National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name IONIZING RADIATION
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code P0412

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 1,010 67
21 TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS 16  
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 460  
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 397 51
32 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 560 24
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 3,041  
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 857 249
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 142 32
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 12,967 3,842
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 69  
49 ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES 19,659 683
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 999  
80 HEALTH SERVICES 8,491 5,906
TOTAL 48,821 10,858

*(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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