Exposure to Lead
5,091
Lead workers under medical surveillance in Great Britain, 2022/23
13
Lead workers suspended from work due to excess blood-lead levels, 2022/23
In 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.
Full report on exposure to lead
Exposure to Lead in Great Britain, 2023
Full report on historical trends of exposure to lead
Medical Surveillance of Blood-Lead Levels, 1992/93 – 2009/10 (available via the National Archives)