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UK prescribed disease A12 covers carpal tunnel syndrome from using hand-held powered tools whose internal parts vibrate, judged at the time the symptoms first develop.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“The use, at the time the symptoms first develop, of hand-held powered tools whose internal parts vibrate so as to transmit that vibration to the hand”
The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985, Schedule 1, UK Parliament, legislation.gov.uk (The National Archives), 1985, Schedule 1, prescribed disease A12, paragraph (a).
Open the original- What it measures
- Prescribed diseases are the industrial diseases that the UK compensates when a worker meets the exposure set out in the schedule. The listing covers the work, not every case of carpal tunnel.
- What it does not show
- Being on the list is not an automatic award. The claim has its own tests, and the entry has been amended several times, so use the version in force.