Tag: Health Surveillance
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Toxic Exposure vs. Lifestyle Choice: The Realities of Workplace Disease Claims
Evaluating causation in occupational disease claims is highly complex when a worker has distinct, non-work-related health risks. For decades, employers and statutory insurers have tried to defeat workers’ compensation claims for respiratory cancers by arguing that a history of personal tobacco use outweighs any historical industrial exposure. However, a significant judgment from the Victorian County…
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UK retailer John Lewis fined for asbestos exposure during refurb works
UK Department Store John Lewis was fined £20,000 in 2010 after failing to follow appropriate safety procedures concerning asbestos checks, resulting in the possible exposure of the dangerous substance to 15 construction workers.