Silicosis - The legislative Context

摘要

The authors, Simon Matthews and Alastair dough, are insurance and safety, health and environmental lawyers, respectively, in the mining and minerals team at DLA PiperrnSilicosis is the oldest known industrial disease. It was first recognized by legislation in the Workmen's Compensation Act 1925, which facilitated the Various Industries (Silicosis) Scheme of 1931 - a government-funded scheme to compensate for death, disability or inability to work arising from the contraction of silicosis.