Vibration induced White Finger (VWF) or hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS)?

It has been estimated that up to 1 in 10 people (5 million workers) who work regularly with vibrating tools may develop Vibration White Finger.

People who have worked with vibrating tools may suffer with a condition called Vibration-induced White Finger (VWF) or hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS).

Vibration White Finger is a condition which affects workers using vibratory, rotating or percussive hand guided power tools. The effects of Vibration White Finger are debilitating and often prevent people from engaging in many social activities which they might have done without any problems before the onset of the condition.

Symptoms of the Vibration induced White Finger condition do not become immediately apparent, instead symptoms of the Vibration induced White Finger condition may begin to present a problem to the sufferers, months or even years after the exposure to the tools and conditions that leads to the condition.

People commonly affected by Vibration induced White Finger...

Workers in the following industries often use vibratory tools which can lead to the symptoms of the Vibration induced White Finger.

• Car Industry workers (both privately owned and under nationalisation)
• Ship builders/repairers
• Steel workers such as Fettlers
• Local authority workers such as joiners, brick layers and masons
• Rail workers
• Power Industry Workers (CEGB and contractors)
• Ex- nationalised industry workers such as YEB, British Gas
• Road Construction Workers

Here are some common vibrating tools that may have been used:-

• Needle gun
• Stihl Saw
• Jigger pick
• Road breaker (also known as a Jack Hammer)
• Chipping Hammer
• Impact Wrench
• Riveting gun
• Chain Saw
• Whacker Plate
• Air Grinder
• Hand held circular saws
• Concrete breakers
• Engraving pen
• Caulking Hammer
• Nibblers
• Nut runners
• Pencil Grinders
• Power Hammers
• Rock drill

Are you suffering from VWF / HAVS?

If you can answer yes to any of the questions below, you could be suffering the symptoms of the Vibration induced White Finger or hand arm vibration syndrome:

Tingling sensation in fingers?
Numbness or whiteness?
Loss of grip sensation?
Worse in cold weather?

If you are experiencing any of these symptoms and have had regular exposure to vibratory tools after 1975 you may be eligible to make a compensation claim for Vibration White Finger.

It is not completely understood how vibration causes the condition Vibration induced White Finger or hand arm vibration syndrome. It is probably due to slight but repeated injury to the small nerves and blood vessels in the fingers. Over a long period of time these may gradually lose some of their function and cause the symptoms described above.

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If you need to handle vibrating machinery at work, you should be aware of an industrial injury known as the vibrating white finger or vibration induced white finger. Some of the common vibration white finger symptoms include pain, numbness, and tingling feeling on your hands. If you think you might be suffering from these white finger syndrome, hand and arm vibration syndrome or hand arm vibration syndrome, then you should consider getting a claim for vibration white finger for you to get a chance in getting a vibration white finger compensation. A vibration white finger claim, vibration white finger claims or hand arm vibration syndrome claim is most common among workers in the construction and mining industry. Some even say that vwf compensation  or vwf claims, short for vibration white finger claims, is nearly normal in these industries where white finger compensation rising from a white finger claim is not unheard of. Thanks to vibration white finger compensation, white finger vibration sufferers now have a chance of getting their injury’s worth. Nowadays, this condition is now being called hand arm vibration thanks to their hand arm vibration exposure from vibrating equipment. Hand arm vibration syndrome havs sufferers should know that filing a havs claim to get a hold of hand arm vibrating syndrome compensation or havs compensation is necessary.