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WORKERS COMPENSATION REGULATION 2016 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1 – Diseases taken to be work-related

(Clause 4)

Column 1 Column 2
Poisoning by lead, its alloys or compounds, and its sequelae Handling of ore containing lead including fine shot in zinc factories
Casting of old zinc and lead in ingots
Manufacture of articles made of cast lead or of lead alloys
Employment in the polygraphic industries
Manufacture of lead compounds
Manufacture and repair of electric accumulators
Preparation and use of enamels containing lead
Polishing by means of lead files or putty powder with a lead content
All painting operations involving the preparation and manipulation of coating substances, cements or colouring substances containing lead pigments
Poisoning by mercury or its amalgams or compounds, and its sequelae Handling of mercury ore
Manufacture of mercury compounds
Manufacture of measuring and laboratory apparatus
Preparation of raw material for the hat-making industry
Hot gilding
Use of mercury pumps in the manufacture of incandescent lamps
Manufacture of fulminate of mercury primers
Anthrax infection Work in connection with animals infected with anthrax
Handling of animal carcases or parts of such carcases including hides, hoofs and horns
Loading and unloading or transport of merchandise that has come in contact with animals infected with anthrax or with animal carcases or parts of such carcases
Phosphorus poisoning by phosphorus or its compounds, and its sequelae Any process involving the production, liberation or utilisation of phosphorus or its compounds
Arsenic poisoning by arsenic or its compounds, and its sequelae Any process involving the production, liberation or utilisation of arsenic or its compounds
Poisoning by benzene or its homologues, their nitro- and amido-derivatives, and its sequelae Any process involving the production, liberation or utilisation of benzene or its homologues, or their nitro- and amido-derivatives
Poisoning by the halogen derivatives of hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series Any process involving the production, liberation or utilisation of halogen derivatives of hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series
Pathological manifestations of a kind that are due to or contributed to by--(a) radium and other radioactive substances,(b) X-rays Any process involving exposure to the action of radium, radioactive substances or X-rays
Primary epitheliomatous cancer of the skin Any process involving the handling or use of tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, paraffin, or the compounds, products or residues of these substances
Brucellosis, Leptospirosis and Q fever Slaughtering of cattle on the slaughter-floor of an abattoir or slaughter-house
Handling or processing of the slaughtered carcases of cattle in an abattoir or slaughter-house
Penning up or running cattle through a race at an abattoir or slaughter-house
Any activity, incidental or necessary to the carrying out of the above activities, on the slaughter-floor, in any area where the raw by-products of slaughtered cattle are handled or in or about any pen or race of an abattoir or slaughter-house



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