by Russell Worth | Jan 19, 2015 | Claims, Industrial Disease
A factory worker has been awarded a four-figure compensation settlement after contracting dermatitis as a result of his exposure to chemicals at work. Graham Taylor, an employee of Mahle Filter Systems based in Halesfield, Telford, needed to give up playing golf and...
by Russell Worth | Jan 16, 2015 | Claims, Injury at Work, occupational dermatitis |
Contact dermatitis is becoming more and more common, affecting almost 10% of the UK working population according to the National Eczema Society. And the main reason for people developing it is down to the job they do. It is caused by contact with something that...
by Russell Worth | Jan 15, 2015 | Accident at Work, Claims, Injury at Work, News
JCB has been fined £25,000 after one its workers received serious injuries to his ribs, spine, bladder and kidneys when he was crushed at the firm’s assembly plant in Staffordshire. The fine was levied on the company by Stafford Magistrates Court on the 14th January...
by Russell Worth | Jan 14, 2015 | asbestosis compensation, Claims, Industrial Disease
A Liverpool man has been awarded a significant amount in compensation from oil giant Shell after he was exposed to asbestos dust more than 40 years ago. 68-year-old Bill Jones launched a law suit against the company last year, after he was diagnosed with diffuse...
by Russell Worth | Jan 14, 2015 | Claims, Injury at Work, Medical Negligence
Nearly 20% of the population will be suffering with some form of hearing loss by 2031, new research suggests. The figures, taken from a report from “The Commission on Hearing Loss”, set-up by the International Longevity Centre-UK, estimate that in 2031 as many as 14.1...
by Russell Worth | Jan 14, 2015 | Claims, News, occupational dermatitis
A clinical trial of tacrolimus ointment among dermatitis sufferers in Denmark and Sweden has found a “dramatic improvement” in their condition. 214 patients with moderate to severe skin conditions were given a cream containing 0.1% tacrolimus to apply twice a day...
