§ 28-34-2 Occupational diseases listed– Treatment as compensable injury. – The disablement of any employee resulting from an occupational disease orcondition described in the following schedule shall be treated as the happeningof a personal injury, as defined in § 28-33-1, within the meaning ofchapters 29 – 38 of this title, and the procedure and practice provided inthose chapters shall apply to all proceedings under this chapter, except wherespecifically provided otherwise in this chapter:
(1) Anthrax.
(2) Arsenic poisoning or its sequelae.
(3) Brass or zinc poisoning or its sequelae.
(4) Lead poisoning or its sequelae.
(5) Manganese poisoning.
(6) Mercury poisoning or its sequelae.
(7) Phosphorous poisoning or its sequelae.
(8) Poisoning by wood alcohol.
(9) Poisoning by carbon bisulphide, methanol, naphtha, orvolatile halogenated hydrocarbons, or any sulphide, or its sequelae.
(10) Poisoning by benzol, or nitro-, hydro-, hydroz-, amidoderivatives of benzol (dinitrobenzol, anilin, and others), or its sequelae.
(11) Poisoning by carbon monoxide.
(12) Poisoning by nitrous fumes or its sequelae.
(13) Poisoning by nickel carbonyl or its sequelae.
(14) Dope poisoning (poisoning by tetrachlormethane or anysubstance used as or in conjunction with a solvent for acetate or cellulose ornitrocellulose or its sequelae).
(15) Poisoning by formaldehyde and its preparations.
(16) Chrome ulceration or its sequelae or chrome poisoning.
(17) Epitheliomatous cancer or ulceration of the skin, or ofthe corneal surface of the eye, due to tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, orparaffin or any compound, product, or residue of any of these substances.
(18) Glanders.
(19) Compressed air illness or its sequelae.
(20) Miner's disease, including only cellulitis, bursitis,ankylostomiasis, tenosynovitis, and nystagmus.
(21) Cataract in glassworkers.
(22) Radium poisoning or disability due to radioactiveproperties of substances or to Roentgen rays (X-rays).
(23) Methyl chloride poisoning.
(24) Poisoning by sulphuric, hydrochloric, or hydrofluoricacid.
(25) Respiratory, gastrointestinal, or physiological nerveand eye disorders due to contact with petroleum products and their fumes.
(26) Disability arising from blisters or abrasions.
(27) Hernia, clearly recent in origin and resulting from astrain arising out of and in the course of employment and promptly reported tothe employer.
(28) Infection or inflammation of the skin or eyes or otherexternal contact surfaces or oral or nasal cavities due to oils, cuttingcompounds, or lubricants, dusts, liquids, fumes, gases, or vapors.
(29) Dermatitis (venenata).
(30) Disability arising from bursitis or synovitis.
(31) Disability arising from frostbite.
(32) Disability arising from silicosis or asbestosis.
(33) Disability arising from any cause connected with orarising from the peculiar characteristics of the employment.
(34) Disability arising from any cause connected with orarising from ionizing radiation.
(35) Disability arising from pneumoconiosis caused by theinhalation of metallic minerals or mineral particles.
(36) The disablement of an employee resulting from mentalinjury caused or accompanied by identifiable physical trauma or from a mentalinjury caused by emotional stress resulting from a situation of greaterdimensions than the day-to-day emotional strain and tension which all employeesencounter daily without serious mental injury shall be treated as an injury asdefined in § 28-29-2(7).
§ 28-34-2 Occupational diseases listed– Treatment as compensable injury. – The disablement of any employee resulting from an occupational disease orcondition described in the following schedule shall be treated as the happeningof a personal injury, as defined in § 28-33-1, within the meaning ofchapters 29 – 38 of this title, and the procedure and practice provided inthose chapters shall apply to all proceedings under this chapter, except wherespecifically provided otherwise in this chapter:
(1) Anthrax.
(2) Arsenic poisoning or its sequelae.
(3) Brass or zinc poisoning or its sequelae.
(4) Lead poisoning or its sequelae.
(5) Manganese poisoning.
(6) Mercury poisoning or its sequelae.
(7) Phosphorous poisoning or its sequelae.
