Workmen's Compensation Act,1923
Act No : 8
Section : LIST OF OCCUPATIONAL
SCHEDULE 3
(Seesection 3-) LIST OF OCCUPATIONAL
DISEASES S.No. Occupational disease Employment (1) (2) (3)
PART A
l. Infectious and parasitic diseas
(a) All work involving exposure to es contracted in an occupation health or laboratory work; where there is a particular risk
(b) All work involving exposure to of contamination. veterinary work;
(c) Work relating to handling animals, animal carcasses, part of such car
casses, 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 All work involving exposure to the risk toxic compounds. concerned.
4. Poisoning by nitrous fumes. All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.
5. Poisoning by organophospho All work involving exposure to the risk rus compounds. concerned.
PARTB
l. Diseases caused by phospho All work involving exposure to the risk rus or 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 All work involving exposure to the risk its toxic homologues. concerned.
4. Diseases caused by nitro and All work involving exposure to the risk amido toxic derivatives of ben concerned. zene or its homologues.
5. Diseases caused by chromium All work involving exposure to the risk or its toxic compounds. concerned.
6. Diseases caused by arsenic or All work involving exposure to the risk is toxic compounds. concerned.
7. Diseases caused by radioactive All work involving exposure to the ac substances and ionising radiation of radioactive substances or tions. ionising radiations.
8. Primary epitheliomatous can All work involving exposure to the risk cer of the skin caused by tar, concerned. pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, anthracene, or the compounds, products or residues of these substances.
9. Disease caused by the toxic All work involving exposure to the risk halogen derivatives of hydro concerned. carbons (of the aliphatic and aromatic series)
10. Diseases caused by carbon All work involving exposure to the risk disulphide. concerned.
11. Occupational cataract due to All work involving exposure to the risk infra-red radiations. concerned.
12. Diseases caused by manganese All work involving exposure to the risk or its toxic compounds. concerned.
13. Skin diseases caused by physi All work involving exposure to the risk cal, chemical or biological concerned. agents not included in other items.
14. Hearing impairment caused by All work involving exposure to the risk noise. concerned.
15. Poisoning by dinitrophenol or a All work involving exposure to the risk homologue or by substituted concerned. dinitrophenol or by the salts of such substances.
16. Diseases caused by beryllium All work involving exposure to the risk of its toxic compounds. concerned.
17. Diseases caused by cadmium All work involving exposure to the risk or its 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 All work involving exposure to the risk its toxic compounds. concerned.
20. Diseases caused by nitrogly All work involving exposure to the risk cerine or 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 sulfide. All work involving exposure to the risk
23. Lung cancer and mesothe- concerned. liomas caused by asbestos. All work involving exposure to the risk
24. Primary neoplasm of the epi concerned. thelial lining of the urinary blad All work involving exposure to the risk der or the kidney or the ureter. concerned.
[25 Snow blindness in snow All work involving exposure to the risk bound areas. concerned
26. Disease due to effect of heat in All work involving exposure to the risk extreme hot climate. concerned.
27. Disease due to effect of cold in All work involving exposure to the risk extreme cold climate. concerned.]
PART C
l. Pneumoconioses caused by All work involving exposure to the risk sclerogenic mineral dust concerned.
(silicosis, 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 All work involving exposure to the risk caused by cotton, flax hemp concerned. and sisal dust (Byssinosis).
4. Extrinsic allergic alveelitis All work involving exposure to the risk caused by the inhalation of or concerned. ganic dusts.
5. Bronchopulmonary diseases All work involving exposure to the risk caused by hard metals. concerned.
[6. Acute Pulmonary Oedema of All work involving exposure to the risk High Altitude. concerned.]
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