National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name BENZENE, O-DICHLORO-
CAS # 95-50-1
RTECS # CZ4500000
Agent Code 24003

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
07 AGRICULTURAL SERVICES 263  
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 766  
16 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS 10,830 169
17 SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS 128  
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 2,021 419
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 6,643 680
23 APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS 225 186
24 LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS 2,282 188
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 688 31
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 2,524 33
31 LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS 377  
32 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 5,590  
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 478  
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 23  
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 198  
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 1,147 24
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 6,059 29
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 262  
41 LOCAL AND INTERURBAN PASSENGER TRANSIT 569  
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 1,862 50
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 409 9
49 ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES 5,222 119
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 1,494  
51 WHOLESALE TRADE - NONDURABLE GOODS 704  
55 AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS & SERVICE STATIONS 6,168  
72 PERSONAL SERVICES 21,021 9,926
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 715 51
75 AUTO REPAIR, SERVICES, AND GARAGES 10,771  
76 MISCELLANEOUS REPAIR SERVICES 1,380  
80 HEALTH SERVICES 1,429 773
TOTAL 92,246 12,686

*(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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