National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name ZINC, DUST
CAS # 7440-66-6
RTECS # ZG8600000
Agent Code X4242

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
13 OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION 14,386  
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 10,492 5
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 15,705 91
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 777  
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 269 45
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 503  
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 10,457 3,868
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 4,452 80
32 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 246  
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 194  
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 6,862 116
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 2,014 62
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 1,383  
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 6,261 570
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 2,595 1,887
44 WATER TRANSPORTATION 1,231  
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 7  
76 MISCELLANEOUS REPAIR SERVICES 460  
80 HEALTH SERVICES 1,626 1,150
TOTAL 79,920 7,874

*(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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