Tasks alleged to have caused injury in WRULD Claims heard in Courts in England, Scotland and Wales

Using Hand Operated Tools

Task	Injury	Claimant (Case)
Carpenter	Fibromyalgia	Wood (Wood - v - ICI)
Factory butchering	Carpal Tunnel Syndrome	Finn (Finn -v-T H Motson & Co Ltd)
	De Quervain's Syndrome, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Osteoarthritis	Gill (Mainprize & Gill - v - Cranswick Country Foods Ltd)
	Peritendonitis Crepitans	Mainprize (Mainprize & Gill - v - Cranswick Country Foods Ltd)
Fettling crockery	Rotator Cuff Syndrome & WRULD	Mitchell (Mitchell - v - Arthur Wood & Sons Ltd)
Labouring clearing sites	Lateral Epicondylitis	Sutton (Sutton - v - British Trust for Conservation Volunteers)
Operating a glue gun	De Quervain's Syndrome	Chiacchio (Chiacchio -v- TG Nuttall Packaging Ltd)
Poultry processing: deboning	Tenosynovitis	Franklyn (Franklyn - v - Sun Valley Poultry Ltd)
	Tenosynovitis	Gleeson-Bartlett (Gleeson-Bartlett - v - E B Packers & Distributors Ltd (Spillers Ltd))
Poultry processing: evisceration	Tenosynovitis, WRULD	Mountenay (Mountenay (Hazzard) & others - v - Bernard Matthews plc)
	Tenosynovitis	Norton (Mountenay (Hazzard) & others - v - Bernard Matthews plc)
	Tenosynovitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Trigger Thumb	Spencer (Mountenay (Hazzard) & others - v - Bernard Matthews plc)
Use of a crow bar	Elbow Injury, Unspecified	Richardson (Richardson - v - Telehoist Ltd)
Use of a deburring tool	Tenosynovitis	Bowers (Bowers - v - Royal Ordnance plc)
Use of a hammer	Lateral Epicondylitis	Carter (Carter - v - Parker Knoll Furniture Ltd)
Use of a hammer & centre punch	Kienboch's Disease	Guy (Guy - v - Octavius Atkinson & Sons Ltd)
Use of a hand held crimping tool	Rupture of tendon	Wilkes (Wilkes - v - Areva T & D Ltd)
Use of a hypodermic gun	Repetitive Strain Injury	Lewis (Lewis - v - Hypervac Ltd)
Use of a knife	De Quervain's Syndrome	O'Melia (O'Melia - v - Sun Valley Poultry Ltd)
Use of a screwdriver	Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Lateral Epicondylitis	Baker (Baker - v - British Rail Maintenance)
Use of a sealant gun	Carpal Tunnel Syndrome	Easterbrook (Easterbrook - v - Solaglass Ltd)
Use of a security tag gun	Lateral Epicondylitis	Bywater (Bywater & Gregory - v - Littlewoods Organisation plc)
	Lateral Epicondylitis	Gregory (nee Wall) (Bywater & Gregory - v - Littlewoods Organisation plc)
Use of a sledge hammer	Lateral Epicondylitis	McCord (McCord - v - Warman International Ltd)
Use of a syringe	De Quervain's Syndrome	Greaney (Greaney - v - North West Surrey Health Authority)
Use of an adhesive tape gun	De Quervain's Syndrome	Jones (Jones - v - John Dickinson)
Use of clippers & pliers		Baines (Baines - v - Electrolux Ltd)
	Tenosynovitis	Lomax (Lomax - v - The Rank Organisation Ltd)
Use of hand held tools, setting up machine	Tenosynovitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome	Beadle (Ping et al - v - Esselte Letraset Ltd)
	Osteoarthritis	Coles (Coles -v- Kemutec Powder Coatings Ltd)
Use of pliers	Tenosynovitis	Pennicott (Pepall et al - v - Thorn Consumer Electronics)
	Tenosynovitis	Riley (Pepall et al - v - Thorn Consumer Electronics)
Use of pliers & scalpel	Lateral Epicondylitis	Nelson (Nelson - v - Plessey Telecommunications Ltd)
Use of scissors	Tenosynovitis	Tindale (Tindale - v - J Barbour & Sons Ltd)
Use of spring-loaded cutters	De Quervain's Syndrome, Lateral Epicondylitis, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome	Eames (Pepall et al - v - Thorn Consumer Electronics)
	Cervical Spondylosis	Goman (Pepall et al - v - Thorn Consumer Electronics)
Use of tin snips	Tendonitis, Tenosynovitis	Kane (Kane -v- Eaton Williams Group Ltd)
Use of tweezers	Trigger Thumb	Jackson (Jackson - v - Bonella Switches Ltd)

Last updated: 26/03/2014