The Pneumoconiosis group of lung disease includes:
- Asbestosis - Affects workers who inhaled asbestos fibres working in construction, carriage and ship building and in specific trades
- Coalminers pneumoconiosis - Affects coal miners and some workers involved in associated industries such as coal transport and storage
- Siderosis - Often referred to as Welder’s Lung and caused by inhaling iron particles and welding flux smoke.
- Silicosis - Workers affected by this condition are likely to have worked in glass manufacture, mining and quarrying and construction.
- Kaolinosis - Kaolin is a fine white clay also referred to china clay. It is used in ceramics manufacture and as a filler or coating pigment in papermaking. Worker affected by this condition would be likely to have worked in ceramics, paper making and cosmetics.
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If you have a claim for compensation and choose to appoint Pattinson & Brewer Solicitors we will handle your claim on a No Win No Fee basis, at no cost to you. If this is not suitable we will advise you of the best course of action.
If you think you have a claim of if you need more information please contact our Industrial Disease Team on 0800 988 0777 and ask for one of the following:
Paul Meehan - pmeehan@pattinsonbrewer.co.uk (London - Central)
Marcus Weatherby - mweatherby@pattinsonbrewer.co.uk (London - Central)
Deborah Smith - dsmith1@pattinsonbrewer.co.uk (London - Central)
Gary Lightwood - glightwood@pattinsonbrewer.co.uk (Bristol)
Ron Thompson - rthompson@pattinsonbrewer.co.uk (York)
