Archive for the ‘Hearing Loss Appeals’ Category
Industrial Deafness – A Long Latency Timeline
There can be instances when a claim for industrial deafness will be pursued many years after hearing damage was first sustained after excessive noise level exposure. A majority of personal injuries, which occur within the workplace, are obviously apparent, immediately diagnosed and treated. In the aftermath, once accident liability is established a compensation case can be embarked upon.
Lamp Caps Success – Chesterfield
This firm has been raising awareness of noise induced hearing loss in the light bulb making industry. This follows on from previous successful claims made against Lamp Caps.
GEC Staffordshire
We solicitors llp has successfully represented a client who worked at the GEC Lower Millhouse Lane factory, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, for industrial deafness (or noise induced hearing loss).
Industrial Deafness – Establishing Fault.
Establishing fault for diagnosed industrial deafness at a particular workplace rather another in today’s ‘loud’ world, is deemed very necessary, as hearing loss compensation cases will revolve around issues of proving employer negligence.
Hearing loss accounts for three quarters of all workplace injury claims and industrial deafness, with a long history of excessive noise, is still considered a persistent and frequent experience for many workers in manufacturing sectors.