Keywords: High vibration, impaired blood circulation, hand-arm vibration syndrome, vibration regulations, sickness absence, tools, isolation,

Reducing vibration

Duncan Abbott | Feature | HSW
01.07.2005

Workers whose hands are regularly exposed to high vibration from tools and machines may suffer from several kinds of injury to the hands and arms, including impaired blood circulation and damage to the nerves and muscles. Collectively the injuries are known as hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS), ...

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