Occupational lead exposure in many developing coun- tries is entirely unregulated, often with no monitoring of exposure [5]. In Ethiopia, although there are numerous small-scale and large industries which use lead-based raw materials that may pose health risks to workers, there are no workplace regulations for lead exposure and no data are available with the labour departments among the workers of small-scale lead-based units with regard to lead poisoning. Many people working for different manufacturing or service rendering organizations such as battery manufacturing workers, gas-station attendants, radiator repair workers, solderers of lead products, and welders, are involved in jobs which expose them to grad- ual health risks from exposure to lead without having any idea about the materials they are handling. Due to lack of awareness about their exposure, workers usually eat, smoke or drink while at work and such workplace prac- tices may aggravate their exposure [6,7]. In Ethiopia and in some other East African