National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name OCTADECANOIC ACID, ETHENYL ESTER, HOMOPOLYMER
CAS # 9003-95-6
RTECS #
Agent Code X1036

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
16 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS 1,711 10
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 73  
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 705  
21 TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS 1,59  
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 127  
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 1,647  
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 85  
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 1,036 31
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 424  
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 1,840 28
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 4,285 21
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 12,486 225
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 9,029 1,793
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 2,332 26
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 3,420 126
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 122  
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 55  
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 494  
TOTAL 41,463 2,259

*(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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