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VakO 6.2.1979/3988:78 AI generated

Insurance court dismisses claim for shoulder arthritis but allows compensation for vibration-induced elbow and shoulder inflammation.

Case Number VakO 6.2.1979/3988:78
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Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
Decision Date
Outcome Partially Allowed
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The Insurance Court of Finland partially allowed the employee's claim for occupational disease compensation. The court found that elbow and shoulder inflammation were likely caused by vibration from a pneumatic tool used since 1959, warranting compensation under the Occupational Disease Act. Conversely, the court rejected the claim for cervical spine osteoarthritis as it was not sufficiently linked to the specific physical factors of the job.

Legislator headnote

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Occupational Disease Act s. 2; Occupational Disease Act s. 3: Vibration-induced injuries to the elbow and shoulder are compensable occupational diseases, whereas unrelated cervical spine degeneration is not.

Keywords

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occupational disease vibration injury pneumatic tool joint inflammation compensation denial causation link physical factors

Cited Legislation

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Occupational Disease Act s. 2
Occupational Disease Act s. 3
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insurance_1978_3854-1977
Insurance court dismissed claim for occupational disease compensation due to lack of causal link between repetitive movements and injury.
insurance_1980_2597-1983
Finnish Insurance Court allows workers' compensation for nerve damage caused by long-term use of crutches from a 1941 fracture.
insurance_1978_2918-1977
Finnish Insurance Court dismissed claim; Supreme Court ruled vibration-induced arthritis compensable as occupational disease.
insurance_1981_515-1980
Insurance court dismissed worker's claim for occupational injury compensation due to lack of causal link between job duties and specific medical condition.
insurance_1979_11390-1978
Insurance court dismissed claim for work injury compensation due to lack of causal link between work and illness.

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Työntekijä oli vuodesta 1959 valunpuhdistustyössä käyttänyt oikeassa kädessä pidettävää ns. 7 kg painavaa paineilmavasaraa. Vuonna 1967 oikea kyynärpää oli kipeytynyt. Vuonna 1976 hänellä oli todettu oikean kyynärnivelen nivelrikko ja sittemmin oikean olkaluun sivunastan tulehdus sekä kaularankarappeumaa. VAKO epäsi korvauksen. III -jaosto KKO 6.5.1982: Oikean kyynärnivelen nivelrikko ja oikean olkaluun sivunastan tulehdus olivat todennäköisesti aiheutuneet työssä käytetyn paineilmavasaran tärinästä ja ne oli korvattava ammattitautiasetuksen 2 §:n 1 kohdassa tarkoitetusta fysikaalisesta tekijästä johtuneina ammattitauteina. Kaularankarappeuma oli hylättävä sairaus. (Lääkintöhallitus: Ahlman-Larmi-Kettunen)