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The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985

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PART ILIST OF PRESCRIBED DISEASES AND THE OCCUPATIONS FOR WHICH THEY ARE PRESCRIBED

Prescribed disease or injury Occupation
A. Conditions due to physical agentsAny occupation involving:

[F1A1 Leukaemia (other than chronic lymphocytic leukaemia) or primary cancer of the bone, bladder, breast, colon, liver, lung, ovary, stomach, testis or thyroid.]

[F2Exposure to ionising radiation where the dose is sufficient to double the risk of the occurrence of the condition.]

A2. F3... Cataract.

[F4Frequent or prolonged exposure to radiation from red-hot or white-hot material.]

[F5A3.

(a) Dysbarism, including decompression sickness, barotrauma and osteonecrosis.

(b) Osteonecrosis.]

Subjection to compressed or rarefied air or other respirable gases or gaseous mixtures.

A4. [F6Task-specific focal dystonia of the hand or forearm.]

[F6Prolonged periods of handwriting, typing or other repetitive movements of the fingers, hand or arm.]

A5. Subcutaneous cellulitis of the handF7....

Manual labour causing severe or prolonged friction or pressure on the hand.

A6. Bursitis or subcutaneous cellulitis arising at or about the knee due to severe or prolonged external friction or pressure at or about the kneeF8....

Manual labour causing severe or prolonged external friction or pressure at or about the knee.

A7. Bursitis or subcutaneous cellulitis arising at or about the elbow due to severe or prolonged external friction or pressure at or about the elbowF9....

Manual labour causing severe or prolonged external friction or pressure at or about the elbow.
A8. Traumatic inflammation of the tendons of the hand or forearm, or of the associated tendon sheaths.Manual labour, or frequent or repeated movements of the hand or wrist.

A9. F10...

F10. . .

[F11A10. Sensorineural hearing loss amounting to at least 50 dB in each ear, being the average of hearing losses at 1, 2 and 3 kHz frequencies, and being due in the case of at least one ear to occupational noise (occupational deafness).]

Regulation 3 (S.I. 2003/2190) amendments shall not apply to a period of assessment which relates to a claim which is made before the commencement date (22nd September 2003).

[F12Any occupation involving:

The use of, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of the use of, a—

(a) band saw, circular saw or cutting disc to cut metal in the metal founding or forging industries, circular saw to cut products in the manufacture of steel, powered (other than hand powered) grinding tool on metal (other than sheet metal or plate metal), pneumatic percussive tool on metal, pressurised air arc tool to gouge metal, burner or torch to cut or dress steel based products, skid transfer bank, knock out and shake out grid in a foundry, machine (other than a power press machine) to forge metal including a machine used to drop stamp metal by means of closed or open dies or drop hammers, machine to cut or shape or clean metal nails, or plasma spray gun to spray molten metal;

(b) pneumatic percussive tool:- to drill rock in a quarry, on stone in a quarry works, underground, for mining coal, for sinking a shaft, or for tunnelling in civil engineering works;

(c) vibrating metal moulding box in the concrete products industry, or circular saw to cut concrete masonry blocks;

(d) machine in the manufacture of textiles for:- weaving man-made or natural fibres (including mineral fibres), high speed false twisting of fibres, or the mechanical cleaning of bobbins;

(e) multi-cutter moulding machine on wood, planing machine on wood, automatic or semi-automatic lathe on wood, multiple cross-cut machine on wood, automatic shaping machine on wood, double-end tenoning machine on wood, vertical spindle moulding machine (including a high speed routing machine) on wood, edge banding machine on wood, bandsawing machine (with a blade width of not less than 75 millimetres) on wood, circular sawing machine on wood including one operated by moving the blade towards the material being cut, or chain saw on wood;

(f) jet of water (or a mixture of water and abrasive material) at a pressure above 680 bar, or jet channelling process to burn stone in a quarry;

(g) machine in a ship’s engine room, or gas turbine for:- performance testing on a test bed, installation testing of a replacement engine in an aircraft, or acceptance testing of an Armed Service fixed wing combat aircraft;

(h) machine in the manufacture of glass containers or hollow ware for:- automatic moulding, automatic blow moulding, or automatic glass pressing and forming;

(i) spinning machine using compressed air to produce glass wool or mineral wool;

(j) continuous glass toughening furnace;

(k) firearm by a police firearms training officer; or

(l) shot-blaster to carry abrasives in air for cleaning.]

