SIC Industry Description

Industry: 2491—Wood Preserving

Establishments primarily engaged in treating wood, sawed or planed in other establishments, with creosote or other preservatives to prevent decay and to protect against fire and insects. This industry also includes the cutting, treating, and selling of poles, posts, and piling, but establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing other wood products, which they may also treat with preservatives, are not included.

Bridges and trestles, wood: treated	Poles, cutting and preserving
Creosoting of wood	Posts, wood: treated
Crossties, treated	Preserving of wood (creosoting)
Flooring, wood block: treated	Railroad cross bridge and switch ties treated
Millwork, treated	Railway crossties, wood: treated
Mine props, treated	Structural lumber and timber, treated
Mine ties, wood: treated	Vehicle lumber, treated
Piles, foundation and marine construction: treated	Wood fence: pickets, poling, rails—treated
Piling, wood: treated	Wood products, creosoted
Poles and pole crossarms, treated

Codes	Titles	Total Marketable US Businesses
2491	Wood Preserving	639
249100	Wood preserving	250
24910000	Wood preserving	250
249101	Poles, posts and pilings: treated wood	74
24910100	Poles, posts and pilings: treated wood	20
24910101	Mine props, treated wood	2
24910102	Piles, foundation and marine construction: treated wood	15
24910103	Pilings, treated wood	2
24910104	Poles and pole crossarms, treated wood	27
24910105	Posts, treated wood	8
249102	Bridges and trestles, treated wood	32
24910200	Bridges and trestles, treated wood	2
24910201	Bridges, treated wood	2
24910202	Railroad cross bridges and switch ties, treated wood	19
24910203	Railroad cross-ties, treated wood	9
24910204	Trestles, treated wood	0
249199	Wood preserving, nec	283
24919901	Flooring, treated wood block	18
24919902	Millwork, treated wood	41
24919903	Preserving (creosoting) of wood	20
24919904	Structural lumber and timber, treated wood	132
24919905	Vehicle lumber, treated wood	4
24919906	Wood products, creosoted	68