Industrial disease (also known as occupational injury) relates to workers’ claims for conditions developed from exposure to hazardous work environments over long time periods
Such claims usually involve a number of different past employers (who may no longer be in business) with symptoms appearing many years after having finished the hazardous work.
Typical types of industrial disease, include lung related conditions from dust exposure, hearing damage claims and vibration related conditions. The criteria a solicitor relies on for making a claim for each disease is assessed in different ways.
In this blog – you will find helpful tips in making a claim and answers to typical questions asked by site visitors affected by industrial injury.
TIP Our industrial injury claims process guides set out the step by step process to making the most common types of occupational injury claims.
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