Textile mill products

Textile mill products Weaving, processing, dyeing, shipping Cloth and filter residues... 

Textile-mill products Petroleum refining and related 10.4 579... 

Textile mill products, excluding finishing and dyeing 14 years... 

Referring back to Fig. 16.1, we see that the value of U.S. shipments for cellulosic and noncellulosic fibers, though quite small compared to plastics, is still a big industry. While Plastics Materials and Resins (NAICS 325211) in 1998 was 44.9 billion, Noncellulosic Fibers (NAICS 325222) was 10.5 billion and Cellulosic Fibers (NAICS 325221) was 1.5 billion. These two fibers together have a 12.0 billion value, which is 3% of Chemical Manufacturing. We must also remember that many of these fibers are sold outside the chemical industry, such as in Textile Mill Products, Apparel, and Furniture, all large segments of the economy. The importance of fibers is obvious. In 1920 U.S. per capita use was 30 Ib/yr, whereas in 1990 it was 66 Ib/yr. From 1920 to 1970 the most important fiber by far was cotton. 

Textile mill products Apparel and other finished products Lumber and wood products 0-2 40-50 0-2 0-2 0-2 3-10 0-2 0-2 20-40 0-5... 

Textile Mill Products 32 Stone, Clay Glass Products... 

Most OSHA standards require firms install specific types of safety equipment or institute specific safety programs. Besides specification standards OSHA also uses performance standards to set maximum levels of exposure to particular hazards. Both specification and performance standards impose considerable financial burdens on firms. The National Association of Manufacturers calculated OSHA standards cost about 103,000 (1993 dollars) for an average firm with 1-100 employees and 1,026,000 for an average firm with 501-1,000 employees (Smith 1976). Within certain industries the costs are even larger. The 1978 cotton dust standard, for instance, increased operating expenses in the textile mill products industry by more than 50 million per year (Viscusi 1992). Clearly, only if regulations are backed by financial penalties for noncompliance will firms install the safety equipment or institute the safety programs dictated by OSHA. 

TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS 3111 Leather tanning and finishing... 

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