Occupational lung cancer, the most common of which is due to exposure to asbestos fibres, is usually the result of an unhealthy enviroment in the workplace. Employers have a legal obligation to ensure they protect the health, safety and welfare of their employees and may well be liable for damages if they fail to do so. If this is the case, we can offer that you legal advice and legal representation from specialist personal injury solicitors with the ability, aptitude and experience to help you obtain the compensation to which you are entitled. Contact us today for advice on occupational lung cancer and see if the trauma, loss and distress that this disease has caused is the fault of your employer. If it can be shown that an employer has failed to adequately assess the risks involved in your work practices and has failed to protect you from harm, they may be liable to pay you significant compensation for any injury sustained in the workplace.

Health & Safety

What should employers be doing and what might your employer have done to prevent you from contracting ocupational lung cancer? Full assessments of the nature and the plausible damaging effects of fumes, smoke and vapours arising from your work materials should have been undertaken by the employer and the results used to install preventative work practices, limited exposure opportunities and the provision of protective equipment limiting your chances of developing any illness.

Employer Negligence

How do you know if occupational lung cancer is due to employer negligence? In smelting plants workers are often exposed to the fumes of arsenic compounds which has been shown to cause malignant tumours. Exposure to radon in deep mines can also cause occupational cancer. In both smelting and electrolysis noxious vapours from chromium and nickel processes can carry carcinogenic substances, while those exposed to coke oven fumes have an increased probability of contracting occupational lung cancer. Workers exposed to second hand cigarette smoke in the past may have this condition forced upon them due to passive smoking. The largest group of all have been exposed to inhalation of asbestos fibres which may cause asbestos related lung cancer

Free Legal Advice

If you have suffered from this damaging and distressing condition and you think your occupation may be linked to its inception, then contact us for legal advice. You may be owed compensation, and you should not suffer in silence if your employer has not fulfilled their legal obligations. All lung cancer claims are dealt with using the no win no fee scheme and compensation is paid in full. You pay nothing at any time. Your claim is totally risk free. If you would like to speak to a specialist solicitor you can either use the helpline or complete the form or just email us. If after talking to us you decide not to take matters further then you are under no obligation to do so and you will not be charged for our advice.