ESI Act

THE THIRD SCHEDULE

(See Section 52-A)

 

List of occupational diseases

 

Sl. No.

Occupational disease

Employment

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PART A

1.

Infectious and parasitic diseases contracted in an occupation where there is a particular risk of contamination.

(a)     All work involving exposure to health or laboratory work;

 

(b) All work involving exposure to veterinary work;

 

(c) Work relating to handling animals, 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 compressed air.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned

3.

Diseases caused by lead or its toxic compounds.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned

4.

Poisoning by nitrous fumes.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned

5.

Poisoning by organophosphorus compounds.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned

 

PART B

 

1.

Diseases caused by phosphorus or its toxic compounds.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned

2.

Diseases caused by mercury or its toxic compounds.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned

3.

Diseases caused by benzene or its toxic homologues.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned

4.

Diseases caused by nitro and amido toxic derivatives of benzene or its homologues.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

5.

Diseases caused by chromium or its toxic compounds.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

6.

Diseases caused by arsenic or its toxic compounds.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

7.

Diseases caused by radioactive substances and ionising radiations.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

8.

Primary epithelomatous cancer of the skin caused by tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, anthracene, or the compounds, products or residues of these substances.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

9.

Diseases caused by he toxic halogen derivatives of hydrocarbons (of the aliphatic and aromatic series).

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

10.

 Diseases caused by carbon disulphide.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

11.

Occupational cataract due to infra-red radiations.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

12.

Diseases caused by manganese or its toxic compounds.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

13.

Skin diseases caused by physical, chemical or biological agents not included in other items.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

14.

Heating impairment caused by noise.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

15.

Poisoning by dinitrophenol or a homologue or by substituted dinitrophenol or by the slats of such substances.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

16.

Diseases caused by beryllium or its toxic compounds.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

17.

Diseases caused by fluorine or its toxic compounds.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

18.

Occupational asthma caused by recognised sensitising agents inherent to the work process,

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

19.

Diseases caused by fluorine or its toxic compounds.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

20.

Diseases caused by nitroglycerine or other itroacid esters.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

21.

Diseases caused by alcohols and ketones.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

22.

Diseases caused by asphyxiants: carbon monoxide, and its toxic derivatives, hydrogen sulfide.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

23.

Lung cancer and mesotheliomas caused by asbestos.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

 24.

Primary neoplasm of the epithelial lining of the urinary bladder or the kidney or the ureter.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

 

PART C

1.

Pneumoconioses caused by sclerogenic mineral dust (silicosis, anthraoosilicosis asbestosis) and silico-tuberculosis provided that silicosis is an essential factory in causing the resultant incapacity or death.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

2.

Bagassosis,

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

3.

Bronchopulmonary diseases caused by cotton, flax, hemp and sisal dust (Byssinosos)

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

4.

Extrinsic allergic alvoelitis caused by the inhalation of organic dusts.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.

 5.

Bronchopulmonary diseases caused by hard metals.

All work involving exposure to the risk concerned.