SIC	Industry Description (1972)	Total # Employees (Male & Female)	Total # Female Employees
17	SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS	11,072
20	FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS	26
22	TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS	9,461	4,178
23	APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS	302	258
24	LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS	4,072	1,075
25	FURNITURE AND FIXTURES	4,158	202
27	PRINTING AND PUBLISHING	4,113	1,977
28	CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS	6,652	5,588
30	RUBBER AND MISC. PLASTICS PRODUCTS	5,358	3,232
31	LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS	2,024	540
33	PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES	2,488
34	FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS	340	320
35	MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL	810	340
36	ELECTRIC AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT	6,752	2,468
37	TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT	9,805	1,057
38	INSTRUMENTS AND RELATED PRODUCTS	308	200
39	MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES	12,391	3,683
44	WATER TRANSPORTATION	2,632
48	COMMUNICATION	4,949
55	AUTOMOTIVE DEALERS & SERVICE STATIONS	1,280	427
73	BUSINESS SERVICES	559	280
80	HEALTH SERVICES	127
TOTAL		89,678	25,825

*(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.