Pages On: Industrial Deafness and Disease

Hospital maintenance staff exposed to asbestos

Posted: 25 October 2015

Posted in: Asbestos Exposure, Employer Negligence, Industrial Deafness and Disease

A recently released report has found that maintenance staff at a leading cancer hospital, the Christie hospital in Manchester, were exposed to dangerous airborne asbestos levels. Asbestos Contracting Limited (ACL) carried out the review after it was commissioned by the hospital. It made a number of worrying findings, which included the fact that around 20 members of hospital staff were exposed to the toxic fiber. After the review was completed in August, it gave evidence for several failings. It stated that the Christie had failed to comply with Control of…

Asbestos victim wins right to compensation

Posted: 30 July 2015

Posted in: Asbestos Exposure, Employer Negligence, Industrial Deafness and Disease

Retired electrician Albert Carder has been awarded the right to claim compensation after being exposed to asbestos while working at Exeter University over 20 years ago. Now 85-years-old, it was ruled in the High Court yesterday that Mr Carder could claim compensation after being exposed to the potentially fatal substance between 1980 and 1994. Mr Carder’s barrister, Harry Steinberg, described the case as “quite shocking”. It was heard in London’s High Court that Mr Carder was recently diagnosed with asbestosis. He suffers with chronic respiratory problems, and depends on oxygen…

Stained glass restorer fined over lead poisoning

Posted: 7 February 2014

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Industrial Deafness and Disease, Workplace Injuries

The owner of Lincolnshire Stained Glass has been fined after one of his employees was found to have five times the normal amount of lead in his blood.  Employee David Doherty, from Lancashire, had been working for the specialist stained-glass company for five years before doctors diagnosed him with lead poisoning. An investigation carried out by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that none of the employees were protected from the dangers of lead poisoning. Mr Doherty said that he had been experiencing waves of nausea, a lost appetite…

Safety manifesto to reduce workplace injuries

Posted: 14 March 2013

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Industrial Deafness and Disease, Workplace Injuries

At a time when the Government’s approach to health and safety reforms has been criticised for prioritising the reduction of red tape over the safety of Britain’s workers, trade union body the TUC has published details of its safety manifesto. The manifesto includes ten key recommendations that the TUC believes could improve the UK’s safety record, and prevent a good many of the 20,000 workplace-related injuries and deaths that it says occur in the UK every year. Regular safety inspections The TUC’s top recommendation to improve workplace safety is an…

Too many workers still exposed to bloodborne viruses

Posted: 15 January 2013

Posted in: Employer Negligence, Industrial Deafness and Disease, Medical Negligence

Recent figures released by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) have revealed that there were 541 reports of needlestick injuries that exposed workers in the healthcare sector to patients carrying bloodborne viruses in 2011. This is double the amount compared to a decade ago (2002), when 271 exposures were reported. Since the HPA’s previous report, which presented data until the end of 2007, a further 2,039 occupational exposures to known bloodborne virus carriers have been reported in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Between 2008 and 2011 there were five patient to…

Vibration White Finger Compensation Claims

Posted in: Faulty Work Equipment, Industrial Deafness and Disease, Workplace Injuries

If you have suffered an injury at work as a result of operating vibrating machinery, you may be entitled to Vibration White Finger (VWF) compensation, and you should contact our solicitors** in Birmingham to obtain further information. VWF is a form of Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome. Vibration White Finger compensation may be available if you suffer from certain symptom. These present themselves as: Numbing of the fingersthrobbing in the fingerschanges to your sense of touch,lack of strength in the fingersloss of colour in fingers (which normally occurs in cold weather).…

Mesothelioma Compensation Claims in Birmingham

Posted in: Asbestos Exposure, Industrial Deafness and Disease, Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is a type of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. Asbestos is a building material that was heavily used for insulation up until the 1970s, before it was discovered that inhaling asbestos fibres was harmful. The reason it took such a long time to make the link between asbestos and mesothelioma is because in many cases the symptoms took a long time to present themselves. In some cases, 40 years after the contact with asbestos ceased. As a result, anyone who suffers from mesothelioma as a result of a…

Lung Disease Compensation Claims in Birmingham

Posted in: Industrial Deafness and Disease

Numerous individuals may have been exposed to harmful substances during their employment. As a result of exposure to these substances, they may now suffer from lung disease and therefore be entitled to compensation. Examples of substances which may be harmful to include asbestos, different forms of dust and welding fumes. There are a number of occupations in which lung disease is at a greater risk of being developed, and these include miners, asbestos workers, those working in laboratories, those involved in forestry and construction workers. If you have recently been…