The first section describes establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing steam turbines; hydraulic turbines; gas turbines, except aircraft; and complete steam, gas, and hydraulic turbine generator set units. Also included in this industry are the manufacture of wind and solar powered turbine generators and windmills for generating electric power. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing non-automotive type generators are classified in Industry 3621; those manufacturing aircraft turbines are classified in Industry 3724; and those manufacturing windmill heads and towers for pumping water for agricultural use are classified in Industry 3523.

Other establishments engaged in manufacturing diesel, semi-diesel, or other internal combustion engines, not elsewhere classified, for stationary, marine, traction, and other uses are included. Some establishments are primarily engaged in manufacturing diesel, semi-diesel, or other internal combustion engines, not elsewhere classified, for stationary, marine, traction, and other uses. This section includes companies that make engine parts such a tank engine, engine governors, and parts for outboard marine motors. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing aircraft engines are classified in Industry 3724, and those manufacturing automotive engines, except diesel, are classified in Industry 3714.

Within this section are establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing farm machinery and equipment, including wheel tractors, for use in the preparation and maintenance of the soil; planting and harvesting of the crop; preparing crops for market on the farm; or for use in performing other farm operations and processes. Included in this industry are establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing commercial mowing and other turf and grounds care equipment. Devices manufactured include bale throwers, ammonia applicators, barn cleaners, blowers, fertilizing devices and chicken feeders, fruit and vegetable harvesters, rotary hoes and rakes, grain separators and stackers, poultry brooders and feeders, nut shellers, sorting machines, sprayers, hair clippers, harvesters, grass mowing, irrigation equipment, elevators, windmills, water troughs, plows and combines. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing farm hand tools are classified in SIC Code - 342, and those manufacturing garden tractors, lawnmowers and other lawn and garden equipment are classified in SIC Code - 3524.

Also included are establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing lawnmowers, lawn and garden tractors, and other lawn and garden equipment used for home lawn and garden care. Also included are establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing snowblowers and throwers for residential use. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing farm machinery and equipment (including commercial mowing and other turf and grounds care equipment) are classified in Industry 3523; those manufacturing hand lawn and garden shears and pruners are classified in Industry 3421; and those manufacturing other garden hand tools are classified in Industry 3423.

There are other establishments engaged in manufacturing heavy machinery and equipment of a type used primarily by the construction industries, such as bulldozers; concrete mixers; cranes, except industrial plant overhead and truck-type cranes; dredging machinery; pavers; and power shovels. Also included in this industry are establishments engaged in manufacturing forestry equipment and certain specialized equipment, not elsewhere classified, similar to that used by the construction industries, such as elevating platforms, ship cranes and capstans, aerial work platforms, and automobile wrecker hoists.

Some establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing mining equipment are classified in Industry 3532; those manufacturing well-drilling machinery are classified in Industry 3533; those manufacturing industrial plant overhead traveling cranes are classified in Industry 3536; and those manufacturing industrial truck-type cranes are classified in Industry 3537.

The market segment includes establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial trucks, tractors, trailers, stackers (truck type), and related equipment, used for handling materials on floors and paved surfaces in and around industrial and commercial plants, depots, docks, airports, and terminals.

A number of other establishments are primarily engaged in manufacturing heavy machinery and equipment used by the mining industries, such as coal breakers, mine cars, mineral cleaning machinery, concentration machinery, core drills, coal cutters, portable rock drills, and rock crushing machinery. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing construction machinery are classified in Industry 3531; those manufacturing well drilling machinery are classified in Industry 3533; and those manufacturing coal and ore conveyors are classified in Industry 3535. Also, included in this industry profile are establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing machinery and equipment for use in oil and gas fields or for drilling water wells, including portable drilling rigs.

