Asphalt Table 3

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Table 3. Ten industries and ten occupations^* with the most employees

potentially exposed to asphalt products^†,‡

Industry	Employees Exposed		Occupation	Employees Exposed
	Number	% of total		Number	% of total
Special trade contractors	125,832	26.58	Construction laborers	53,167	11.23
Heavy construction contractors	71,137	15.03	Roofers	46,000	9.72
Machinery, except electrical	54,064	11.42	Carpenters	30,862	6.52
General building contractors	27,267	5.76	Machine operators, not specified	23,639	4.99
Primary metal industries	27,088	5.72	Machinists	16,891	3.57
Paper and allied products	24,034	5.08	Assemblers	16,663	3.52
Printing and publishing	17,765	3.75	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	16,477	3.48
Stone, clay, and glass products	13,789	2.91	Electricians	16,322	3.45
Wholesale trade - durable goods	13,366	2.82	Printing machine operators	14,781	3.12
Transportation equipment	11,304	2.39	Not specified mechanics and repairers	13,204	2.79

^*Excluding janitors which comprised 41,346 or 8.75% of the total.

^†Source NIOSH [1983b].

^‡Total employees exposed to asphalt products = 473,344

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