[F12(a) [F13the use of powered (but not hand powered) grinding tools [F14metal (other than sheet metal or plate metal)] F15... or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of those tools whilst they are being so used; or]

(b) [F13the use of pneumatic percussive tools on metal, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of those tools whilst they are being so used; or]

(c) [F13the use of pneumatic percussive tools for drilling rock in quarries or underground or in mining coal, [F16or in sinking shafts or for tunnelling in civil engineering works] or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of those tools whilst they are being so used; or]

([F17ca) the use of pneumatic percussive tools on stone in quarry works, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of those tools whilst they are being so used; or]

(d) [F13work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of plant (excluding power press plant) engaged in the forging (including drop stamping) of metal by means of closed or open dies or drop hammers; or]

(e) [F13work in textile manufacturing where the work is undertaken wholly or mainly in rooms or sheds in which there are machines engaged in weaving man-made or natural (including mineral) fibres or in the high speed false twisting of fibres; or]

(f) the use of, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of, machines engaged in cutting, shaping or cleaning metal nails; or

(g) the use of, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of, plasma spray guns engaged in the deposition of metal; or

(h) the use of, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of, any of the following machines engaged in the working of wood or material composed partly of wood, that is to say: multi-cutter moulding machines, planing machines, automatic or semi-automatic lathes, multiple cross-cut machines, automatic shaping machines, double-end tenoning machines, vertical spindle moulding machines (including high speed routing machines), edge banding machines, bandsawing machines with a blade width of not less than 75 millimetres and circular sawing machines in the operation of which the blade is moved towards the material being cut; or

(i) the use of chain saws in forestry[F18; or

(j) air arc gouging or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of air arc gouging; or

(k) the use of band saws, circular saws or cutting discs for cutting metal in the metal founding or forging industries, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of those tools whilst they are being so used; or

(l) the use of circular saws for cutting products in the manufacture of steel, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of those tools whilst they are being so used; or

(m) the use of burners or torches for cutting or dressing steel based products, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of those tools whilst they are being so used; or

(n) work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of skid transfer banks; or

(o) work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of knock out and shake out grids in foundries; or

(p) mechanical bobbin cleaning or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of mechanical bobbin cleaning; or

q) the use of, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of, vibrating metal moulding boxes in the concrete products industry; or

(r) the use of, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of, high pressure jets of water or a mixture of water and abrasive material in the water jetting industry (including work under water); or

(s) work in ships' engine rooms; or

(t) the use of circular saws for cutting concrete masonry blocks during manufacture, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of those tools whilst they are being so used; or

(u) burning stone in quarries by jet channelling processes, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of such processes; or

(v) work on gas turbines in connection with—

(i)

performance testing on test bed;

(ii)

installation testing of replacement engines in aircraft;

(iii)

acceptance testing of Armed Service fixed wing combat planes; or

(w) the use of, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of—

(i)

machines for automatic moulding, automatic blow moulding or automatic glass pressing and forming machines used in the manufacture of glass containers or hollow ware;

(ii)

spinning machines using compressed air to produce glass wool or mineral wool;

(iii)

continuous glass toughening furnaces.]]

