National Grid employee compensated for hearing loss

A GMB member who was exposed to dangerous levels of noise in the workplace for over three decades has been compensated.

Stanley Owston has received £4,000 in damages after suffering occupational deafness. He now uses a hearing aid as a result of the condition, caused by excessive noise.

His hearing became damaged when working for National Grid, as an assistant distribution fitter from 1963 until the early 1990s.

He worked with a number of noisy tools including jackhammers and compre... (289 more words)

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