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Hearing Loss, Barrow-in-Furness
Has your hearing been damaged at work within the last 45 years?
Have you worked for Vickers / BAE Systems or Cammell-Laird, A & P, McTay Northwestern, James Fisher or any other noisy heavy industry?
If so, you could claim over £10,000 in compensation.
We'll provide you with a FREE hearing test to see if you can claim over £10,000 in compensation. We do not charge you a penny in any circumstances, win or lose. You could be just one phone call away from thousands in compensation.
We offer £200 advance payment*
Who is responsible for industrial deafness?
Your employer is responsible for the regulation of noise in the workplace - this is why you can make a compensation claim.
Workplaces have generally become quieter environments following the introduction of the Noise at Work Act 1989. But injuries do happen especially when noise levels are not monitored properly.
Where processes inevitably cause noise, it is the responsibility of the employer to provide workers with adequate protection such as ear plugs or ear muffs.
Can I make a claim?
You are entitled to claim if your hearing has been impaired due to exposure to excessive noise in your workplace, or former workplace.
Thousands of people suffer unnecessarily in the mistaken belief that it is their own fault or because the exposure to noise happened several years ago.
Attwood Solicitors believe you are entitled to help.
To make a claim or find out more information, telephone Attwood Solicitors on 0800 145 5105.
How can we help?
Attwood Solicitors has helped more than 100 people get the compensation they deserve after suffering hearing loss.
Our specialist team of lawyers will take you through the claims process step by step.
The following case study shows a typical case in which we were able to help.
Stephen Bailey, 57, of Middlewich was taken on as an apprentice at the former Foden Truck Factory, Sandbach, straight from school and has worked in heavy industry all his life. He currently works for Bombardier at Crewe.
The company's insurers have admitted liability and Stephen is awaiting an agreement on the level of compensation owed to him.
He said: "I worked at Foden's for 33 years before moving to the Leyland Daf factory in Lancashire for two years after the Sandbach works closed in the late 1990s.
I worked in all the production shops at Foden, some of them were very noisy but most of the time there was no form of hearing protection available.
Along with everyone else I just got on with it and didn't think about possible hearing damage.
After a while my wife would be talking to me at home and I wouldn't hear and she started to complain that I was going deaf.
It continued to get worse and I eventually went along to a hearing clinic where I was told that my problems were fairly severe.
I now have a constant noise in my ears which sounds like a car engine ticking over. It is worse at night when everything else is quiet.
I will have to put up with the problem for the rest of my life. I have been told that there is no cure and a hearing aid would not help.
The solicitors have been really helpful. Many people who worked in heavy industry have suffered problems through no fault of our own and we deserve to be compensated for that."
Do I have to pay out upfront to make a claim?
No. Cases are taken on a "no win no fee" basis. Your costs are claimed back from your former employer's insurers.
What happens if the company I worked for has ceased trading?
Attwood Solicitors have successfully won compensation for former workers long after their place of work ceased to exist.
Even though a company has gone out of business it is generally possible to pursue a case through their insurers.
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