A11. Episodic blanching, occurring throughout the year, affecting the middle or proximal phalanges or in the case of a thumb the proximal phalanx, of—

(a) [F19Intense blanching of the skin, with a sharp demarcation line between affected and non-affected skin, where the blanching is cold-induced, episodic, occurs throughout the year and affects the skin of the distal with the middle and proximal phalanges, or distal with the middle phalanx (or in the case of a thumb the distal with the proximal phalanx), of—

(i)

in the case of a person with 5 fingers (including thumb) on one hand, any 3 of those fingers, or

(ii)

in the case of a person with only 4 such fingers, any 2 of those fingers, or

(iii)

in the case of a person with less than 4 such fingers, any one of them or, as the case may be, the one remaining finger,

where none of the person’s fingers was subject to any degree of cold-induced, episodic blanching of the skin prior to the person’s employment in an occupation described in the second column in relation to this paragraph, or

(b) significant, demonstrable reduction in both sensory perception and manipulative dexterity with continuous numbness or continuous tingling all present at the same time in the distal phalanx of any finger (including thumb) where none of the person’s fingers was subject to any degree of reduction in sensory perception, manipulative dexterity, numbness or tingling prior to the person’s employment in an occupation described in the second column in relation to this paragraph,

where the symptoms in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) were caused by vibration.

(a)[F19in the case of a person with 5 fingers (including thumb) on one hand, any 3 of those fingers, or

(b) in the case of a person with only 4 such fingers, any 2 of those fingers, or

(c) in the case of a person with less than 4 such fingers, any one of those fingers or, as the case may be, the one remaining finger (vibration white finger).]]

(a) the use of hand-held chain saws [F20in forestry] [F20on wood]; or

(b) the use of hand-held rotary tools in grinding or in the sanding or polishing of metal, or the holding of material being ground, or metal being sanded or polished, by rotary tools; or

Any occupation involving:

(c) the use of hand-held percussive metal-working tools, or the holding of metal being worked upon by percussive tools, in riveting, caulking, chipping, hammering, fettling or swaging; or

(d) the use of hand-held powered percussive drills or hand-held powered percussive hammers in mining, quarrying, demolition, or on roads or footpaths, including road construction; or

(e) the holding of material being worked upon by pounding machines in shoe manufacture.

[F21A12. Carpal tunnel syndrome.]

(a) [F22The use, at the time the symptoms first develop, of hand-held powered tools whose internal parts vibrate so as to transmit that vibration to the hand, but excluding those tools which are solely powered by hand; or

(b) repeated palmar flexion and dorsiflexion of the wrist for at least 20 hours per week for a period or periods amounting in aggregate to at least 12 months in the 24 months prior to the onset of symptoms, where “repeated” means once or more often in every 30 seconds.]

[F22[F21The use of hand-held powered tools whose internal parts vibrate so as to transmit that vibration to the hand, but excluding those which are solely powered by hand.]]

[F23A13. Osteoarthritis of the hip.]

[F23Work in agriculture as a farmer or farm worker for a period of, or periods which amount in aggregate to, 10 years or more.]

[F24A14. Osteoarthritis of the knee.]

[F24Work underground in a coal mine for a period of, or periods which amount in aggregate to, at least 10 years in any one or more of the following occupations:

(a) before 1st January 1986 as a coal miner; or

(b) on or after 1st January 1986 as a—

(i)

face worker working on a non-mechanised coal face;

(ii)

development worker;

(iii)

face-salvage worker;

(iv)

conveyor belt cleaner; or

(v)

conveyor belt attendant.

“A non-mechanised coal face” means a coal face without either powered roof supports or a power loader machine which simultaneously cuts and loads the coal or without both.]

[F25Work wholly or mainly fitting or laying carpets or floors (other than concrete floors) for a period of, or periods which amount in aggregate to, 20 years or more.]

[F26A15 Dupuytren’s contracture of the hand F27... ][F28involving—

(i)

fixed flexion deformity of one or more metacarpophalangeal joints greater than 45 degrees that developed during the period or periods set out in the second column in relation to this paragraph; or

(ii)

fixed flexion deformity of one or more interphalangeal joints that developed during the period or periods set out in the second column in relation to this paragraph; or

(iii)

fixed flexion deformity of one or more metacarpophalangeal joints greater than 45 degrees that developed after the period or periods in the second column in relation to this paragraph if there is evidence of the onset of metacarpophalangeal joint involvement or palmar changes (nodules or thickening) during that period or periods; or

(iv)

fixed flexion deformity of one or more interphalangeal joints that developed after the period or periods set out in the second column in relation to this paragraph if there is evidence of the onset of metacarpophalangeal joint involvement or palmar changes (nodules or thickening) during that period or periods.]

