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, BENZYL-C12-16-ALKYLDIMETHYL CHLORIDES
CAS # 68424-85-1
RTECS #
Agent Code X9472

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
07 AGRICULTURAL SERVICES 806 806
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 79  
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 1,672 537
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 574 36
23 APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS 48 48
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 60  
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 1,037 48
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 31  
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 800 54
29 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS 332  
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 1,194  
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 1,622  
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 235  
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 2,017  
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 1,261 531
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 1,333 43
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 67 37
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 46 46
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 316  
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 3  
49 ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES 372  
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 920  
55 AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS & SERVICE STATIONS 4,391 1,098
72 PERSONAL SERVICES 11,128 1,664
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 1,091 271
80 HEALTH SERVICES 8,087 6,843
TOTAL 39,520 12,062

*(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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