Standard Industrial Classification

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2011-09-02 10:50

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agriculture
communications
construction
Electric
finance
Forestry and Fishing
Gas
Insurance
Manufacturing
Mining
Public Administration
Real Estate
trade
transportation

Website:

http://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/sic_manual.html

Maintained by:

U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Structure:

Hierarchical

A system for classifying industries. Established in 1937. Similar to and generally superseded by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Still used by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) and by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).