[F26Any occupation involving the use of hand-held powered tools whose internal parts vibrate so as to transmit that vibration to the hand (but excluding those tools which are solely powered by hand) where—

(a)

the use of those tools amounts to a period or periods in aggregate of at least 10 years [F29and];

(b)

within that period or those periods, the use of those tools amounts to at least 2 hours per day for 3 or more days per week[F30.]

(c)

F31...]

B.Conditions due to biological agents

[F32B1

(a) Cutaneous anthrax;

(b) Pulmonary anthrax.]

(a) [F33 Contact with anthrax spores, including contact with animals infected by anthrax; or

(b) handling, loading, unloading or transport of animals of a type susceptible to infection with anthrax or of the products or residues of such animals.]

B2. Glanders.Contact with equine animals or their carcases.
B3. Infection by leptospira.

(a) Work in places which are, or are liable to be, infested by rats, field mice or voles, or other small mammals; or

(b) work at dog kennels or the care or handling of dogs; or

(c) contact with bovine animals or their meat products or pigs or their meat products.

[F34B4

(a) Cutaneous larva migrans;

(b) Iron deficiency anaemia caused by gastrointestinal infection by hookworm.]

[F35Contact with a source of ankylostomiasis.]

B5. Tuberculosis.

[F36Contact with a source of tuberculosis while undertaking—

(a) work in a hospital, mortuary in which post mortems are conducted, or laboratory; or

(b) work in any other workplace.]

B6. Extrinsic allergic alveolitis F37....

Exposure to moulds or fungal spores or heterologous proteins [F38or any other biological substance that causes extrinsic allergic alveolitis] by reason of employment in:—

(a) agriculture, horticulture, forestry, cultivation of edible fungi or malt-working; or

(b) loading or unloading or handling in storage mouldy vegetable matter or edible fungi; or

(c) caring for or handling birds; or

(d) handling bagasse [F39or

(e) work involving exposure to metalworking fluid mists][F38; or

(f) any other workplace]

B7. Infection by organisms of the genus brucella.

Contact with—

(a) animals infected by brucella, or their carcases or parts thereof, or their untreated products; or

(b) laboratory specimens or vaccines of, or containing, brucella.

[F40B8A. Infection by hepatitis A virus.]

[F40Contact with raw sewage.]

[F40B8B. Infection by hepatitis B or C virus.]

[F40Contact with—]

[F40(a) human blood or human blood products; or]

[F40(b) any other source of hepatitis B or C virus.]

B9. Infection by Streptococcus suis.Contact with pigs infected by Streptococcus suis, or with the carcases, products or residues of pigs so infected.

[F41B10.

(a) Avian chlamydiosis]

[F41Contact with birds infected with chlamydia psittaci, or with the remains or untreated products of such birds.]

[F41B10.

(b) Ovine chlamydiosis]

[F41Contact with sheep infected with chlamydia psittaci, or with the remains or untreated products of such sheep.]

[F41B11. Q fever.]

[F41Contact with animals, their remains or their untreated products.]

[F42B12. Orf.]

[F42Contact with sheep, goats or with the carcasses of sheep or goats.]

[F42B13. Hydatidosis.]

[F42Contact with dogs.]

[F43B14. Lyme disease.]

[F43Exposure to deer or other mammals of a type liable to harbour ticks harbouring Borrelia bacteria.]

[F43B15. Anaphylaxis.]

[F43[F44Contact] with products made with natural rubber latex.]

C. Conditions due to chemical agents

[F45C1.

(a) Anaemia with a haemoglobin concentration of 9g/dL or less, and a blood film showing punctate basophilia;

(b) peripheral neuropathy;

(c) central nervous system toxicity.]

The use or handling of, or exposure to the fumes, dust or vapour of, lead or a compound of lead, or a substance containing lead.

