A typical Accident at Work could involve an employee perhaps withstanding an injury from using dangerous machinery without due care or from simply slipping over a damp surface. Industrial diseases are unique concerns within the personal injury sector where there is no single incident, yet the problems mount by exposure over a sustained time. One such common industrial disease would be vibration white finger that is triggered by excessive exposure to hand arm vibrations that will affect the blood vessels, muscles and nerves of the hand and forearm. This industrial disease can cause a change of colour in the fingers, a tingling numbness in the fingers and even considerable pain and loss of grip. In extreme cases the sufferer could lose their fingers and the noted symptoms above can become permanent. Vibration white finger is certainly a common workplace issue here in the UK and it made the news back in 1997 when the Miners High Court awarded £127,000 in compensation to seven coal miners for this troubling disease.