Dan Miller, 37, of Crosby, a bricklayer, was employed by a construction company as foreman bricklayer working with industrial chemicals at construction sites.
During his work, Dan was required as part of his duties to be exposed to all sorts of substances including, Ancoroc cement, epoxy resin coatings, grouting materials containing isocyanates, and substances containing ethyl acetate.
As a result of Dan’s exposure to the chemicals listed above, he developed severe occupational asthma.
Dan’s medical evidence proved that his asthma was caused by the negligence of his employers. His claim was successful and was awarded full compensation.
For him to win his claim for compensation, Dan had to show that his employers had failed to warn him of the dangers caused by the exposure to the chemical substances.
Dan successfully proved that his employers had:
1) Failed to heed the fact that epoxy resin curing agents are or were well-known as causes of occupational asthma.
2) Failed to cause the mixing of chemical products to be entirely in an encosed or properly vented vessel so that those chemicals might be carried away into the atmosphere for dispersal from the working area.
3) Failed to introduce forced ventilation into places at which he was required to work.
4) Failed to provide him with breathing apparatus.
5) Failed to make any adequate tests of the atmospheric conditions in which he was required to work.
6) Failed to provide him with a safe place or safe system of work.
As a result of his employer’s negligence, Dan was awarded compensation after proving that his asthma was caused by the poor conditions at his work place.
If you are a bricklayer and have suffered occupational asthma as a result of the poor conditions of your work place, you may be entitled to compensation.
Full compensation was possible for Dan because he chose the right lawyers to fight for him.
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