Working with vibrating handtools can cause vibration syndrome, a condition also known as vibration white finger and as Raynaud's phenomenon of occupational origin. Vibration syndrome has adverse circulatory and neural effects in the fingers. View an excellent primer on hand-arm vibration hazards and their control at: training.lni.wa.gov/training/presentations/HandArmVibrPrimer.ppt . This clip is from the 1990 NIOSH video, Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome.
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