Exposure to lead - Data

Table 1: The breakdown of male lead workers under medical surveillance by highest recorded blood-lead level and industrial sector in 2009/10

Sector Code Under 10µg/100ml 10-19 µg/100ml 20-24 µg/100ml 25-29 µg/100ml 30-34 µg/100ml 35-39 µg/100ml 40-49 µg/100ml 50-59 µg/100ml 60-69 µg/100ml 70-79 µg/100ml Over 80 µg/100ml Total Individuals Suspended Number of Suspensions
0 26 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 34 0 0
1 306 439 (1) 207 157 122 (1) 49 34 6 1 0 0 1321 (2) 1 1
2 233 280 184 170 119 111 131 28 3 1 1 1261 6 6
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 38 41 21 22 20 12 9 3 0 0 0 166 0 0
5 24 48 8 8 3 3 5 1 0 0 0 100 0 0
6 2 9 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0
7 146 57 28 14 12 4 9 0 0 0 0 270 0 0
8 93 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 0
9 128 109 46 14 13 9 7 1 0 1 0 328 0 0
10 188 61 19 (1) 22 22 9 16 5 3 0 0 345 (1) 4 8
11 134 (1) 114 (1) 61 46 31 26 24 7 1 0 0 444 (2) 1 1
12 985 (1) 432 (1) 162 127 107 77 94 27 3 1 0 2015 (2) 2 2
13 259 79 24 21 14 17 31 (1) 34 25 4 7 515 (1) 37 (1) 46 (1)
Total 2562 (2) 1676 (3) 767 (1) 602 465 (1) 320 360 (1) 112 37 7 8 6916 (8) 51 (1) 64 (1)

Total number of male workers, of which the number under 18 years of age is given in brackets

Key to Sector Codes

  • 0. Missing Sector Information
  • 1. Smelting, refining, alloying and casting
  • 2. Lead battery industry
  • 3. Badge and jewellery enamelling
  • 4. Glass making
  • 5. Manufacture of pigments and colours
  • 6. Potteries, glazes and transfers
  • 7. Manufacture of inorganic and organic compounds
  • 8. Shipbuilding, repairing and breaking
  • 9. Demolition industry
  • 10. Painting of buildings and vehicles
  • 11. Work with metallic lead and lead containing alloys
  • 12. Other processes
  • 13. Scrap industry

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Table 2: The breakdown of female lead workers under medical surveillance by highest recorded blood-lead level and industrial sector in 2009/10

Sector Code Under 10µg/100ml 10-19 µg/100ml 20-24 µg/100ml 25-29 µg/100ml 30-34 µg/100ml 35-39 µg/100ml 40-49 µg/100ml 50-59 µg/100ml 60-69 µg/100ml 70-79 µg/100ml Over 80 µg/100ml Total Individuals Suspended Number of Suspensions
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 35 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 0
2 20 10 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 31 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 0
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
11 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0
12 44 15 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 0 0
13 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0
Total 178 51 10 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 246 0 0

Total number of female workers, of which the number under 18 years of age is given in brackets

Key to Sector Codes

  • 0. Missing Sector Information
  • 1. Smelting, refining, alloying and casting
  • 2. Lead battery industry
  • 3. Badge and jewellery enamelling
  • 4. Glass making
  • 5. Manufacture of pigments and colours
  • 6. Potteries, glazes and transfers
  • 7. Manufacture of inorganic and organic compounds
  • 8. Shipbuilding, repairing and breaking
  • 9. Demolition industry
  • 10. Painting of buildings and vehicles
  • 11. Work with metallic lead and lead containing alloys
  • 12. Other processes
  • 13. Scrap industry

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Updated 2021-05-10