Vibration White Finger is a work injury suffered by those who use vibrating machinery such as drills, chain saws or hand guided power tools. Miners, road and forestry workers are the main areas where Vibration White Finger injury is most common. However, anyone who works with heavy vibrating equipment for prolonged times especially in a cold climate are also likely to suffer from this work injury.
The stages of Vibration White Finger are as follows:
- Numbness and tingling in the fingers after the vibrating machinery has been turned off
- Finger tip may start to ache and turn white occasionally
- Finger turns white more frequently
- The rest of the fingers on the hand begin turning white except the thumb. The disease is probably irreversible at this stage
- Person suffers serious painful attacks within the hand
How common is Vibration White Finger?
It is estimated that as many as 1 in 10 people who work will have symptoms of Vibration White Finger. Many might only ever suffer slight effects of Vibration White Finger but there are a growing number of cases where Vibration White Finger becomes painful and nasty leading to surgery and sometimes amputation.
Around 3,000 new white finger compensation claims for Industrial Injury Disability Benefit are made for Vibration White Finger every year!
If you have been a victim of Vibration White Finger through work and wish to make a white finger compensation claim then get in touch with The Injury Lawyers by either entering your details below in our quick claim form below or give us a call 0800 634 7575 today.