[See sections 2 (51), 36(1), 74 (1), (3), (5), 131(5), 132 and 152(2)]
LIST OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES
Serial No. Occupational disease Employment
(1) (2) (3)
PART A
1. Infectious and parasitic diseases (a) all work involving exposure to health or
contracted in an occupation where laboratory work;
there is a particular risk of (b) all work involving exposure to veterinary
contamination. work;
(c) work relating to handling animals, animal
carcasses, part of such carcasses, or
merchandise which may have been
contaminated by animals or animal carcasses;
(d) other work carrying a particular risk of
contamination.
2. Diseases caused by work in All work involving exposure to the risk
compressed air concerned.
3. Diseases caused by lead or its toxic All work involving exposure to the risk
compounds concerned.
4. Poisoning by nitrous fumes All work involving exposure to the risk
concerned.
5. Poisoning by organo phosphorus All work involving exposure to the risk
compounds concerned.
PART B
1. Diseases caused by phosphorus or All work involving exposure to the risk
its toxic compounds concerned.
2. Diseases caused by mercury or All work involving exposure to the risk
its toxic compounds concerned.
3. Diseases caused by benzene or its All work involving exposure to the risk
toxic homologues concerned.
4. Diseases caused by nitro and amido All work involving exposure to the risk
toxic derivatives of benzene or its concerned.
homologues
5. Diseases caused by chromium or its All work involving exposure to the risk
toxic compounds concerned.
6. Diseases caused by arsenic or its All work involving exposure to the risk
toxic compounds concerned.
7. Diseases caused by radioactive All work involving exposure to the action of
substances and ionising radiations radioactive substances or ionising radiations
8. Primary epitheliomatous cancer of All work involving exposure to the risk
the skin caused by tar, pitch, bitumen, concerned.
mineral oil, anthracene, or the
compounds, products or residues
of these substances
(1) (2) (3)
9. Diseases caused by the toxic halogen All work involving exposure to the risk
derivatives of hydrocarbons (of the concerned.
aliphatic and aromatic series).
10. Diseases caused by carbon All work involving exposure to the risk
disulphide concerned.
11. Occupational cataract due to infra-red All work involving exposure to the risk
radiations concerned.
12. Diseases caused by manganese or its All work involving exposure to the risk
toxic compounds concerned.
13. Skin diseases caused by physical, All work involving exposure to the risk
chemical or biological agents not concerned.
included in other items
14. Hearing impairment caused by noise All work involving exposure to the risk
concerned.
15. Poisoning by dinitrophenol or a All work involving exposure to the risk
homologue or by substituted concerned.
dinitro-phenol or by the salts
of such substances
16. Diseases caused by beryllium or its All work involving exposure to the risk
toxic compounds concerned.
17. Diseases caused by cadmium or its All work involving exposure to the risk
toxic compounds concerned.
18. Occupational asthma caused by All work involving exposure to the risk
recognised sensitising agents concerned.
inherent to the work process
19. Diseases caused by fluorine or its All work involving exposure to the risk
toxic compounds concerned.
20. Diseases caused by nitroglycerin or All work involving exposure to the risk
other nitroacid esters concerned.
21. Diseases caused by alcohols and All work involving exposure to the risk
ketones concerned.
22. Diseases caused by asphyxiants, All work involving exposure to the risk
carbon monoxide and its toxic concerned.
derivatives, hydrogen sulphide
23. Lung cancer and mesotheliomas All work involving exposure to the risk
caused by asbestos concerned.
24. Primary neoplasm of the epithelial All work involving exposure to the risk
lining of the urinary bladder or the concerned.
kidney or the ureter
25. Snow blindness in snow bound areas All work involving exposure to the risk
concerned.
26. Diseases due to effect of heat in All work involving exposure to the risk
extreme hot climate concerned.
27. Diseases due to effect of cold in All work involving exposure to the risk
extreme cold climate concerned.
((11)) ((22)) ((33))
PART C
1. Pneumoconioses caused by All work involving exposure to the risk
sclerogenic mineral dust (silicoses, concerned.
anthraoosilicosis, asbestosis) and
silico-tuberculosis provided that
silicosis is an essential factor in
causing the resultant incapacity
or death
2. Bagassosis All work involving exposure to the risk
concerned.
3. Bronchopulmonary diseases caused All work involving exposure to the risk
by cotton, flax hemp and sisal concerned.
dust (Byssionsis).
4. Extrinsic allergic alveelitis caused by All work involving exposure to the risk
the inhalation of organic dusts concerned.
5. Bronchopulmonary diseases caused All work involving exposure to the risk
by hard metals concerned.
6. Acute Pulmonary oedema of high All work involving exposure to the risk
altitude. concerned.