Retired Blackburn electrical engineer given hearing payout
TWO Blackburn companies have paid out after a retired electrical engineer suffered work-related hearing loss.
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TWO Blackburn companies have paid out after a retired electrical engineer suffered work-related hearing loss.
The statistics for men and women suffering some form of hearing loss in the UK should give real cause for concern. It is too readily assumed that the advance of research, awareness, technology and legislation had solved most of the circumstances that give rise to widespread noise induced hearing loss.
A veteran bin man who has to wear hearing aids in both ears after a council failed to provide him with protective equipment has been paid more than £8,000 in compensation.
WE Solicitors managed to obtain compensation for Mr Gordon H from, Swadlincote, Derbyshire. Mr H was employed by the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) (later known as Powergen and now known as E.On). He was employed between approximately 1973 and 1994.
Ms J worked for Debenhams Ltd (Lotus) of Freeman Street, Stafford from 1972 to 1981. She was employed as a filler and worked in the heel department. He duties involved cementing heels on to shoes. Ms J was employed in a very noisy environment, with many machines surrounding her, including buffing, scouring and spraying machinery. She advises that if she wanted to communicate with someone a few feet away, she would have to shout.