[F46C2. Central nervous system toxicity characterised by parkinsonism.]

The use or handling of, or exposure to the fumes, dust or vapour of, manganese or a compound of manganese, or a substance containing manganese.

[F47C3.

(a) Phossy Jaw.

(b) Peripheral polyneuropathy or peripheral polyneuropathy with pyramidal involvement of the central nervous system, caused by organic compounds of phosphorus which inhibit the enzyme neuropathy target esterase.]

[F47Work involving the use or handling of, or exposure to, white phosphorus.

Work involving the use or handling of, or exposure to, organic compounds of phosphorus.]

[F48C4. Primary carcinoma of the bronchus or lung.]

[F48Exposure to the fumes, dust or vapour of arsenic, a compound of arsenic or a substance containing arsenic.]

[F49C5A. Central nervous system toxicity characterised by tremor and neuropsychiatric disease.]

[F49Exposure to mercury or inorganic compounds of mercury for a period of, or periods which amount in aggregate to, 10 years or more.]

[F49C5B. Central nervous system toxicity characterised by combined cerebellar and cortical degeneration.]

[F49Exposure to methylmercury.]

[F50C6. Peripheral neuropathy]

[F50The use or handling of, or exposure to, carbon disulphide (also called carbon disulfide).]

[F51C7. Acute non-lymphatic leukaemia.]

[F51Exposure to benzene.]

C8. F52...

F52...

C9. F53...

F53...

C10. F54...

F54...

C11. F55...

F55...

[F56C12.

(a) Peripheral neuropathy;

(b) central nervous system toxicity.]

[F56Exposure to methyl bromide (also called bromomethane).]

[F57C13. Cirrhosis of the liver.]

[F57Exposure to chlorinated naphthalenes.]

C14. F58...

F58...

C15. F59...

F59...

[F60C16.

(a) Neurotoxicity;

(b) cardiotoxicity.]

[F60Exposure to the dust of gonioma kamassi.]

[F61C17. Chronic beryllium disease.]

[F61Inhalation of beryllium or a beryllium compound.]

[F62C18. Emphysema.]

[F62Inhalation of cadmium fumes for a period of, or periods which amount in aggregate to, 20 years or more.]

[F63C19.

(a) Peripheral neuropathy; monomer.

(b) central nervous system toxicity.]

[F63Exposure to acrylamide.]

C20. Dystrophy of the cornea

[F64Exposure to quinone or hydroquinone.]

[F65C21. Primary carcinoma of the skin.]

[F65Exposure to arsenic or arsenic compounds, tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil (including paraffin) or soot.]

[F66C22.

(a) Primary carcinoma of the mucous membrane of the nose or paranasal sinuses;

(b) primary carcinoma of the bronchus or lung.]

[F66Work before 1950 in the refining of nickel involving exposure to oxides, sulphides or water-soluble compounds of nickel.]

[F67C23. Primary neoplasm of the epithelial lining of the urinary tract.]

[F67(a) The manufacture of 1-naphthylamine, 2-naphthylamine, benzidine, auramine, magenta or 4-aminobiphenyl (also called biphenyl-4-ylamine);

(b) work in the process of manufacturing methylene-bis-orthochloroaniline (also called MbOCA) for a period of, or periods which amount in aggregate to, 12 months or more;

(c) exposure to 2-naphthylamine, benzidine, 4-aminobiphenyl (also called biphenyl-4-ylamine) or salts of those compounds otherwise than in the manufacture of those compounds;

(d) exposure to orthotoluidine, 4-chloro-2-methylaniline or salts of those compounds; or

(e) exposure for a period of, or periods which amount in aggregate to, 5 years or more, to coal tar pitch volatiles produced in aluminium smelting involving the Soderberg process (that is to say, the method of producing aluminium by electrolysis in which the anode consists of a paste of petroleum coke and mineral oil which is baked in situ).]

C24. (a) [F68Angiosarcoma of the liver; or

(b) osteolysis of the terminal phalanges of the fingers; or

(c) sclerodermatous thickening of the skin of the hand; or

(d) liver fibrosis,

due to exposure to vinyl chloride monomer.

