National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name CELLULOSE ACETATE
CAS # 9004-35-7
RTECS #
Agent Code X6205

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
21 TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS 12,05 4,46
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 3,405 3,178
23 APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS 444 395
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 1,823 729
25 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 191 191
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 49  
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 2,932 1,570
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 509 143
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 2,072  
32 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 2,519 1,628
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 197  
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 75  
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 4,387 2,654
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 3,088 2,270
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 76  
51 WHOLESALE TRADE - NONDURABLE GOODS 2,156 431
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 8,382 787
80 HEALTH SERVICES 39,149 28,840
TOTAL 83,508 47,285

*(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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