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ndustrial injuries disability benefits
| Disease Number | Name of Disease or injury | Type of job or jobs involving |
| A4 | Cramp of the hand or forearm due to repetitive movement e.g. writer's cramp | Prolonged periods of handwriting, typing or other repetitive movements of the fingers, hands or arm e.g. typists, clerks and routine assemblers |
| A5 | Subcutaneous cellulitis of the hand (beat hand) | Manual labouring causing severe or prolonged friction or pressure on the hand e.g. miners, road workers using picks and shovels |
| A6 | Bursitis or subcutaneous cellulitis at or about the knee (beat knee) e.g. housemaid's knee | Manual labouring causing severe or prolonged external friction or pressure at or about the knee e.g. workers who kneel a lot |
| A7 | Bursitis or subcutaneous cellulitis at or about the elbow (beat elbow) | Manual labouring causing severe or prolonged external friction or pressure at or about the elbow |
| A8 | Traumatic inflammation of the tendons of the hand or forearm, or of the associated tendon sheaths (tenosynovitis) | Manual labouring or frequent or repeated movements of the hand or wrist e.g. routine assembly workers |
| A9 | Carpal tunnel syndrome | The use of hand-held power tools whose internal parts vibrate so as to transmit that vibration to the hand, but excluding those which are solely powered by hand |
Department for Work and Pensions Guide to Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (External link)
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H&S Legislation
Health & Saftey at Work 1974
DSE Regulations 1992
Manual Handling 1992
Workplace Regulations 1992
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Work Equipment Regulations 1998
H&S Regulations 1999
Protective Equipment at Work 1992
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Bruce Lynn & Jane Greening
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