National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

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

Agent Name BENZENESULFONIC ACID, DODECYL ESTER
CAS # 1886-81-3
RTECS # DB6650000
Agent Code T1341

SIC Industry Description (1972) Total # Employees
(Male & Female)
Total # Female
Employees
15 GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTORS 1,112  
16 HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS 170 106
20 FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS 7,231 1,342
22 TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 1,363 75
23 APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS 429 45
25 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES 62  
26 PAPER AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 32  
27 PRINTING AND PUBLISHING 3,651 2,374
28 CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 567 263
30 RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS 525 43
32 STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS 156 37
33 PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES 2,083 156
34 FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS 813  
35 MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 500 18
36 ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 586 125
37 TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT 246 55
38 INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS 3,265 2,368
39 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 165 165
42 TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSING 837 101
45 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR 528  
48 COMMUNICATION 181  
49 ELECTRIC, GAS, AND SANITARY SERVICES 327 164
50 WHOLESALE TRADE - DURABLE GOODS 1,024 104
51 WHOLESALE TRADE - NONDURABLE GOODS 431  
55 AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS & SERVICE STATIONS 258 172
72 PERSONAL SERVICES 7,780 4,889
73 BUSINESS SERVICES 23,501 6,273
80 HEALTH SERVICES 45,702 29,012
TOTAL 103,527 47,888

*(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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