Vibration White Finger Compensation
What is Vibration White Finger?
Vibration White Finger (VWF) is an industrial disease affecting people who are, or have been, exposed to high levels of vibration on a regular basis. The usual cause of this is by using vibrating machinery, power tools, chainsaws, grinders and pneumatic drills and hammers.
The types of industries/jobs where VWF is often found are in construction and steel workers, builders and road workers, shipbuilders and even over zealous gamers!
Vibration White Finger Symptoms
- Numbness in the fingers
- Tingling in the fingers (pins and needles)
- Whiteness in the fingers
- Cold fingers
- Sporadic spasms due to lack of blood supply to fingers
The above symptoms usually get worse when exposed to the cold. People who have vibration white finger find that they often get tingling (pins and needles) in their fingers which can make it difficult to pick up small objects due to the numbness in their fingers.
You may also like to read our Carpel Tunnel Syndrome page if you have any additional syptoms to those above.
Tools that can cause Vibration White Finger
- Pneumatic drills and hammers
- Hand held grinders
- Chainsaws
- Any other vibrating hand tools or machinery
- Any other vibrating power driven tools
If you think you may have vibration white finger then the Claimbrains may be able to help you claim compensation.
Even if you were exposed to these working conditions a number of years ago, it may still be possible to claim. Speak to one of our friendly team now to see if we can help.
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Call the Claimbrains on 0800 5 99 99 33 to talk to one of our experts today.
