Professional paper
Responsibility for the occurrence of occupational asbestosis and for the ensuing damage
Labud Kurajica
; Klinička bolnica Split, Split, Hrvatska
Silvio Ćurin
; Odvjetnički ured Ćurin, split, Hrvatska
Gordana Tenžera-Taslak
; Zavod za javno zdravstvo Županije splitsko-dalmatinske, Split, hrvatska
Abstract
A total of 139 oases of occupational asbestosis were registered in companies working with asbestos in Croatia between the years 1985 and 1994. In the period from 1992 to 1994 thirty-five diseased workers sued in court for compensation of damage. In all suits and at all levels, the employer was judged to be responsible for the damage. Questioning the exclusiveness of responsibility, or at least co-responsibility of the other parties involved in the structure of occupational use of asbestos, the authors ascertained, in all the 35 cases of occupational asbestosis from the sample, that the full responsibility lay with the third party - the State - as representing the unity of the legal, executive and judicious powers.
Keywords
duration of exposure; maximum permissible concentration; work inspection
Hrčak ID:
145240
URI
Publication date:
16.4.1996.
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