Third Schedule

[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.