Vibration White Finger Compensation
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Vibration White Finger Compensation
The amounts of compensation for VWF vary significantly depending on the extent of the injury. The biggest compensation story surrounding HAVS and VWF occurred when the UK Government set up a scheme to compensate ex-miners who had suffered from the condition due to working in the mines with vibrating tools. By 2004, over £1,000,000 had been paid out in VWF compensation. It is now thought that, despite preventative action in place, around one in ten users of vibrating machinery are sufferers of VW.
Sometimes, compensation is the best option to take. If you have been using vibrating machinery under instruction and not been told about the possible side effects and how to combat them, you could have a good case for a VWF claim. Compensation is often the only way to recover lost earnings due to the disease and to make up for the suffering. Proving the cause of the disease is important if VWF claims are to be successful. Expert evidence may well be required for an individual compensation case.
It is important and necessary that employers should explain the dangers of using powerful vibrating tools and the likelihood of the development of Vibration White Finger syndrome. Armed with the knowledge, the employee must make his own considered decision as to whether or not to take up the job.
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