1988 Ed.]
Employees' Compensation
[CAP. 282
67
Description
of occupational disease
Nature of trade,
industry or process
Prescribed period for purposes of section 32
Item
C2
Poisoning by manganese or a compound of manganese
Any occupation involving the use or
2 years.
C3
C4
Poisoning by phosphorus or an inorganic compound of phosphorus or the anti-cholinesterase or pseudo anti-cholinesterase action of organic phosphorus compounds Poisoning by arsenic or a compound of arsenic
C5
Poisoning by mercury or a compound of mercury
handling of, or exposure to the
fumes, dust or vapour of,
manganese or a compound of
manganese, or a substance containing manganese.
handling of, or exposure to the
Any occupation involving the use or
fumes, dust or vapour of,
phosphorus or a compound of phosphorus, or a substance containing phosphorus.
Any occupation involving the use or handling of, or exposure to the fumes, dust or vapour of, arsenic or a compound of arsenic, or a substance containing arsenic.
Any occupation involving the use or handling of, or exposure to the fumes, dust or vapour of, mercury or a compound of mercury, or a substance containing mercury.
3 years.
1 year.
2 years.
C6
Poisoning by carbon bisulphide
Any occupation involving the use or
1 year.
handling of, or exposure to the
fumes, or vapour of, carbon
bisulphide or a compound of
carbon bisulphide, or a substance
containing carbon bisulphide.
C7
Poisoning by benzene
or a homologue of benzene
Any occupation involving the use or
1 year.
handling of, or exposure to the
fumes of, or vapour containing, benzene or any of its homologues.
C8
Poisoning by a nitro- or amino- or chloro-derivative of benzene or of a homologue of benzene, or poisoning by nitro-chlorobenzene
Any occupation involving the use or handling of, or exposure to the fumes of, or vapour containing, a nitro- or amino- or chloro-derivative of benzene or nitro-chlorobenzene.
C9
Poisoning by dinitrophenol or a homologue or by substituted dinitrophenols or by the salts of such substances
Any occupation involving the use or handling of, or exposure to the fumes of, or vapour containing, dinitrophenol or a homologue or substituted dinitrophenols or the salts of such substances.
C10 Poisoning by halogen derivatives of hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series
C11 Poisoning by diethylene dioxide (dioxan)
C12 Poisoning by chlorinated naphthalene
C13
Poisoning by oxides of nitrogen
Any occupation involving the use or handling of, or exposure to the fumes of, or vapour containing, halogen derivatives of hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series. Any occupation involving the use or handling of, or exposure to the fumes of, or vapour containing, diethylene dioxide (dioxan).
Any occupation involving the use or handling of, or exposure to the fumes of, or dust or vapour containing, chlorinated naphthalene.
Any occupation involving the use or handling of, or exposure to the fumes of, or dust or vapour containing, oxides of nitrogen.
1 year.
In the case of neoplasm -10 years.
1 year.
1 year.
1 year.
1 year.
1 year.