Social housing workers suffer at hands of vibrating tools

An East Midlands social housing provider has been fined £32,000 after multiple builders were diagnosed with Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) after using power tools.
The HSE launched an investigation after it received more than ten reports of vibration related ill-health in a short period of time.
The workers affected had until recently been employed by Nottingham City Homes Limited, an arms-length management organisation that managed social housing on behalf of Nottingham City Council b