National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name RAYON (MF UNKNOWN), PROCESSED
CAS #
RTECS #
Agent Code X6472

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 14,258 6,506
23 APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS 10,595 8,728
25 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 190  
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 7,944 2,697
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 236 141
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 3,354 2,102
31 LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS 115 115
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 2,655  
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 683  
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 479 44
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 1,324 1,158
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 163 116
80 HEALTH SERVICES 49 33
TOTAL 42,044 21,640

*(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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