This section includes establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing passenger or freight elevators, automobile lifts, dumbwaiters, and moving stairways and establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing commercial conveyor systems and equipment are classified in Industry 3535, and those manufacturing farm elevators are classified in Industry 3523. Conveyors and conveying equipment establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing are installed in factories, warehouses, mines, and other industrial and commercial facilities. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing farm elevators and conveyors are classified in Industry 3523; those manufacturing passenger or freight elevators, dumbwaiters, and moving stairways are classified in Industry 3534; and those manufacturing overhead traveling cranes and monorail systems are classified in Industry 3536.

In this grouping are establishments engaged in manufacturing metal cutting type machine tools, not supported in the hands of an operator when in use, that shape metal by cutting or use of electrical techniques; the rebuilding of such machine tools, and the manufacture of replacement parts for them. Also included in this industry are metalworking machine tools designed primarily for home workshops. Some examples include boring mills and tools, buffing and polishing machines, centering and chemical milling machines, deburring machines and drill presses, lathes and tapping machines, metal polishing and milling machines, pipe cutting and plasma arc metal cutting machines, robots for drilling, polishing and cutting, metal cutting saws and screw machines, tapping and threading machines, turret lathes, valve grinding, and vertical turning and boring machines.

Other establishments are engaged in manufacturing metal forming machine tools, not supported in the hands of an operator while in use, for pressing, hammering, extruding, shearing, die-casting, or otherwise forming metal into shape. This industry also includes the rebuilding of such machine tools and the manufacture of repair parts for them. These machines include arbor presses, canning machines, die-cast and drop hammers, nail heat and plasma jet spray metal machines, punch, shear and riveting machines, spinning lathes, stretching and swagging machines, threat rolling and upsetters.

There are number of establishments commonly known as contract tool and die shops and primarily engaged in manufacturing, on a job or order basis, special tools and fixtures for use with machine tools, hammers, die-casting machines, and presses. The products of establishments classified in this industry include a wide variety of special tooling, such as dies; punches; die sets and components, and subpresses; jigs and fixtures; and special checking devices. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing molds for die-casting and foundry casting; metal molds for plaster working, rubber working, plastics working, glass working and similar machinery are also included in this group.

Also included in this table are establishments engaged in manufacturing cutting tools, machinists ‘precision measuring tools, and attachments and accessories for machine tools and for other metalworking machinery, not elsewhere classified. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing hand tools, except power-driven types, are classified in Industry Group 342. Some tools include, but not limited to, bits, broaches, calipers and dividers, chasers, chucks, clamps, collars, files, gauges, hobs, knives, mandrels, pushers, reamers, scales and shaping tools, shears, tool holders, and verniers.

Another section includes establishments engaged in manufacturing power-driven hand tools, such as drills and drilling tools, caulking and riveting hammers, chain saws, pneumatic and snagging grinders, and electric hammers, sanders, and saws. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing metal cutting type and metal forming type machines (including home workshop tools) which are not supported in the hands of an operator are classified in Industries 3541 and 3542; and those primarily manufacturing power-driven heavy construction or mining hand tools are classified in Industry Group 353.

Besides industrial tools, this section includes establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing rolling mill machinery and processing equipment for metal production, such as bar, billet and cold forming mills, structural mills, and finishing equipment. Other processing and industrial equipment include galvanizing lines, picklers and pickling lines, rod mills, straightening, and steel rolling mills.

Textile machinery and equipment include establishments engaged in manufacturing machinery for the textile industries, including parts, attachments, and accessories. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial sewing machines are classified in Industry 3559, and those manufacturing household sewing machines are classified in Industry 3639. Some of the manufactured items include beaming machines, bobbins and braiding machines, carding and cloth stripping, hosiery and roving machines, spindles, and textile finishing machines.

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing wood working machinery for sawmills, for making particleboard and similar products, and for otherwise working or producing wood products. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing hand tools such as planes, axes, drawknives, and handsaws are classified in Industry Group 342, and those manufacturing portable power-driven hand tools in Industry 3546. These include bandsaws, jointers, lathes, planers, presses, saws, shapers, scarfing, veneer and tenoner machines. Related establishments include those primarily engaged in manufacturing machinery for the pulp, paper, and paper product industries.

