COLEMAN v. HARLAND & WOLFF, LTD.

[1951] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 76

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Barry.

Negligence-Safe system-Protection of workmen against occupational disease - Employers' duty of care - Washing facilities-Protective ointment-Dermatitis contracted by plaintiff boiler-maker employed by defendant ship-repairers in replacement of ship's boiler tubes - Conditions of work admittedly more strenuous and dirtier than usual - Action brought against employers - Alleged failure to take adequate precautions to protect workmen, in that better washing facilities and/or protective ointment should have been provided-Medical evidence that incidence of dermatitis among boiler-makers was very low-No evidence that any special precautions were normally taken in such circumstances.