National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name BORAX
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X3767

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
07 AGRICULTURAL SERVICES 753  
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 4,550 208
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 1,986  
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 302 29
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 122  
23 APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS 107  
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 24  
25 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 351  
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 3,141 46
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 3,551 31
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 4,038 151
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 12,502 6,336
31 LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS 2,668 1,911
32 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 1,639 116
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 2,416  
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 11,214 2,081
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 24,989 1,134
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 282 37
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 6,988 741
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 3,198 1,840
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 910 96
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 1,365  
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 5,627  
55 AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS & SERVICE STATIONS 684  
72 PERSONAL SERVICES 1,403 408
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 3,643 2,786
80 HEALTH SERVICES 1,185 750
84 MUSEUMS, BOTANICAL, ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS 92  
TOTAL 99,732 18,699

*(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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