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing printing trades machinery are classified in Industry 3555. These machines include bag and box machines, coating and finishing, cutting and folding, pulp and paper, and machines that make sandpaper. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing textile printing machinery are classified in Industry 3552. Additionally, this section covers establishments engaged in manufacturing machinery and equipment used by the printing and bookbinding trades. These include advertising and newspaper mats, engraver’s blocks, binding machines, envelope printing and gravure presses, linotype machines, plates, typesetting and casting machines.

Another set of establishments are primarily engaged in manufacturing machinery for use by the food products and beverage manufacturing industries and similar machinery for use in manufacturing animal foods. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing food packaging machinery are classified in Industry 3565, and those manufacturing industrial refrigeration machinery are classified in Industry Group 358. Some machines include biscuit, bread and brewer’s and maltser’s equipment, coffee and roasting, cream and milk, chocolate processing, ice cream and juice extractors, meat grinders, and baking ovens.

Other establishments are engaged in manufacturing special industry machinery, not elsewhere classified, such as smelting and refining equipment, cement making, clay working, cotton ginning, glass making, hat making, incandescent lamp making, leather working, paint making, rubber working, cigar and cigarette making, tobacco working, shoe making, brick, cement and stone working machinery, and industrial sewing machines, and automotive maintenance machinery and equipment.

Some establishments are engaged in manufacturing pumps and pumping equipment for general industrial, commercial, or household use, except fluid power pumps and motors. Included are establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing domestic water and sump pumps. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing fluid power pumps and motors are classified in Industry 3594; those manufacturing measuring and dispensing pumps for gasoline service station use are classified in Industry 3586; those manufacturing vacuum pumps, except laboratory, are classified in Industry 3563; those manufacturing laboratory vacuum pumps are classified in Industry 3821; and those manufacturing pumps for motor vehicles are classified in Industry 3714.

Another market includes establishments engaged in manufacturing ball and roller bearings (including ball or roller bearing pillow block, flange, take-up cartridge and hangar units) and parts. For some business types, there may be a similar industry to SIC Code 3562 - Ball and Roller Bearings that is a better classification match. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing plain bearings are classified in Industry 3568.

Establishments are also engaged in manufacturing air and gas compressors for general industrial use, and in manufacturing nonagricultural spraying and dusting equipment. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing refrigeration and air-conditioning compressors and compressing units are classified in Industry 3585; those manufacturing pneumatic pumps and motors for fluid power transmission are classified in Industry 3594; those manufacturing agricultural spraying and dusting equipment are classified in Industry 3523; and those manufacturing laboratory vacuum pumps are classified in Industry 3821.

Also included in this segment are establishments engaged in manufacturing packaging machinery, wrapping and bottling machinery There is another important market of establishments engaged in manufacturing industrial and commercial blowers, industrial and commercial exhaust and ventilating fans, and attic fans, or in manufacturing dust collection and other air purification equipment for heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems or for industrial gas cleaning systems. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing air-conditioning units are classified in Industry 3585; those manufacturing free air-circulating fans for use on desks, pedestals, or wall brackets as well as household window-type fans and roll-abouts, and kitchen and household ventilating and exhaust electric fans, except attic, are classified in Industry 3634.

Some establishments are primarily engaged in manufacturing speed changers, industrial high-speed drives, except hydrostatic drives, and gears. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing automotive power transmission equipment are classified in Industry 3714; those manufacturing aircraft power transmission equipment are classified in Industry 3728; and those manufacturing industrial hydrostatic drives (transmissions) are classified in Industry 3594.

Within this market segment are establishments engaged in manufacturing industrial process furnaces, ovens, induction and dielectric heating equipment, and related devices. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing bakery ovens are classified in Industry 3556; those manufacturing cement, wood, and chemical kilns are classified in Industry 3559; those manufacturing cremating ovens are classified in Industry 3569; and those manufacturing laboratory furnaces and ovens are classified in Industry 3821.

