Workmen's Compensation Act, 1934

SIXTH SCHEDULE.

Industrial Diseases.

Description of Disease

Description of Process

(1)

(2)

Anthrax

Handling of wool, hair, bristles, hides and skins.

Lead poisoning or its sequelæ

Any process involving the use of lead or its preparations or compounds.

Mercury poisoning or its sequelæ

Any process involving the use of mercury or its preparations or compounds.

Phosphorus poisoning or its sequelæ

Any process involving the use of phosphorus or its preparations or compounds.

Arsenic poisoning or its sequelæ

Any process involving the use of arsenic or its preparations or compounds.

Ankylostomiasis

Mining.

Poisoning by benzene and its homologues, or the sequelæ.

Handling benzene or any of its homologues, or any process in the manufacture or involving the use thereof.

Poisoning by nitrous fumes or its sequelæ.

Any process in which nitrous fumes are evolved.

Dermatitis produced by dust or liquids

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Epitheliomatous cancer or ulceration of the skin due to tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil or paraffin, or any compound, product or residue of any of these substances.

Handling or use of tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil or paraffin, or any compound, product or residue of any of these substances.

Cataract in glassworkers

Any process in the manufacture of glass involving exposure to the glare of molten glass.

Where regulations or special rules made under any British Statute or Act of the Oireachtas for the protection of persons employed in any industry against the risk of contracting lead poisoning require some or all of the persons employed in certain processes specified in the regulations or special rules to be periodically examined by a certifying or other surgeon, then, in the application of this Schedule to that industry, the expression “process” shall, unless the Minister otherwise directs, include only the processes so specified.