Compensation claim for tree surgeon with Vibration White Finger

During March 2004 we received a call from the wife of a man who had sustained Vibration White Finger as a result of working as a tree surgeon for many years. She contacted us to see if he had a case to claim compensation against his employers, and we told her we would need to know a few more details about how the workplace injury occurred.

She told us that her husband had worked as a tree surgeon in the New Forest, Hampshire, for 15 years and in the last nine months had been diagnosed with a condition called Vibration White Finger (VWF), which had grown progressively worse.

The doctor informed him that years of continuously using a chainsaw was the most likely trigger of his condition. This caused the blood flow in his fingers to be constricted and his fingers to start tingling, turn blue and then white. The man's wife told us how she had looked into the condition further and realised that safety precautions can be taken by employers of the many people who use vibrating tools and machinery to prevent Vibration White Finger and safety precautions could have been taken by his employers.

She asked her husband whether he had been provided with protective, anti-vibration gloves to support the wrists, improve grip and absorb the energy from the repetitive shock and vibration from his chainsaw. It turns out that he had made a request from his employers for glove liners to provide shock absorption as well as extra warmth during the winter, but he had never received them. He was also aware that he needed to take regular breaks to give his hands a rest from the vibrations but his employers were more keen on him finishing his job quickly and reluctant to allow him to take breaks.

We consulted our panel of personal injury solicitors and they agreed to take on the tree surgeon's personal injury compensation claim. After his wife had informed us of all the details we spoke to the former tree surgeon and explained that we work on a no win, no fee basis and he would not have to pay a penny towards costs or fees, no matter what the outcome of his case. He went ahead and made a successful claim for £12,600 which he put towards the earnings that he had already lost and was likely to lose in the future as a result of his condition.

Make a compensation claim for Vibration White Finger today
If you would like to make a compensation claim for a workplace injury such as Vibration White Finger or make an accident claim following an accident at work, then we may be able to help.

We work with a panel of personal injury solicitors who have an excellent claim success rate and they can help you to claim for the compensation that you rightly deserve.

We will talk you through each stage of the claims process without using complex legal jargon and make sure that pursuing a UK personal injury claim through us is completely hassle-free.

No matter whether your Vibration White Finger claim is a success or not, we won't charge you a penny for our services and, as we don't believe in taking a cut for ourselves, we guarantee that you will receive every penny of compensation awarded to you.

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