Over 250,000 cases of HAVS, better known as white finger are reported to the HSE each year. That means that over 250,000 workers have lost some use of their hands to do the every day tasks they need them for.
If you are an employer and you using vibrating hand tools in your business you should have a HAVS risk assessment in place. All employees who use vibrating hand tools should know how long they can use them for before they reach the EAV Exposure Action Value and also the ELV Exposure Limit Value for each tool. If they believe they are being over exposed they should inform there employer and the employer should monitor HAV of each employee.