Exposure to Lead

4,438

Lead workers under medical surveillance in Great Britain, 2021/22

22

Lead workers suspended from work due to excess blood-lead levels, 2021/22

In 2021/22

  • 4,186 (94%) of the workers under surveillance were male and 252 (6%) female.
  • One young male (under 18 years old) was under medical surveillance.
  • The smelting, refining, alloying and casting sector accounted for the highest number of males under medical surveillance during the three-year period 2019/20-2021/22.
  • Working with metallic lead and lead containing alloys accounted for the highest number of females under medical surveillance during the three-year period 2019/20-2021/22.
  • 38 male workers had a blood-lead level at or above 50µg/100ml recorded.
  • Five female workers had a blood-lead at or above 25µg/100ml level recorded.
  • 22 lead workers were suspended from work, 1 of which was female.

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Updated 2023-05-30