[F68Exposure to vinyl chloride monomer in the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride.

24A. Raynaud’s phenomenon due to exposure to vinyl chloride monomer.]

Exposure to vinyl chloride monomer in the manufacture of polyvinyl chloride before 1st January 1984.]

C25. [F69Vitiligo.][F69The use or handling of, or exposure to, paratertiary-butylphenol (also called 4-tert-butylphenol), paratertiary-butylcatechol (also called 4-tert-butylcatechol), para-amylphenol (also called p-pentyl phenol isomers), hydroquinone, monobenzyl ether of hydroquinone (also called 4-benzyloxyphenol) or mono-butyl ether of hydroquinone (also called 4-butoxyphenol). ]

[F70C26.

[F71(a) Liver toxicity;

(b) kidney toxicity.]]

[F71The use or handling of, or exposure to, carbon tetrachloride (also called tetrachloromethane).]

[F72C27. [F73Liver toxicity.]]

[F73The use or handling of, or exposure to, trichloromethane (also called chloroform).]

F74...

F74...

[F75C29. [F76Peripheral neuropathy.]]

[F76The use or handling of, or exposure to, n-hexane or n-butyl methyl ketone.]

[F77C30. (a) [F78Dermatitis;

(b) ulceration of the mucous membrane or the epidermis.]

[F78The use or handling of, or exposure to, chromic acid, chromates or dichromates.]]

[F79C31. Bronchiolitis obliterans.

[F79The use or handling of, or exposure to, diacetyl (also called butanedione or 2,3-butanedione) in the manufacture of—

(a)

diacetyl; or

(b)

food flavouring containing diacetyl; or

(c)

food to which food flavouring containing diacetyl is added.

C32.Carcinoma of the nasal cavity or associated air sinuses (nasal carcinoma).]

(a)

The manufacture of inorganic chromates; or

(b)

work in hexavalent chrome plating.]

[F80C33 Chloracne.]

[F81Exposure to a substance causing chloracne.]

[F82C34 Extrinsic allergic alveolitis.]

[F83Exposure to airborne isocyanates; or to any other chemical substance that causes extrinsic allergic alveolitis.]

D. Miscellaneous Conditions
D1. Pneumoconiosis.

Any occupation—

(a) set out in Part II of this Schedule;

(b) specified in regulation 2(b)(ii).

D2. Byssinosis.

Any occupation involving:

Work in any room where any process up to and including the weaving process is performed in a factory in which the spinning or manipulation of raw or waste cotton or of flax, or the weaving of cotton or flax, is carried on.

D3. Diffuse mesothelioma (primary neoplasm of the mesothelium of the pleura or of the pericardium or of the peritoneum).

[F84Exposure to asbestos, asbestos dust or any admixture of asbestos at a level above that commonly found in the environment at large.]

D4. [F85Allergic rhinitis which is due to exposure to any of the following agents—

(a) isocyanates;

(b) platinum salts;

(c) fumes or dusts arising from the manufacture, transport or use of hardening agents (including epoxy resin curing agents) based on phthalic anhydride, tetrachlorophthalic anhydride, trimellitic anhydride or triethylenetetramine;

(d) fumes arising from the use of rosin as a soldering flux;

(e) proteolytic enzymes;

(f) animals including insects and other arthropods used for the purposes of research or education or in laboratories;

(g) dusts arising from the sowing, cultivation, harvesting, drying, handling, milling, transport or storage of barley, oats, rye, wheat or maize, or the handling, milling, transport or storage of meal or flour made therefrom;

(h) antibiotics;

(i) cimetidine;

(j) wood dust;

(k) ispaghula;

(l) castor bean dust;

(m) ipecacuanha;

(n) azodicarbonamide;

(o) animals including insects and other arthropods or their larval forms, used for the purposes of pest control or fruit cultivation, or the larval forms of animals used for the purposes of research or education or in laboratories;

(p) glutaraldehyde;

(q) persulphate salts or henna;

(r) crustaceans or fish or products arising from these in the food processing industry;

(s) reactive dyes;

(t) soya bean;

(u) tea dust;

(v) green coffee bean dust;

(w) fumes from stainless steel welding.]

