| If you have to use vibrating hand machinery at work | | | | machinery at work, or you did in the past, you should |
| and you developed a condition known as Hand Arm | | | | consider whether you have had any such symptoms |
| Vibration Syndrome, also known as ‘Vibration | | | | as Vibration White Finger is actually fairly common in |
| White Finger', as a result, then you could well be | | | | such machinery operators. Because this is a |
| eligible to claim compensation for this industrial | | | | recognised syndrome, employers have a duty of |
| disease. But how do you know if you have Hand | | | | care to protect any of their workers that use such |
| Arm Vibration Syndrome; what exactly is it and how | | | | machinery by monitoring prolonged use and any early |
| is it caused; and what should you do to ensure you | | | | occurrence of symptoms. This is an industrial disease, |
| have a good case for compensation? Here claims | | | | however, and as such can not always be prevented. |
| management company Claim Easy ( talks you | | | | Awareness of the syndrome and its symptoms is |
| through white finger claims. | | | | key as prevention is better than cure; although this is |
| Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) or Vibration | | | | not a very serious condition, it is one that can |
| White Finger is a vascular injury that affects the | | | | debilitate the sufferer both in the short- and |
| finger, hand, wrist and arm. Symptoms include | | | | long-term and although physiotherapy and pain |
| numbness and tingling, mainly in the fingers, and a | | | | medication can help, there is no cure as such. |
| whitening of the fingers, particularly when exposed | | | | If you believe you could have developed Vibration |
| to the cold. Vibration White Finger as an industrial | | | | White Finger from using machinery at work, you |
| disease has been directly linked to regularly using | | | | could be eligible to claim compensation for this |
| hand-held vibrating machinery, particularly with | | | | industrial disease. With white finger claims, it's vital |
| prolonged use. Jobs that involve using such machinery | | | | that you get a medical opinion as soon as you start |
| include construction and road maintenance - any jobs | | | | to notice the symptoms, as medical notes could help |
| that require the use of pneumatic and air-powered | | | | your case. A doctor will examine you, possibly over a |
| tools. Because such manual jobs often take their toll | | | | course of weeks or months to evaluate the progress |
| physically in many ways, sufferers of Vibration White | | | | of symptoms, and then ascertain whether it is indeed |
| Finger can sometimes not realise the seriousness of | | | | Vibration White Finger. If so, the next step to take is |
| having tingling sensations in the fingers, a loss of | | | | to contact a claims management company with |
| manual dexterity in the hands or fingers that go | | | | experience in industrial disease claims and white finger |
| white when cold. | | | | claims in particular. |
| If you currently use any sort of hand-held vibrating | | | | |