National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name FATTY ACIDS, COCONUT OIL, SODIUM SALTS
CAS # 61789-31-9
RTECS #
Agent Code X9628

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
16 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS 198  
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 1,200  
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 3,832 1,088
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 737  
23 APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS 1,248 1,248
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 9  
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 63  
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 6,630 1,562
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 79  
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 7,053 727
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 13,046 4,788
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 6,586 156
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 5,449 1,087
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 7,918 5,921
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 2,127 585
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 790  
40 RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION 44  
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 1,227 15
44 WATER TRANSPORTATION 5,733 244
75 AUTO REPAIR, SERVICES, AND GARAGES 1,563  
80 HEALTH SERVICES 5,062 4,326
TOTAL 70,594 21,748

*(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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