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Industrial Disease

We now know that working in heavy, noisy and toxic industries for long periods can cause serious, debilitating and often, life threatening diseases.

Vibration White Finger (Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome)

Industrial Deafness (Noise Induced Hearing Loss)

Dermatitis, Asbestosis, Mesothelioma, Plural Plaques, Chest Disease, Occupational Cancer, Occupational Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Toxic Damage, Beat Knee, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Repetitive Strain Disorder, Stress at Work, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder..........

Many of these diseases are preventable.  Now the law recognises that the sufferers should be compensated.

More than ever you need to know that you have specialist legal representation on your side.  Your solicitor must have a detailed understanding of the nature of the disease and the industry that caused it.  Moreover they must have the fight to take on the insurance companies.


Information

Stress At Work - Stress at work is a modern phenomenon.  That too much work related stress is damaging to health is now being recognised.  As a result the law has begun to impose a duty of care on employers ...
(07/02/2006)

Deafness -  An employer failed to take precautions to provide ear protection to an employee regularly exposed to 85 decibels of noise between 1974 and 1999. The Court of Appeal held that the employer had been ...
(13/01/2006)

What is Silicosis - What is silicosis?  It is a respiratory disease caused by inhalation of silica dust which leads to scarring of the lung tissue. It is linked to industrial workers working in the construction, mining, ...
(11/01/2006)

Miners - On 24th August 2005, the Department of Constitutional Affairs published a press release concerning compensation for sufferers of Vibration White Finger.Miners who developed Vibration White Finger or lung ...
(11/01/2006)

Pleural Plaques - The Norwich Union insurance company is challenging the right for people exposed to asbestos who develop a condition known as pleural plaques to obtain compensation.  The Appeal Court's decision will ...
(22/11/2005)

Ex-miners deductions from damages - Ex-Miners complain of deductions from damagesMany ex miners have complained that money was deducted from their damages following compensation settlements for chronic lung disease disease and vibration ...
(22/11/2005)

Pleural Plaques update - Many thousands of workers exposed to asbestos during the course of their employment who had gone on to suffer from pleural plaques, a condition affecting the lining of the lungs, have lost their right ...
(07/10/2005)

What is Vibration White Finger? - Using a tool which exposes you to vibration can cause you to develop symptoms of Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome, also known as Vibration White Finger.Symptoms of Vibration White Finger tend to manifest in ...
(21/03/2005)

Pleural Plaques test case - The ability to obtain compensation for pleural plaques was established in the test case of John Grieves and nine others –v- Everard and Sons and British Eurolight Plc and nine others [2005].  Pleural ...
(21/03/2005)

What are Pleural Plaques? - Pleural Plaques are areas of hard tissue on the lining of the patient’s lung.They are asymptomatic, that is they do not cause any noticeable physical effects in the patient, although their existance can ...
(21/03/2005)

What is Mesothelioma? - Mesothelioma is the medical term for cancer of the lining of the lung or abdominal cavity. It is often a distressing disease for which there is no cure.Mesothelioma is caused by exposure to asbestos dust ...
(21/03/2005)

What is Noise Induced Hearing Loss? - Exposure to loud noise can cause you to suffer from hearing problems.You may not notice your hearing problems straight away; often problems come on years after leaving a noisy employment.Some people, ...
(21/03/2005)

Mesothelioma Sufferers compensation misery - In a decision given by the House of Lords, the Court have slashed the recovery of damages for those who suffer from Mesothelioma.Mesothelioma is a form of cancer which affects the lining of the sufferer's ...
(01/01/1900)

Control of Noise Regulations - The new Control of Noise at Work regulations have recently come into force, reducing the acceptable levels of noise to which employees can be exposed.The new Act, which came into force in April 2006, ...
(01/01/1900)



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