Exposure to Lead

5,091

Lead workers under medical surveillance in Great Britain, 2022/23

Lead workers suspended from work due to excess blood-lead levels, 2022/23

4,733 (93%) of the workers under surveillance were male and 358 (7%) female.
Five young males (under 18 years old) were under medical surveillance.
The lead battery manufacture sector accounted for the highest number of males under medical surveillance during the three-year period 2020/21-2022/23.
Work in other lead processes accounted for the highest number of females under medical surveillance during the three-year period 2020/21-2022/23.
28 male workers had a blood-lead level at or above 50µg/100ml recorded.
No female workers had a blood-lead at or above 25µg/100ml level recorded.
13 lead workers were suspended from work, all were male.