(x)[F86 products made with natural rubber latex.]

[F85Exposure to any of the agents set out in column 1 of this paragraph.]

D5.

Non-infective dermatitis of external origin (F87... excluding dermatitis due to ionising particles or electro-magnetic radiations other than radiant heat).

Exposure to dust, liquid or vapour or any other external agent

[F88except chromic acid, chromates or bi-chromates,] capable of irritating the skin (including friction or heat but excluding ionising particles or electro-magnetic radiations other than radiant heat).

D6. Carcinoma of the nasal cavity or associated air sinuses (nasal carcinoma).

(a) Attendance for work [F89at a workplace] where wooden goods [F90or products made wholly or partially of wood] are manufactured or repaired; or

(b) attendance for work in a building used for the manufacture of footwear or components of footwear made wholly or partly of leather or fibre board; or

(c) attendance for work at a place used wholly or mainly for the repair of footwear made wholly or partly of leather or fibre board[F91;or

(d) exposure to wood dust in the course of the machine processing of wood.]

D7. Asthma which is due to exposure to any of the following agents:—

(a) isocyanates;

(b) platinum salts;

(c) fumes or dusts arising from the manufacture, transport or use of hardening agents (including epoxy resin curing agents) based on phthalic anhydride, tetrachlorophthalic anhydride, trimellitic anhydride or triethylenetetramine;

(d) fumes arising from the use of rosin as a soldering flux;

(e) proteolytic enzymes;

(f) [F92animals including insects and other arthropods used for the purposes of research or education or in laboratories]

(g) dusts arising from the sowing, cultivation, harvesting, drying, handling, milling, transport or storage of barley, oats, rye, wheat or maize, or the handling, milling, transport or storage of meal or flour made therefrom

[F93(h) antibiotics;

(i) cimetidine;

(j) wood dust;

(k) ispaghula;

(l) castor bean dust;

(m) ipecacuanha;

(n) azodicarbonamide]

[F94(o) animals including insects and other arthropods or their larval forms, used for the purposes of pest control or fruit cultivation, or the larval forms of animals used for the purposes of research, education or in laboratories;]

(p) [F94glutaraldehyde;]

(q) [F94persulphate salts or henna;]

(r) [F94crustaceans or fish or products arising from these in the food processing industry;]

(s) [F94reactive dyes;]

(t) [F94soya bean;]

(u) [F94tea dust;]

(v) [F94green coffee bean dust;]

(w) [F94fumes from stainless steel welding;]

[F95(wa) products made with natural rubber latex;]

[F94(x) any other sensitising agent.]

(occupational asthma).

Any occupation involving:

Exposure to any of the agents set out in column 1 of this paragraph.

D8. [F96Primary carcinoma of the lung where there is accompanying evidence of asbestosis.

(a) [F96The working or handling of asbestos or any admixture of asbestos; or

(b) the manufacture or repair of asbestos textiles or other articles containing or composed of asbestos; or

(c) the cleaning of any machinery or plant used in any of the foregoing operations and of any chambers, fixtures and appliances for the collection of asbestos dust; or

(d) substantial exposure to the dust arising from any of the foregoing operations.

D8A. Primary carcinoma of the lung.]

Exposure to asbestos in the course of—

(a) the manufacture of asbestos textiles; or

(b) spraying asbestos; or

(c) asbestos insulation work; or

(d) applying or removing materials containing asbestos in the course of shipbuilding,

where all or any of the exposure occurs before 1st January 1975, for a period of, or periods which amount in aggregate to, five years or more, or otherwise, for a period of, or periods which amount in aggregate to, ten years or more.]

D9.[F97 Unilateral or bilateral diffuse pleural thickening F98....]

