£5,000 in compensation for occupational asthma

A printer who developed asthma when he was exposed to dangerous fumes in the workplace has received £5,000 in compensation. He was diagnosed with the condition after he was exposed to isocyanates used in laminating machines. He had only been working for the company as an assistant printer for a few months when he began to develop breathlessness. At first he thought he was suffering from a chest infection but later he collapsed at work and paramedics had to put him on a nebulizer to control his breathing.