Tasks alleged to have caused injury in WRULD Claims heard in Courts in England, Scotland and Wales
Light manual work
| Task | Injury | Claimant (Case) |
|---|---|---|
| Assembling light fittings | Tenosynovitis | Irvin (Irvin - v - Smart and Brown (Light Engineering) Ltd) |
| Bar code reading pen use | Pain | Clarke (Clarke - v - The Post Office) |
| Cleaning trays | Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy | Godfrey (Godfrey - v - Bernard Matthews) |
| Collating documents | Medial & Lateral Epicondylitis | Foster (Foster - v - National Power plc) |
| Counting money | Trigger Finger | Coley (Coley - v - Securicor Group plc) |
| Electric motor winding | Tenosynovitis | Malpass (Malpass - v - Brook Hansen Ltd) |
| Handling / Assembling circuit boards | Tenosynovitis | Burgess (Burgess - v - Thorn Consumer Electronics Ltd) |
| Tenosynovitis | Houston (Pepall et al - v - Thorn Consumer Electronics) | |
| Tenosynovitis | Liff (Pepall et al - v - Thorn Consumer Electronics) | |
| Tenosynovitis | Prince (Pepall et al - v - Thorn Consumer Electronics) | |
| De Quervain's Syndrome | Young (Pepall et al - v - Thorn Consumer Electronics) | |
| Handling / Assembling vehicle wiring looms | Lateral Epicondylitis | Goldstraw (Goldstraw (Sandra) - v - Lucas Automotive Ltd) |
| Pain Syndrome | Goldstraw (Goldstraw (Lisa) - v - Lucas Rists Wiring Systems) | |
| Handling / Filling: coleslaw pots | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | Alexander (Alexander - v - H C C Tinsley & Son) |
| Handling / Inspecting vehicle wiring looms | Cervical Spondylosis | Bailey (Bailey - v - Volex Wiring Systems Ltd) |
| Medial & Lateral Epicondylitis | Phillips (Phillips - v - Volex Group plc) | |
| Handling / Inspecting: lettered sheets | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Lateral Epicondylitis | Archer (Ping et al - v - Esselte Letraset Ltd) |
| Lateral & Medial Epicondylitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | Deadman (Ping et al - v - Esselte Letraset Ltd) | |
| Lateral Epicondylitis | Gibbs (Ping et al - v - Esselte Letraset Ltd) | |
| Epicondylitis, Trigger Thumb | King (Ping et al - v - Esselte Letraset Ltd) | |
| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Medial Epicondylitis | Murton (Ping et al - v - Esselte Letraset Ltd) | |
| Medial & Lateral Epicondylitis | Oaks (Ping et al - v - Esselte Letraset Ltd) | |
| Lateral Epicondylitis | Ping (Ping et al - v - Esselte Letraset Ltd) | |
| Handling / Inspecting: stock bottles of prescription drugs | Shoulder Pain | Spencer (Spencer - v - Boots the Chemist Ltd) |
| Handling / Inspecting: surgical gloves | Peritendonitis Crepitans | Flaherty (Flaherty et al - v - LRC Products Limited) |
| Handling cosmetics | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | Warner (Warner -v- Boots Company plc) |
| Handling crockery | Pain Syndrome | Barlow (Barlow - v - Churchill China (UK) Ltd) |
| Pain | Edge (Edge - v - Portmerion Potteries Ltd) | |
| Handling mixing bowls | De Quervain's Syndrome | Wilson (Wilson -v- Baxter Storey Ltd) |
| Handling money | Osteoarthritis, exacerbation of | Lambeth (Lambeth - v - Bournemouth & Swanage Motor Road & Ferry Co) |
| Handling pot plants | Tendonitis | Rance (Rance - v - Lomax Sayers Ltd) |
| Handling pots and pans | Lateral Epicondylitis | Carcary (Carcary - v - RVP Foods Ltd) |
| Handling sausages | Over-use Syndrome, Tenosynovitis | Gandy (Herrick et al - v - Mattesson Walls Limited) |
| De Quervain's Syndrome | Gerrard (Herrick et al - v - Mattesson Walls Limited) | |
| Repetitive Strain Injury | Herrick (Herrick et al - v - Mattesson Walls Limited) | |
| Handling sheets of cardboard | De Quervain's Syndrome | Chiacchio (Chiacchio -v- TG Nuttall Packaging Ltd) |
| Handling steel hooks | Tenosynovitis | Fitzgerald (Fitzgerald - v - Mecca Precision Engineers Ltd) |
| Light assembly | Lateral Epicondylitis | Casey (Casey - v - Homecraft Ltd) |
| Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy | Coleman (Coleman - v - Dunlop Ltd) | |
| Tenosynovitis | Gaughan (Gaughan - v - Lucas Electrical) | |
| Tenosynovitis, De Quervain's Syndrome | Neighbour (Neighbour - v - Maxview Aerials) | |
| Making envelopes | Radial Tunnel Syndrome | Jackson (Jackson - v - Manchester Envelope Company Ltd) |
| Making sandwiches | Repetitive Strain Injury | Adamson (Adamson - v - Ross Youngs Limited) |
| Lateral Epicondylitis | Blount (Blount - v - Greggs plc) | |
| Operating a supermarket checkout | Cervical Spondylosis | Bell (Bell - v - Aldi GmbH & Co KG) |
| Tenosynovitis | Brown (Brown - v - Kwik Save Group plc) | |
| Pain | Maiben (Maiben - v - Aldi GmbH & Co KG) | |
| Cervical Spondylosis | McCullagh (McCullagh - v - Kwik Save Group plc) | |
| Packing ? | Tenosynovitis | Smith (Smith - v - Homepride Foods Ltd) |
| Packing bags of crisps | Tenosynovitis | Doran (Doran - v - Golden Wonder Ltd) |
| Tenosynovitis | Gissing (Gissing - v - Walkers Smith Snack Foods Ltd) | |
| De Quervain's Syndrome | Long (Long - v - Sooner Snacks) | |
| Packing cakes | Pain Syndrome | Conyon (Conyon - v - Manor Bakeries Ltd) |
| Packing paper tissues | Medial Epicondylitis | Fish (Fish - v - British Tissues Ltd) |
| Packing prints and negatives into wallets | De Quervain's Syndrome | Knapp (Knapp - v - Nashua Photo Ltd) |
| Packing surgical gloves | Tenosynovitis | Jenkins (Flaherty et al - v - LRC Products Limited) |
| Medial & Lateral Epicondylitis | Norbury (nee Bassett) (Flaherty et al - v - LRC Products Limited) | |
| Painting & gilding crockery | Repetitive Strain Injury | Barnett (Barnett - v - Royal Doulton (UK) Ltd) |
| Painting pottery | Pain | Bettany (Bettany - v - Royal Doulton (UK) Ltd) |
| Performing Shiatsu massage | Medial & Lateral Epicondylitis | King (King - v - Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd) |
| Impingement Syndrome, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | Evans (Evans - Virgin Atlantic Airways) | |
| De Quervain's Syndrome, Diffuse Pain | Hindmarch (Hindmarch -v- Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd) | |
| Poultry processing: bagging | Tenosynovitis, Osteoarthritis | Cockaday (Mountenay (Hazzard) & others - v - Bernard Matthews plc) |
| Cervical Spondylosis, De Quervain's Syndrome | Neale (Mountenay (Hazzard) & others - v - Bernard Matthews plc) | |
| Poultry processing: bagging/skinning | Tenosynovitis | Emeny (Mountenay (Hazzard) & others - v - Bernard Matthews plc) |
| Tenosynovitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | Harmer (Mountenay (Hazzard) & others - v - Bernard Matthews plc) | |
| Tenosynovitis | Page (Mountenay (Hazzard) & others - v - Bernard Matthews plc) | |
| Poultry processing: trussing | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | Hill (Hill - v - Lloyd Maunder) |
| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | Hughes (Hughes -v- Grampian Country Food Group Ltd) | |
| Tenosynovitis | Lane (Lane - v - Sun Valley Poultry Ltd) | |
| Tenosynovitis | Presland (Presland - v - G W Padley Ltd) | |
| Pressing and straightening fork prongs | Lateral Epicondylitis | Kenney (Kenney - v - Bulldog Tools Limited) |
| Pressing pizza dough into pans | Cervical Spondylosis | Mility (aka Wilson) (Mility - v - F W Farnsworth (t/a SPD) (aka Wilson -v- Pork Farms)) |
| Process work | Tenosynovitis | Rogers (Rogers - v - Birdseye Walls) |
| Screwing caps on plastic bottles | De Quervain's Syndrome, Lateral Epicondylitis | Rochester (Rochester - v - Techfil Ltd) |
| Sorting mail | Trigger Finger | Ball (Ball - v - The Post Office) |
| Spot welding wire components | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | Fryer (Fryer - v - Stevensons of Shipley) |
| Use of a 2inch gauge hose | Tenosynovitis | Pennington (Pennington - v - Suffolk Sovereign Chickens Ltd) |
| Use of bulldog clips and wing nuts | Pain | Molvaer (Molvaer - v - Whirly Bird Services Ltd) |
Last updated: 26/03/2014