National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name LASER/MASER
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code P0310

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 235  
16 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS 3,774  
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 3,357  
21 TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS 10 1
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 37  
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 4,155 114
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 181 30
32 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 18  
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 58  
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 38 3
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 293 164
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 1,731 148
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 2,860 169
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 3,704 1,246
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 10,054 1,315
80 HEALTH SERVICES 3,869 2,826
TOTAL 34,466 6,035

*(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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