An industrial deafness claim made by a lathe worker

As a condition that affects more than 170,000 people in the UK, industrial deafness is one of the most widespread health problems for workers, especially those in manual jobs. We help thousands of people each year from around Britain to get personal injury compensation following an industrial deafness diagnosis.

One such claim that we handled was made by a 45-year-old man who had been working with heavy machinery for nine years.

Case study - Lathe worker
Our customer was employed by a small company in Cumbria and a large portion of his work involved shaping wood with a lathe. He was exposed to noise levels that were dangerously high both from this lathe and from his general workplace environment.

He began to realise that he was suffering from hearing loss when he could no longer hear his radio without turning it up louder than usual and went to his doctor, who diagnosed industrial deafness with moderate hearing loss and tinnitus.

He discovered that the noise levels were such that his employers should have offered hearing protection, which they failed to do in any form. He decided to make a compensation claim for his industrial deafness and came to YouClaim.

Our panel of personal injury solicitors were confident that they would be able to help him and accepted his claim on a no win, no fee basis. They investigated his case and found that the company employing him could have carried out a few simple changes to the workplace that would have reduced the level of noise substantially. In any case, hearing protection should have been provided.

After seven months, the company admitted liability and the case was swiftly settled for 12,000. He did not have to pay a penny towards his industrial deafness compensation claim nor did we make any deductions from the compensation he was awarded.

Making an industrial deafness claim
If you have been affected by noise at work in a similar way to our customer in the case study above, you may be able to claim personal injury compensation as well. It will not cost you anything, no matter what the outcome, and our solicitors are extremely experienced in industrial deafness claims.

We are proud that between ourselves and of our panel of no win, no fee solicitors' we have forged an excellent success rate and are pleased to be able to help so many people to get the compensation that can make a real difference to their lives. The amount of compensation to which you are entitled depends on a number of factors, including the degree to which your hearing has been damaged. Read more about industrial deafness compensation amounts.

If you would like to find out more about getting industrial deafness compensation, please telephone 0800 10 757 95 or fill in an online claim form.