National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name HEPTADECANOIC ACID
CAS # 506-12-7
RTECS # MI3850000
Agent Code M2891

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 361  
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 2,120 837
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 1,427 52
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 533  
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 189 81
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 1,929 81
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 55  
TOTAL 6,614 1,051

*(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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