Cardiff University fined £280,000 after staff develop occupational asthma following 15 years of allergen exposure

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Cardiff University fined £280,000 after staff develop occupational asthma following 15 years of allergen exposure.

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Cardiff University has been ordered to pay £280,000 after two staff members contracted permanent occupational asthma from animal allergen exposure.The institution entered a guilty plea at Cardiff Magistrates' Court on April 30 following a prosecution brought by Britain's workplace regulator.They admitted to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc.

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Act 1974.The Health and Safety Executive's investigation revealed both workers now suffer from irreversible respiratory conditions as a consequence of their workplace exposure.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say In a statement, one of the affected employees said: "I was diagnosed with occupational asthma and occupational rhinitis, and my lung function has been permanently decreased by 33 per cent."As a result, my breathing has been terrible, and I struggle walking any distance.

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Going upstairs is really difficult."I have to take a steroid inhaler, a nasal spray and a bronchodilator throughout the day as I need it."I become...

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