{"id":5850,"date":"2011-02-04T16:49:48","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T15:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=5850"},"modified":"2011-02-04T16:49:48","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T15:49:48","slug":"hand-arm-vibration-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/02\/04\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (\u2018HAVS\u2019), also known as Vibration White Finger<\/em><\/strong>, is an industrial disease which has been diagnosed in thousands of people.\u00a0 It occurs where someone is exposed to lots of vibrations in their hands and arms.\u00a0 As such, those affected tend to feel numbness in their fingers and may even witness their fingers turn white.\u00a0 Indeed, should the condition get worse, they may lose feeling in the whole of their hand and the hand my turn completely white.\u00a0 In the worst case scenarios the sufferer may actually lose their fingers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

So when does this condition occur?\u00a0 If you are a manual labourer for example and handle vibrating hand tools, such as drills<\/strong> and chainsaws<\/strong>, on a regular basis or prolonged period, you may well suffer from HAVS.\u00a0 If you use vibrating hand tools regularly and you believe you may be suffering from HAVS, it is important that you seek medical advice.\u00a0 It is then key that you seek the advice of a professional, quality injury lawyer<\/a> who can advise you as to whether you may be entitled to make a claim for compensation<\/a>.\u00a0 By way of example, back in 1997 seven coal miners who regularly used vibrating tools obtained over \u00a3125,000 in compensation after being diagnosed with vibration white finger.\u00a0 Moreover, since 2004 the Government has paid out over \u00a3100m to ex-coalminers who have brought claims having suffered from HAVS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Why might you have a claim for compensation<\/a> if you have been diagnosed with HAVS?\u00a0 Simply because by way of The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005<\/a> your employer must limit or protect your exposure to vibrations.\u00a0 What does this mean<\/strong>?\u00a0 It means that you employer has a duty of care towards you to ensure that you are not over-exposed to vibrations whilst you work.\u00a0 It may be that you are only allowed to use vibrating tools for a certain period of time and that you are better trained in how to use these tools for example.
\n<\/p>\n

It is thought that 1 in 10 people who work with vibrating tools at work will have some of the symptoms of HAVS.\u00a0 If you believe you have any of the symptoms you may be entitled to compensation<\/a> where your employer has failed in their duty to limit your exposure to vibrations.\u00a0 How, though, do you know if they have breached this duty?\u00a0 Get in touch with one of the specialist personal injury lawyers at The Injury Lawyers<\/a> and they will be able to immediately assess your claim and provide you with some free legal advice.\u00a0 It really is a no lose situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (\u2018HAVS\u2019), also known as Vibration White Finger, is an industrial disease which has been diagnosed in thousands of people.\u00a0 It occurs where someone is exposed to lots of vibrations in their hands and arms.\u00a0 As such, those affected tend to feel numbness in their fingers and may even witness their fingers turn … Continue reading Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-claims"],"yoast_head":"\nHand-Arm Vibration Syndrome<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/02\/04\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (\u2018HAVS\u2019), also known as Vibration White Finger, is an industrial disease which has been diagnosed in thousands of people.\u00a0 It occurs where someone is exposed to lots of vibrations in their hands and arms.\u00a0 As such, those affected tend to feel numbness in their fingers and may even witness their fingers turn … Continue reading Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/02\/04\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The UK's No 1 Injury Lawyers Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ukinjurylawyers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-02-04T15:49:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vibration-white-finger-300x225.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Author\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@InjuryLawBlog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@InjuryLawBlog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Author\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/04\\\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/04\\\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Author\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc658890556e4ec0844420e7bcb8e215\"},\"headline\":\"Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-04T15:49:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/04\\\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":429,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/04\\\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/vibration-white-finger-300x225.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Claims\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/04\\\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/04\\\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/04\\\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/04\\\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/vibration-white-finger-300x225.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-04T15:49:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc658890556e4ec0844420e7bcb8e215\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/04\\\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/04\\\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/04\\\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/vibration-white-finger-300x225.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/vibration-white-finger-300x225.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/2011\\\/02\\\/04\\\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"The UK's No 1 Injury Lawyers Blog\",\"description\":\"We publish everything related to peronal injury claims.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc658890556e4ec0844420e7bcb8e215\",\"name\":\"Author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\\\/injury-lawyers-blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/02\/04\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome","og_description":"Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (\u2018HAVS\u2019), also known as Vibration White Finger, is an industrial disease which has been diagnosed in thousands of people.\u00a0 It occurs where someone is exposed to lots of vibrations in their hands and arms.\u00a0 As such, those affected tend to feel numbness in their fingers and may even witness their fingers turn … Continue reading Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome","og_url":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/02\/04\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\/","og_site_name":"The UK's No 1 Injury Lawyers Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ukinjurylawyers","article_published_time":"2011-02-04T15:49:48+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vibration-white-finger-300x225.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Author","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@InjuryLawBlog","twitter_site":"@InjuryLawBlog","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Author","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/02\/04\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/02\/04\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\/"},"author":{"name":"Author","@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fc658890556e4ec0844420e7bcb8e215"},"headline":"Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome","datePublished":"2011-02-04T15:49:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/02\/04\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\/"},"wordCount":429,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/02\/04\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vibration-white-finger-300x225.jpg","articleSection":["Claims"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/02\/04\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\/","url":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/02\/04\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\/","name":"Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/02\/04\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/02\/04\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vibration-white-finger-300x225.jpg","datePublished":"2011-02-04T15:49:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fc658890556e4ec0844420e7bcb8e215"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/02\/04\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/02\/04\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/02\/04\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vibration-white-finger-300x225.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/vibration-white-finger-300x225.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/02\/04\/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/","name":"The UK's No 1 Injury Lawyers Blog","description":"We publish everything related to peronal injury claims.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/#\/schema\/person\/fc658890556e4ec0844420e7bcb8e215","name":"Author","url":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5850"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5866,"href":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5850\/revisions\/5866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}