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Isaac Njuguna went blind and developed a skin disease as an effect of exposure to chemicals as he cleaned tanks used for mixing pesticides. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
A cleaner has won a 14-year case in which he sued an aviation company for negligence after he was blinded by chemicals.
Isaac Njuguna sued Farmland Aviation in 2007 for compensation after the chemicals also caused him a rare skin condition called Stephen Johnson Syndrome, which saw his dermis and epidermis separated.
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