Dead finger, vibration white finger and hand arm vibration syndrome are all names for the same industrial injury caused by the continuous and prolonged use of hand-held machinery that vibrates. This recognised injury affects thousands of workers a year and vibration white finger claims are on the increase.   Operated or hand held tools such as fettlers, chainsaws, jackhammers, pencil and angle grinders, lathes, still saws and chainsaws plus many other types of tools and machinery can cause vibration white finger syndrome. It is common that the more exposure you have to vibration, the worse your symptoms become.   Symptoms of this disorder are fingers turning white from the finger pad up to the first or second knuckle and a tingling or numbness of fingers and hands. You can have tingling or numb hands … Read entire article »