The judge dismissed it, ruling that not only was Mr Thomas not entitled to any more money, he probably never had
vibration white finger at all.
More than 170,000 coal miners, including ones at Emley colliery and Park Mill colliery in Clayton West, are believed to have made compensation claims for conditions such as
Vibration White Finger.
ment c tion 170 ha sa fipjaw " Under a 1999 Labour Government coal miners' compensation scheme more than 170,000 are believed to have been paid compensation for
vibration white finger - sufferers have permanent debilitating joint and muscle damage caused by working with vibrating hand-held machinery.
Vibration White Finger (VWF) is an industrial injury which mostly affects those using hand-held vibrating tools such as chain-saws, concrete breakers, disc cutters, sanders and more.
A second investigation by the commissioner, Zahida Manzoor, into compensation schemes for respiratory disease and a condition known as
vibration white finger, found that the Legal Complaints Service (LCS) risked damaging its reputation because of its "poor service" to some miners and their families.
The Government tried to overturn a court award of pounds 5,500 in damages to a County Durham former pitman who is suffering from the painful condition
vibration white finger.
She was advised by the UDM's firm Vendside to also seek a payout for the
vibration white finger which plagued him.
A total of pounds 103m has also been paid out in respect of
vibration white finger, the deadline for which was October, 2002.
These include
vibration white finger, carpal tunnel syndrome, sensory nerve damage and muscle and joint damage of the hands and arms.
Sivyer Steel's goal was to reduce the cases of carpal tunnel syndrome,
vibration white finger and hand-arm syndrome that are prevalent with vibration-intensive, manual labor.
FORMER miners were flooding telephone helplines after a record pounds 500 million industrial injury compensation deal was agreed for over 40,000 victims who have lost the full use of their hands after suffering
vibration white finger.
The constellation of vibration-induced signs and symptoms is referred to as hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) (sometimes called Raynaud's phenomenon of occupational origin or
vibration white finger disease).