Transcript Percentage of construction failures by age of business

36a. Distribution of workers with BLLs > 25 µg/dL, by industry, 2010
Total = 6,309 cases
Other/Missing (7%)
Mining, except oil & gas extraction (4%)
Services, except public safety (6%)
Construction (16%)
Manufacturing (68%)
36b. Number of cases of BLLs > 25 µg/dL in construction, 2002-2011
1,400
1,200
1,173
Number of cases
1,044
984
1,000
888
844
766
800
757
750
666
657
600
400
200
0
2002
(28)
2003
(31)
2004
(33)
2005
(33)
2006
(35)
2007
(34)
2008
(37)
Year
(Number of states)
2009
(38)
2010
(38)
2011
(39)
36c. Number of cases of BLLs 25-39 µg/dL and > 40 µg/dL, by construction
subsector, 2002-2011
Number of cases
Building finishing
4,471
Highway, street, & bridge
1,830
546
Other specialty trade
Residential building
Nonresidential building
389
338
25-39 µg/dL
Building equipment
300
Foundation, structure, &
building exterior
291
Utility system
255
Other
109
> 40 µg/dL
36d. Rates of workers with BLLs > 25 µg/dL in construction, by state, 2010