Repetitive Strain Injury Claim
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Van drivers, loaders and ladder users are not the only employees who can suffer from industrial illnesses. Prolonged work at a keyboard can cause severe hand and wrist problems if posture and working conditions are not carefully considered. Repetitive strain injury, or RSI can be the result.
What is Repetitive Strain Injury?
RSI involves damage to the muscles, nerves and tendons of the hands, arms and neck. Frequently repeated movements over long periods can cause inflammation and a build-up of metabolic waste products in the muscles. Over the long term, this can cause conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis and bursitis. Symptoms can include pain anywhere in the hands and arms, tightness, soreness, tingling and loss of strength. The effects can be so severe as to leave the sufferer unable to work.
I have pain in my wrists. Can I claim for repetitive strain injury?
RSI is notoriously difficult to diagnose definitively. A number of conditions causing pain or weakness in the arms can arise spontaneously or as the result of other conditions. To claim successfully for repetitive strain injury, you must be able to show a correlation with particular work conditions and that medical records support the view that RSI developed as a result. Have other employees doing the same job developed RSI at the same time? Did working conditions change shortly before RSI seemed to arise? Detailed records will be required to show that the problem is in fact due to work-related repetitive strain injury, and not a coincidental condition arising independently.