Client suffers from 'fibrosing alveolites'. It is a progressive lung disease, causing severe shortage of breath etc He has worked in several different industries over the years, including 5 years taking out water tanks which included handling asbestos, working with large containers of carbon-tetrachloride and working with wood and saw dust. If he was to claim for Industrial Injury, would he ahve to prove which employment caused the illness, or would it be enough to say that he has worked in these industries and he has this disease.

Any advice gratefully received
Thanks

The disease fibrosing alveolitis is NOT prescribed for any occupation, so a claim for an industrial disease is not possible. This is despite the fact that wood dusts are known to be a causative factor in the disease. However, if your client could pinpoint ONE SINGLE large exposure to wood dust he might just manage a claim as an "accident".

why is it unsurprising that the industrial injuries scheme has not had radical modernisation?

it's a shame if the unions are linking their compensation schemes to PCA's and sucked in to 'vocational rehab', when disablement through working conditions is like a taboo subject in many quarters.

does the government do body counts on industrial diseases or accidents?

are there any monitors of the effectiveness of health and safety regulations who haven't slit their own wrists?



jj

Thanks for the help. I dont think he can say it was an accident, he's been chopping trees and sawing logs for the past 17 years. Now has had to stop work altogether and has just been awarded DLA.