(a) The working or handling of asbestos or any admixture of asbestos; or

(b) the manufacture or repair of asbestos textiles or other articles containing or composed of asbestos; or

(c) the cleaning of any machinery or plant used in any of the foregoing operations and of any chambers, fixtures and appliances for the collection of asbestos dust; or

Any occupation involving:

(d) substantial exposure to the dust arising from any of the foregoing operations.

[F99D10. [F100Primary carcinoma of the lung]]

(a) [F101Work underground in a tin mine; or ]

(b) [F101exposure to bis(chloromethyl)ether produced during the manufacture of chloromethyl methyl ether; or]

(c) [F101exposure to zinc chromate calcium chromate or strontium chromate in their pure forms[F102; or]

(d) employment wholly or mainly as a coke oven worker:

(i)

for a period of, or periods which amount in aggregate to, 15 years or more; or

(ii)

in top oven work, for a period of, or periods which amount in aggregate to, 5 years or more; or

(iii)

in a combination of top oven work and other coke oven work for a total aggregate period of 15 years or more where one year working in top oven work is treated as equivalent to 3 years in other coke oven work.]

D11.[F103Primary carcinoma of the lung where there is accompanying evidence of silicosis.]

[F103Exposure to silica dust in the course of—

(a) the manufacture of glass or pottery;

(b) tunnelling in or quarrying sandstone or granite;

(c) mining metal ores;

(d) slate quarrying or the manufacture of artefacts from slate;

(e) mining clay;

(f) using siliceous materials as abrasives;

(g) cutting stone;

(h) stonemasonry; or

(i) work in a foundry.]

[F104D12  Except in the circumstances specified in regulation 2(d)—

[F105chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]

where there is F106... evidence of a forced expiratory volume in one second (measured from the position of maximum inspiration with the claimant making maximum effort) which is—

(i)[F107at least one litre below the appropriate mean value predicted, obtained from the following prediction formulae which give the mean values predicted in litres—

  • For a man, where the measurement is made without back-extrapolation, (3.62 × Height in metres) − (0.031 × Age in years) − 1.41; or, where the measurement is made with back-extrapolation, (3.71 × Height in metres) − (0.032 × Age in years) − 1.44;

  • For a woman, where the measurement is made without back-extrapolation, (3.29 × Height in metres) − (0.029 × Age in years) − 1.42; or, where the measurement is made with back-extrapolation, (3.37 × Height in metres) − (0.030 × Age in years) − 1.46; or]

(ii)less than one litre.]

[F108The value of one litre in (i) and (ii) shall be construed as fixed and shall not vary by virtue of any treatment or treatments.]

[F109Exposure to coal dust (whether before or after 5th July 1948) by reason of working—

(a)underground in a coal mine for a period or periods amounting in aggregate to at least 20 years;

(b)on the surface of a coal mine as a screen worker for a period or periods amounting in aggregate to at least 40 years before 1st January 1983; or

(c)both underground in a coal mine, and on the surface as a screen worker before 1st January 1983, where 2 years working as a surface screen worker is equivalent to 1 year working underground, amounting in aggregate to at least the equivalent of 20 years underground.

Any such period or periods shall include a period or periods of incapacity while engaged in such an occupation.]

D13. [F110Primary carcinoma of the nasopharynx.]

[F110Exposure to wood dust in the course of the processing of wood or the manufacture or repair of wood products, for a period or periods which amount in aggregate to at least 10]

Textual Amendments

F70Sch. 1 Pt. 1 C26 inserted (4.1.1987) by The Social Security (Industrial Injuries)(Prescribed Diseases) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/2112) regs. 1(1), 3(2), Sch.

F72Sch. 1 Pt. 1 C27 inserted (4.1.1987) by The Social Security (Industrial Injuries)(Prescribed Diseases) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/2112) regs. 1(1), 3(2), Sch.

F75Sch. 1 Pt. 1 C29 inserted (4.1.1987) by The Social Security (Industrial Injuries)(Prescribed Diseases) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/2112) regs. 1(1), 3(2), Sch.

F104Sch. 1 Pt. I, D12 entry substituted (9.4.97) by S.I. 1997/810, reg. 6(5)

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