Repetitive Strain Injury
Repetitive Strain Injury
Repetitive Strain Injury
This type of industrial injury used to be called (and still often is) called Repetitive Strain Injury and also "musculo-skeletal disorders of the upper limb". This type of industrial injury typically covers pain, weakness, discomfort or swelling in the fingers, hand, wrist, arm and shoulder.
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The main types of job affected by Repetitive Strain Injury / Work Related Upper Limb Disorder are those where there is rapid repetitive twisting, gripping movements - i.e. assembly line work, brickmaking (where the person has to pick up and examine the product, press operations, typing etc. This industrial injury tends to come from trauma, unusual work, alteration of the rate of work, or persistent strain. It is difficult to identify the people who are likely to get Repetitive Strain Injury / Work Related Upper Limb Disorder but there are of course statutory duties set out in the Manual Handling (Operations) Regulations 1992, The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 and The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992. Therefore, employers are under a continuing duty to monitor the situation and carry out risk assessments to avoid this type of industrial injury occurring.
What are the causes of Repetitive Strain Injury / Work Related Upper Limb Disorder ?
Most "Defendant" Experts will suggest that 70% of people complaining of Repetitive Strain Injury / Work Related Upper Limb Disorder would have developed this industrial injury anyway. The Health and Safety Executive carried out a survey in 1990 which suggested that the causes of Repetitive Strain Injury / Work Related Upper Limb Disorder are (a) the need to exert considerable force, with uncomfortable hand grip at times; (b) frequency/duration of a particular movement and unsuitable rates of working or repetition of a single movement (c) using a static or awkward posture of the hand, wrist, arm or shoulder (d) repetitive griping or twisting (e) whether there is sufficient job or task rotation.
Disputes as to whether Repetitive Strain Injury / Work Related Upper Limb Disorder exists, focus on the symptoms described, whether there are contemporary medical records, and whether experts have been involved previously.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
This is the main type of Work Related Upper Limb Disorder / Work Related Upper Limb Disorder. The symptoms for this industrial injury are typically loss of sensitivity to pain, thumb weakness, inability to tell the difference between one and two pin pricks at the fingertips. A "classic" question is to ask the person "What do you do when the symptoms are affecting you?" for the person to shake his/her hand as if shaking a thermometer is a good indication of the condition. There are other tests, such as Phalen's Test, Tinel's Test, Hand Elevation Tests and nerve conduction tests and the like.
What is it Worth?
There is a wide range of conditions and symptoms for Repetitive Strain Injury / Work Related Upper Limb Disorder - from stenosing tenosynovitis (trigger finger), carpal tunnel syndrome, "golfer's elbow", tenosynovitis.
How much this industrial injury is worth depends on whether the Repetitive Strain Injury / Work Related Upper Limb Disorder affects the one side or both; how easy it is to avoid the symptoms; whether surgery will help; whether you have been affected on the open labour market; and the level of the symptoms. The awards typically range from £1,500 to £14,500 -excluding any past and future financial losses.
We will be happy to advise and assist you in respect of any industrial injury and of any possible repetitive strain injury / work related upper limb disorder claim.
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