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VWF news
24/06/2008
Vibration may lead to Raynaud's disease at lower levels than thought
A study on Raynaud's Disease, a condition related to vibration white finger, has been published in this month's Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology which suggests that the EU limits for action on hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) is not too low - and may even not be low enough.
The study was undertaken by Swedish scientists. They measured the existence of Raynaud's disease in a certain factory's workers, both the administrative and manual staff, over 15 years and studied the resulting data for evidence of the vibrating tools leading to HAVS symptoms such as vibration white finger (VWF).
A retrospective and a prospective cohort analysis of data were done. This subtle difference means that the data were checked for the chance of using vibratory equipment causing a user this form of industrial disease, and for the chance of someone who had developed this industrial disease having been a user of vibratory equipment.
The evidence, as cited in the report, suggests that the action values for vibration are not set to a level below necessary. In fact, the level suggested for employer action in this study is less than half the value that the EU currently advises. Personal injury solicitors working on Raynaud's disease compensation claims may therefore find this study of great interest.
