Deafness compensation claims and working with dogs

Working with animals can be truly rewarding. However, jobs of this nature are not without their hazards, with risk of exposure to disease and unpredictable animals a concern for many. Another, less obvious, potential consequence of working with animals is noise-induced hearing loss. In fact, deafness compensation claims made by people who work with animals are much less rare than is frequently assumed.

Dog handling is one profession that can be hearing-hazardous. As any seasoned dog owner will know, some dogs just bark and bark. And with dog's frequently barking or howling at volumes of more than 80 decibels, and sometimes as loud as 120 decibels, the dangers of excessive exposure to this noise hazard is clear.

Unfortunately, handlers who work in close and closed proximity to dogs, such as in vans or kennels, will have little relief from the auditory onslaught of this environment. Wearing suitable hearing protection and being provided with accurate risk assessments can be invaluable in protecting worker hearing.

There have been several reported cases of dog handlers making deafness compensation claims. In 2001 an Aberdeen-based police dog handler contacted a Scottish personal injury solicitor to make a claim for £15,000 in compensation after 14-years of working with bark-happy Alsatians left him with industrial deafness.

Another notable dog handler deafness claim involved the case of an Irish security guard who had developed acute noise-induced hearing loss as a result of 21 years of driving dogs in the insufficiently soundproofed vans of his employer's security company.

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