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Working in the mining industry can be extremely dangerous and potentially fatal. If an employee sustains a personal injury at work, or develops an industrial disease such as black lung, they could be eligible to make a coal worker claim.
Undertaking many of their tasks in cramped or dark conditions, miners should be provided with personal protective equipment suitable for the job, as well as the correct tools and the training to use them in a safe and efficient manner.
Without all of these items and health and safety training, employees could put their lives and the lives of their co-workers at risk or cause severe injury.
Moreover, if appropriate equipment is not supplied and workers manage to avoid an accident, they are still at risk of developing a condition known as black lung.
This illness, otherwise known as pneumoconiosis, is contracted as a result of having been breathing coal, graphite and carbon dust over a long period of time.
It can cause shortness of breath, obstruction of airways, severe coughing and in some serious cases progressive massive fibrosis which damages the blood vessels in the lung.
To prevent or reduce the risk that coal miners develop black lung disease, an employer should eliminate or monitor the levels of coal dust in the working environment.
Furthermore employees should be fitted with breathing filters or face masks and have chest x-rays taken every year so that any early signs of the condition are detected sooner rather than later.
Coal worker claim for personal injury or industrial disease
If you or a loved one has sustained an injury or developed a health problem due to their work environment and the lack of health and safety precautions and equipment in place, you could be eligible to make a compensation claim.
Our expert solicitors have helped many claimants with their work-related cases, so contact us on 0800 10 757 95, or talk with one or our advisers online using live help to discuss your coal worker claim.
