by Russell Worth | Feb 24, 2014 | Industrial Disease, News
The Deaf Law Centre has announced that it is to close on the 28th February following the cuts to legal aid. The service offered legal advice in sign language to Deaf people, who’d struggle to access a solicitor who can sign. In an announcement on their website,...
by Russell Worth | Feb 10, 2014 | Industrial Disease, News
Tinnitus is a condition which as many as one in ten people in the UK. Many people live with a mild form of tinnitus either from work or from a build-up of wax in their ears and do not treat their tinnitus because the symptoms of hissing and ringing in their ears are...
by Russell Worth | Dec 12, 2013 | Accident Claims, Industrial Disease, News, Personal Injury
A construction company in Sussex has been fined £45,000 after one of its employees developed bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. Andrew Wood was working for C J Gowing and Son Ltd. when he began to develop the painful condition which resulted from prolonged and...
by Russell Worth | Nov 28, 2013 | Accident Claims, Industrial Disease, News
A man from Scunthorpe died as a result of asbestos exposure, an inquest has heard. 79-year-old George Altoft was employed by British Steel and worked as a pitman at the old melting shop. Before he died, he gave a statement recalling details of the exposure, which said...
by Russell Worth | Nov 27, 2013 | Accident Claims, Downloads, Industrial Disease, News
Dermatitis is a skin condition which is often painful and uncomfortable. Showing up as red, dry, itchy skin, it usually affects the hands, but can affect other areas of skin as well. There are two types of dermatitis: contact dermatitis and allergic dermatitis....
by Russell Worth | Nov 8, 2013 | Accident at Work, Accident Claims, asbestosis compensation, Industrial Disease, News, Personal Injury
A former navy man died after he was exposed to asbestos, an inquest has ruled. David Topliff, known as Sailor Dave, served in the Navy for 22 years. He died of pulmonary asbestosis in May this year. He had worked on a number of ships over the years, and was chief...
