National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name FATTY ACIDS, TALLOW, LITHIUM SALTS
CAS # 64755-02-8
RTECS #
Agent Code X1268

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 3,990  
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 528  
23 APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS 177  
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 303  
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 14  
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 243  
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 2,831 40
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 1,749 52
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 348  
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 1,707 3
40 RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION 44  
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 1,666  
48 COMMUNICATION 2,013 387
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 722  
TOTAL 16,335 483

*(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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