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Compensation claims for work-related deafness form the highest proportion of industrial disease cases in the UK and the food and drink processing industry is one of those where workers are likely to risk noise-induced hearing loss.
Because loss of hearing is gradual, many victims do not realise the damage caused by regular exposure to the noise of heavy machinery especially where systems and products have to be closely monitored by employees such as on an assembly or packing line.
According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), noise levels on the threshold of safety working standards – around 85dB(A) – are common in bakery, dairy and confectionery manufacturing and packaging, but milling, drink production and the meat industry often generate levels up to 100dB(A).
Data from the HSE shows that nine processes are particularly likely to create excess noise and, therefore, put workers' health in jeopardy.
These are:
Employers have a duty to protect employees from excess and damaging noise so they should try to keep noisy plant away from as many people as possible, such as installing it in a separate area or enclose it with sound insulation, or using noise-dampening material and anti-vibration machine mountings.
If workers still need to stand close to a source of continuous loud noise, they should be given ear protection and their degree of exposure reduced by rotating tasks or using a refuge.
Noise-induced hearing loss and Youclaim
Should an employer in the food and drink industry fail to acknowledge the need to protect workers from noise-induced hearing loss, they could become liable to pay a compensation claim for the suffering of the employee because of the reduction in their quality of life.
Advice from YouClaim's expert industrial illness lawyers can help you decide if this is the correct course of action for you or a loved one who has become fully or partially deaf. As deafness is irreversible, a justified payment may enable the best possible aids to be bought and some financial security for a family.
Our sympathetic and helpful personal injury solicitors are usually able to operate within the no win, no fee system so you can be sure of receiving 100% of all compensation won for you.
With nothing to lose, why not contact us today and see how YouClaim can help with a noise-induced hearing loss claim by calling us on 0800 10 757 95 or, if it is easier for you, use our online echat.
