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    This document discusses a clerical worker who experiences increasing pain and fingers in their left hand. While they use a keyboard for work that requires both hands, they have also been an amateur guitar player for two years, predominantly using their left hand and playing excessively with a cheap guitar. Based on the evidence presented, including research showing guitar playing can increase risk of musculoskeletal disorders, and the root cause analysis, the conclusion is that the worker would not be compensated as the trigger finger was caused by their guitar playing rather than their clerical work.

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    This document discusses a clerical worker who experiences increasing pain and fingers in their left hand. While they use a keyboard for work that requires both hands, they have also been an amateur guitar player for two years, predominantly using their left hand and playing excessively with a cheap guitar. Based on the evidence presented, including research showing guitar playing can increase risk of musculoskeletal disorders, and the root cause analysis, the conclusion is that the worker would not be compensated as the trigger finger was caused by their guitar playing rather than their clerical work.

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    Work Relatedness of Injury: To Compensate or Not To Compensate

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    Edwin Lee
    This document discusses a clerical worker who experiences increasing pain and fingers in their left hand. While they use a keyboard for work that requires both hands, they have also been an amateur guitar player for two years, predominantly using their left hand and playing excessively with a cheap guitar. Based on the evidence presented, including research showing guitar playing can increase risk of musculoskeletal disorders, and the root cause analysis, the conclusion is that the worker would not be compensated as the trigger finger was caused by their guitar playing rather than their clerical work.

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    Work Relatedness of

    Injury
    To Compensate or Not to Compensate
    Claim

    • Pain
    • Fingers of left hand
    • Increases through week
    • Recent
    Situation

    • Clerical worker of 5 years


    • Mostly typing with 2 hands
    • Ergonomically suboptimal workstation
    • Amateur guitar player of 2 years
    • Excessive playing
    • Cheap guitar
    Compensate?

    • Keyboard
    • Equal use of both hands
    • Guitar
    • Predominantly left hand
    • Cheap model
    • Excessive playing
    • Started 2 years ago
    • Research evidence shows MSD risk
    Causal factor charting
    Root Cause Analysis
    Conclusion

    • No compensation
    • Trigger finger from guitar playing
    References

    • Fjellman-Wiklund, A., & Chesky, K. (2006).


    Musculoskeletal and general health problems
    of acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric
    bass, and banjo players. Medical problems of
    performing artists, 21(4), 169.

    • Makkouk, A. H., Oetgen, M. E., Swigart, C. R.,


    & Dodds, S. D. (2008). Trigger finger: etiology,
    evaluation, and treatment. Current reviews in
    musculoskeletal medicine, 1(2), 92-96.

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