National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS, BIS(HYDROGENATED TALLOW ALKYL)DIMETHYL, CHLORIDES
CAS # 61789-80-8
RTECS #
Agent Code X9305

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 10,714  
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 78  
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 1,874 1,874
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 546  
25 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 672 224
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 1,099 46
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 5,654 1,754
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 3,890 2,102
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 1,312 146
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 72  
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 2,862  
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 1,126 11
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 244 24
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 142  
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 499 125
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 229 102
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 6,707 57
80 HEALTH SERVICES 1,545 1,048
TOTAL 39,266 7,513

*(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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