES 137,729 99,551
84 MUSEUMS, BOTANICAL, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 460  
TOTAL 220,697 127,455

*(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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