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BLOOD-LEAD STATISTICS
25 February 2004 - HSE InfoLine
| The Health and Safety Executive today published the latest statistics (2002/03) on blood-lead levels of workers in Great Britain exposed to lead, as collected under the Control of Lead at Work Regulations. |
The Health and Safety Executive today published the latest statistics (2002/03) on blood-lead levels of workers in Great Britain exposed to lead, as collected under the Control of Lead at Work Regulations. The distribution of blood-lead levels of workers under medical surveillance in 2002/03 and the previous two years is shown below in Table 1. Table 2 gives a breakdown by industry sector and the number of young people under surveillance. The main points: The total number of workers under medical surveillance in 2002/03 fell for the fifth
consecutive year to 12,773 reflecting the decline in the size of the industry.
The lead battery industry recorded the highest number of individual males, 74 (2.9% of those surveyed), with 60µg/100ml or greater blood lead. This compares with 41 (1.5%) in 2001/02. 68 males were suspended from working with lead in 2001/02, a decrease on the
previous year. Five females were suspended from working with lead in 2002/03, also a decrease on the previous year.
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