National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name OCTADECANOIC ACID, 12-HYDROXY-, METHYL ESTER
CAS # 141-23-1
RTECS # WI4200000
Agent Code M1850

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 184  
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 151  
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 83 7
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 38  
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 1,918 128
29 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS 147  
32 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 2,458 123
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 1,152 12
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 1,121  
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 1,295  
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 118  
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 4,390 88
41 LOCAL AND INTERURBAN PASSENGER TRANSIT 3,681  
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 624  
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 422  
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 690  
75 AUTO REPAIR, SERVICES, AND GARAGES 4,147  
76 MISCELLANEOUS REPAIR SERVICES 7,893  
TOTAL 30,512 358

*(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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