1 Industrial Deafness

Did you ever have to shout to be heard whilst at work? When the noisy environment reaches 80 dB, employers are liable to take action and provide adequate equipment to safe guard their employees’ hearing, under the “Noise At Work Act 1989” regulations. Employees who’ve developed hearing loss whilst working in a noisy environment without any protection may be entitled to make a claim for hearing loss compensation.

Protection should be in place for those particularly at risk in the following workplaces:

• Noisy factories & warehouses• Loud construction & building sites• Mines & under-ground tunneling• Ship yards & airfields• The Armed Forces• Call centres & telecoms workers

2 Can I Make a Claim?

Do you work in a noisy factory, coal mine or construction site? If you have worked in any one of these places or have developed tinnitus or industrial deafness as a result of working in a noisy work environment, then call our help line on 0800 122 3130 or complete our claim form on Compensation.co.uk and we can call you back about your claim for industrial tinnitus.

Hurry - time limits apply! To make a successful claim for industrial hearing loss compensation, you need to claim within three years of find out. Don’t delay and start a claim online now.

Tinnitus is not a disease but a perception of a ringing or high pitch hissing in the ears caused by damage to the hearing after being exposed to

loud noises, such as at work

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