National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name CASTOR OIL, DEHYDRATED
CAS # 64147-40-6
RTECS #
Agent Code M2972

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 2,222 5
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 2,378  
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 447 312
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 1,209 725
23 APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS 158 158
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 62 7
25 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 4,741 337
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 68  
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 389 124
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 3,689 336
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 475 68
31 LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS 1,018 722
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 5,053 48
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 6,207 24
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 1,727 329
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 2,386 772
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 9,735 409
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 558 126
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 1,508 30
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 45  
44 WATER TRANSPORTATION 2,393 244
48 COMMUNICATION 287  
80 HEALTH SERVICES 845 474
84 MUSEUMS, BOTANICAL, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 1,643 164
TOTAL 49,245 5,413

*(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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