The HSE confirms that exposure to asbestos remains a major risk on farms. The HSE acknowledge on their website that most farms carry out some building work, from dismantling and re-erecting entire buildings to dealing with asbestos.
Your employer is required to put proper controls in place to prevent you from being exposed to breathing in air containing asbestos fibres, which can unfortunately lead to the development of asbestos related diseases, mainly cancers of the lungs and chest lining.
Your employer is required to put proper controls in place to prevent you from being exposed to breathing in air containing asbestos fibres, which can unfortunately lead to the development of asbestos related diseases, mainly cancers of the lungs and chest lining.
There is usually a long delay between the first exposure to asbestos fibres and the onset of the disease. This delay, known as a latency period, can vary from 15 to 60 years.
Your employer would be liable to you if you can prove that you were exposed to asbestos and that you were not provided with adequate training and safety equipment. |
Do not be put off from making a claim because your exposure to asbestos happened many years ago.
Our team of specialist lawyers have experience of tracing employers and insurers.
Even if you are not sure that you have a valid claim it is worth spending half an hour on the phone so that our lawyers can advise you. If you are injured by exposure to asbestos you may be entitled to recover substantial amounts of money to compensate you and to support you and your family after such a diagnosis. |
Do not be put off because you may have heard that claims must be made within 3 years. In cases of industrial disease you have 3 years from the date on which you knew that you had developed an industrial injury.
So that we have the maximum time in which to investigate your claim we would recommend that you make contact as soon as you know of your diagnosis.
So that we have the maximum time in which to investigate your claim we would recommend that you make contact as soon as you know of your diagnosis.