Industrial disease

Exposure to dust, chemicals, noise and vibrating tools can cause injury, illness or disease. Although there are now strict health and safety laws employers still fail to comply with their obligations. Some people suffer from industrial disease that has been caused by many years of exposure. BRM Solicitors can help you to claim compensation.

Common types of industrial disease include:

• Hand/Arm Vibration Syndrome - People who have worked with vibrating power tools and machinery can develop problems in their fingers, hands and arms. The most common condition is called Vibration White Finger or VWF. It is possible to claim compensation for this condition if there has been exposure after 1975
  
  
• Hearing loss / Deafness - Excessive and prolonged exposure to noise at work can cause hearing loss and tinnitus. Hearing loss often arises over a number of years and many people assume that it may just be a sign of getting older. Tinnitus is where noises can be heard in the ear without any external cause.
  
  
• Chest disease - Exposure to dust, chemicals and fumes at work, can cause several types of chest disease. BRM Solicitors is claiming compensation for hundreds of people with chest diseases caused at work such as chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and asbestos related conditions such as asbestosis and mesothelioma

If you have suffered any industrial disease you could be entitled to compensation. Even if you had a close relative who has died from an industrial disease you could still make a claim for compensation.

If you or a relative have suffered from an industrial disease, contact us on 01246 555111 or complete our confidential online enquiry form.