The manufacturing of mechanical power transmission equipment and parts, for industrial machinery include like bearing, ball joints, chains, collars and couplings, shafts, sprockets, and drive chains. Establishments making motor vehicle power transmission equipment are classified in Industry 3714; manufacturing aircraft power transmission equipment are classified in Industry 3728; manufacturing ball and roller bearings are classified in Industry 3562; and those making speed changers, industrial high-speed drives, and gears are found in Industry 3566. Other establishments engaged in manufacturing machinery, equipment, and components for general industrial use, and for which no special classification include machine shops producing machine and equipment parts, usually on a job or order basis, are classified in Industry 3599.

Computer storage devices and computer terminals are included in this manufacturing market segment. Calculating and accounting machines are establishments that are primarily engaged in manufacturing point-of-sale devices, funds transfer devices, and other calculating and accounting machines, except electronic computers. Included are electronic calculating and accounting machines which must be paced by operator intervention, even when augmented by attachments. These machines may include program control or have input/output capabilities. Office machines and devices are typewriters and word processing equipment. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing photocopy and microfilm equipment are classified in Industry 3861.

There are other establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing laundry and dry cleaning equipment and pressing machines for commercial and industrial use. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing household laundry equipment, including coin-operated washers and dryers, are classified in Industry 3633.

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing refrigeration equipment and systems and similar equipment for commercial and industrial use; complete air-conditioning units for domestic, commercial, and industrial use; and warm air furnaces. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing soda fountains and beer dispensing equipment and humidifiers and dehumidifiers, except portable, are also classified in this industry. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing household refrigerators and home and farm freezers are classified in Industry 3632, and those manufacturing electric air-space heaters and portable humidifiers and dehumidifiers are classified in Industry 3634.

Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing measuring and dispensing pumps commonly used in service stations for dispensing gasoline, oil, and grease, including grease guns. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing pumps and pumping equipment for general industrial use are classified in Industry Group 356. In the service industry there are establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing machines and equipment, not elsewhere classified, for use such as floor sanding machines, industrial vacuum cleaners, scrubbing machines, commercial cooking and food warming equipment, and commercial dishwashing machines. This information is included in this industry profile.

In addition, there are establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing carburetors, pistons, piston rings, and engine intake and exhaust valves. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing metallic packing are classified in Industry 3053, and those primarily engaged in manufacturing machine repair and equipment parts (except electric), on a job or order basis for others, are classified in Industry 3599. Other establishments are primarily engaged in manufacturing hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders and actuators for use in fluid power system

Other establishments are engaged in manufacturing overhead traveling cranes, hoists, and monorail systems for installation in factories, warehouses, marinas, and other industrial and commercial establishments. Listed are establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing hydraulic and pneumatic fluid power pumps and motors, including hydrostatic transmissions. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing pumps for motor vehicles are classified in Industry 3714. Other establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing weighing and force-measuring machines and devices of all types, except those regarded as scientific apparatus for laboratory work which are classified in Industry 3821.

Finally there are establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing machinery and equipment and parts, not elsewhere classified, such as amusement park equipment and flexible metal hose and tubing. This industry also includes establishments primarily engaged in producing or repairing machinery and equipment parts, not elsewhere classified, on a job or order basis for others.

The following table represents only the potential occupational health concerns related to the entire wholesale trade for both durable and nondurable goods industry based on job task or work activity, and any related OSHA standards for regulatory compliance. The information presented does not indicate or suggest a relative risk of exposure based on the location within the table nor provide any exposure information. Health risks associated with fatigue, working long hours, stress living away from home, and other psychosocial disorders are not addressed.

The focus of this information is to provide guidance to understand the occupational health hazards from chemical substances, physical and biological agents, radiological, ergonomic, and environmental hazards from exposure to plants and animals. Potential occupational health exposures in this industry were contrived from the OSHA Integrated Management Information System database between 1984 and 2020.

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