Exposure to Lead

4,438

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

Lead workers suspended from work due to excess blood-lead levels, 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.