Tasks alleged to have caused injury in WRULD Claims heard in Courts in England, Scotland and Wales

Using Powered Hand Tools

Task	Injury	Claimant (Case)
Rivetting	Brachial Plexus Injury, Unspecified	Mills (Mills - v - British Aerospace)
Use of a compressed air gun	Tenosynovitis	Baker (Tree et al - v - M K Electrics Ltd)
	Tenosynovitis	Eckersley (Tree et al - v - M K Electrics Ltd)
	Lateral Epicondylitis	Kosskinski (Kosskinski - v - Chrysler United Kingdom Ltd)
	Tenosynovitis	Solly (Tree et al - v - M K Electrics Ltd)
Use of a pneumatic screwdriver	Lateral Epicondylitis	Dawkins (Pepall et al - v - Thorn Consumer Electronics)
	Tenosynovitis	Pepall (Pepall et al - v - Thorn Consumer Electronics)
	Shoulder Injury, Unspecified	Richardson (Richardson - v - Electrolux Household Appliances Ltd)
Use of a sander	De Quervain's Syndrome	Stephenson (Stephenson - v - Prestige Veneers Ltd)
Use of a spray gun	De Quervain's Syndrome	Brammer (Brammer - v - Vauxhall Motors Ltd)
	Lateral Epicondylitis	Collins (Collins - v - British Aerospace Defence Ltd)
Use of a staple gun	De Quervain's Syndrome	Jelfs (Jelfs - v - Kohen Windsor Box Company Ltd)
Use of an air operated sander	Trigger Finger	Lee (Lee - v - Vauxhall Motors Ltd)
Use of an orbital sander	Lateral Epicondylitis	Knott (Knott - v - Rugby Group plc)
	Lateral Epicondylitis	Roberts (Roberts - v - Rolls Royce)
Use of electric grinding tools	Lateral Epicondylitis	McFarlane (McFarlane -v- Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd)
Use of hand held vibrating tools	Carpal Tunnel Syndrome	Walker (Walker - v - Wabco Automotive UK Ltd)

Last updated: 26/03/2014