Employment Solicitor Successful In Compensation For Factory Worker In Manchester

Any workplace should always ensure that its employees are in the safest possible position to be performing their work; either through health and safety training, making sure that the machinery is working effectively or just checking that everyone knows exactly what they are doing, this is of the utmost importance.

If they are not doing their job in the correct way then any workers, especially manual workers can contract all sorts of ailments; one of the more peculiar of these ailments is a disease called Vibration White Finger, which a Manchester worker has recently contracted through improper use of his machinery.

The employee was an HGV pipe liner at a local factory and had been using vibratory equipment for over twenty years before his hands showed tell tale signs of the onset of Vibratory White Finger; his job led to him to connecting pipes with foam, crawling underground for long stretches of time then chopping the tops off manholes and suchlike while using vibratory equipment such as grinders, chain-saws and precision drills.

The pipe liner initially noticed a tingling sensation in his hands approximately ten years before he actually made the claim as he noticed that his right hand was affected more, when he suffered from a numbness and a certain lack of feeling. He first thought that the problems were because of bad circulation, until he saw an advert on television which advised miners about the Vibration White Finger Compensation Scheme and realised that his suffering could be work related.

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He contacted a Manchester employment solicitor for some legal advice and it was then that the employment lawyer discovered that he had never been given any official warning about Vibration White Finger by his employers, or any safety equipment or preventative measures against such an illness.

The illness has caused the worker to lose some grip and strength in his forearms, making it much harder to do his job, especially in wet conditions; his employers had a duty of care to make sure that such an incident did not take place, yet this was a duty that they did not honour.

If you have suffered an illness or injury because of the negligence of your employers then you should contact a Manchester employment solicitor today for some excellent legal advice, with the option of pursuing a case against your employers to see if you can claim the compensation that you deserve.

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