National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name PHENOL, SODIUM SALT
CAS # 139-02-6
RTECS # SM8780000 
Agent Code M2709

GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS (SIC 15)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
567 CARPENTERS 98

SUBTOTAL 98

SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS (SIC 17)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
567 CARPENTERS 4,120

573 DRYWALL INSTALLERS 326

869 CONSTRUCTION LABORERS 381

SUBTOTAL 4,827

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (SIC 34)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
783 WELDERS AND CUTTERS 106

873 PRODUCTION HELPERS 106

SUBTOTAL 212

ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (SIC 36)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
644 PRECISION GRINDERS, FITTERS, AND TOOL SHARPENERS 5

SUBTOTAL 5

HEALTH SERVICES (SIC 80)
Code Occupation Description (1980) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
073 CHEMISTS, EXCEPT BIOCHEMISTS 217
176
096 PHARMACISTS 82
14
203 CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS 1,244
909
224 CHEMICAL TECHNICIANS 330
240
453 JANITORS AND CLEANERS 62

567 CARPENTERS 75

SUBTOTAL 2,010
1,339
TOTAL 7,152 1,339
RELATED PAGES: Estimates by SIC, Estimates by Occupation

*(1) The estimates for each occupation apply only to the 3- and 4-digit SICs surveyed within the 2-digit SIC where the agent was observed. Not all SICs were surveyed, and not all agents were observed in all surveyed SICs. (2) When using the estimates, standard errors associated with estimates should be considered. (3) 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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