National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name BENZENESULFONIC ACID, DODECYL-, POTASSIUM SALT
CAS # 27177-77-1
RTECS #
Agent Code M3939

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 1,986  
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 290  
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 52 52
23 APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS 176  
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 492 101
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 98  
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 159  
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 322  
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 417 335
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 14  
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 499  
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 9,512 4,343
75 AUTO REPAIR, SERVICES, AND GARAGES 3,990  
80 HEALTH SERVICES 6,169 2,758
TOTAL 24,176 7,589

*(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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