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WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1958 - THIRD SCHEDULE

Third Schedule—List of diseases proclaimed

Description of Disease

Description of Process or Occupation

Anthrax

Wool combing, wool sorting, handling of or coming into contact with hides, skins, wool, hair, bristles or carcasses, work in connection with animals infected with anthrax, loading and unloading or transport of merchandise.

Arsenic poisoning or its sequelae

Any manufacturing or other process involving the use of or contact with arsenic or its preparations or compounds.

Asbestosis (with or without mesothelioma)

Any mining, manufacturing or other process which involves the use of or contact with asbestos.

Avascular Necrosis or its sequelae

Any occupation involving working underground or underwater where the worker is subjected to greater than normal atmospheric pressure and subsequent decompression.

Brucellosis (Undulant Fever)

Work in connection with animals or carcasses infected with the brucella organism.

Carbon bisulphide poisoning

Any manufacturing or other process involving working in contact with or the inhalation of carbon bisulphide gas.

Carbon monoxide poisoning

Any manufacturing or other process involving working in contact with or the inhalation of carbon monoxide gas.

Chrome ulceration or its sequelae

Any manufacturing or other process involving the use of or contact with chromic acid or bichromate of ammonium, potassium or sodium or their preparations.

Copper poisoning or its sequelae

Any manufacturing or other process involving the use of or contact with copper or its preparations or compounds.

Description of Disease

Description of Process or Occupation

Dermatitis venenata

Any occupation, involving the use of or contact with vegetable or mineral matter.

Lead poisoning or its sequelae

Any manufacturing or other process involving the use of or contact with lead or its preparations or compounds.

Leptospirosis, as caused by any of the serotypes of the micro-organism Leptospira, in any of its clinical manifestations.

Any work done at abattoirs, slaughterhouses and knackeries involving contact directly or indirectly with animals or tissues of animals.

Mercury poisoning or its sequelae

Any manufacturing or other process involving the use of or contact with mercury or its preparations or compounds.

Pathological manifestations due to radium and other radioactive substances or X‑rays

Any process involving exposure to the action of radium, radioactive substances or X-rays.

Phosphorus poisoning or its sequelae

Any manufacturing or other process involving the use of or contact with phosphorus or its perpetrations or compounds.

Poisoning by benzol, its homologues or its nitro and amido derivates and the sequelae of these poisonings

Any process or occupation involving the production, liberation of or exposure to benzol, its homologues or its nitro and amido derivates.

Poisoning by the halogen derivatives of hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series

Any process or occupation involving the production, liberation or utilization of halogen derivatives of hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series.

Primary epitheliomatous cancer of the skin

Any process or occupation involving handling of or use of tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, paraffin, or the compounds, products or residues of those substances.

Q fever as caused by the micro-organism Coxiella burneti (also known as Rickettsia burneti), in any of its clinical manifestations

Any work done at abattoirs, slaughterhouses and knackeries involving contact directly or indirectly with animals or tissues of animals.

Description of Disease

Description of Process or Occupation

Septic poisoning or its sequelae

Any work involving the handling of meat or the manufacture of meat products or animal by-products in connexion with the trade of a butcher or slaughterman.

Silicosis with or without pulmonary tuberculosis

Any manufacturing or other process involving exposure to the inhalation of silica dust.

Subcutaneous cellulitis or acute bursitis over the elbow (beat elbow)

Mining.

Subcutaneous cellulitis or acute bursitis arising at or about the knee (beat knee)

Mining.

Tenosynovitis (inflammation of the tendon sheaths of the hand, wrist, forearm or elbow)

Any process or occupation connected with the preparation, preserving, canning or bottling of jams, sauces, fruits, pickles or other similar foods for human consumption.

Zinc poisoning or its sequelae

Any manufacturing or other process involving the use of or contact with zinc or its preparations or compounds.

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