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

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

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. Act 1974.The Health and Safety Executive's investigation revealed both workers …