Liability Risk and Insurance
£2,500 in damages for hearing loss
A man has won £2,500 in damages after suffering hearing loss as a result of exposure to excessive noise in the workplace.
He worked for a car manufacturer, initially as an apprentice upholsterer. He went on to work as a forklift driver, a machinist
and then a foreman. The environment in which he worked was very noisy, so he had to shout in order to communicate with his
colleagues.