(8) Poisoning by wood alcohol.
(9) Poisoning by carbon bisulphide, methanol, naphtha, orvolatile halogenated hydrocarbons, or any sulphide, or its sequelae.
(10) Poisoning by benzol, or nitro-, hydro-, hydroz-, amidoderivatives of benzol (dinitrobenzol, anilin, and others), or its sequelae.
(11) Poisoning by carbon monoxide.
(12) Poisoning by nitrous fumes or its sequelae.
(13) Poisoning by nickel carbonyl or its sequelae.
(14) Dope poisoning (poisoning by tetrachlormethane or anysubstance used as or in conjunction with a solvent for acetate or cellulose ornitrocellulose or its sequelae).
(15) Poisoning by formaldehyde and its preparations.
(16) Chrome ulceration or its sequelae or chrome poisoning.
(17) Epitheliomatous cancer or ulceration of the skin, or ofthe corneal surface of the eye, due to tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, orparaffin or any compound, product, or residue of any of these substances.
(18) Glanders.
(19) Compressed air illness or its sequelae.
(20) Miner's disease, including only cellulitis, bursitis,ankylostomiasis, tenosynovitis, and nystagmus.
(21) Cataract in glassworkers.
(22) Radium poisoning or disability due to radioactiveproperties of substances or to Roentgen rays (X-rays).
(23) Methyl chloride poisoning.
(24) Poisoning by sulphuric, hydrochloric, or hydrofluoricacid.
(25) Respiratory, gastrointestinal, or physiological nerveand eye disorders due to contact with petroleum products and their fumes.
(26) Disability arising from blisters or abrasions.
(27) Hernia, clearly recent in origin and resulting from astrain arising out of and in the course of employment and promptly reported tothe employer.
(28) Infection or inflammation of the skin or eyes or otherexternal contact surfaces or oral or nasal cavities due to oils, cuttingcompounds, or lubricants, dusts, liquids, fumes, gases, or vapors.
(29) Dermatitis (venenata).
(30) Disability arising from bursitis or synovitis.
(31) Disability arising from frostbite.
(32) Disability arising from silicosis or asbestosis.
(33) Disability arising from any cause connected with orarising from the peculiar characteristics of the employment.
(34) Disability arising from any cause connected with orarising from ionizing radiation.
(35) Disability arising from pneumoconiosis caused by theinhalation of metallic minerals or mineral particles.
(36) The disablement of an employee resulting from mentalinjury caused or accompanied by identifiable physical trauma or from a mentalinjury caused by emotional stress resulting from a situation of greaterdimensions than the day-to-day emotional strain and tension which all employeesencounter daily without serious mental injury shall be treated as an injury asdefined in § 28-29-2(7).
§ 28-34-2 Occupational diseases listed– Treatment as compensable injury. – The disablement of any employee resulting from an occupational disease orcondition described in the following schedule shall be treated as the happeningof a personal injury, as defined in § 28-33-1, within the meaning ofchapters 29 – 38 of this title, and the procedure and practice provided inthose chapters shall apply to all proceedings under this chapter, except wherespecifically provided otherwise in this chapter:
(1) Anthrax.
(2) Arsenic poisoning or its sequelae.
(3) Brass or zinc poisoning or its sequelae.
(4) Lead poisoning or its sequelae.
(5) Manganese poisoning.
(6) Mercury poisoning or its sequelae.
(7) Phosphorous poisoning or its sequelae.
(8) Poisoning by wood alcohol.
(9) Poisoning by carbon bisulphide, methanol, naphtha, orvolatile halogenated hydrocarbons, or any sulphide, or its sequelae.
(10) Poisoning by benzol, or nitro-, hydro-, hydroz-, amidoderivatives of benzol (dinitrobenzol, anilin, and others), or its sequelae.
(11) Poisoning by carbon monoxide.
(12) Poisoning by nitrous fumes or its sequelae.
(13) Poisoning by nickel carbonyl or its sequelae.
(14) Dope poisoning (poisoning by tetrachlormethane or anysubstance used as or in conjunction with a solvent for acetate or cellulose ornitrocellulose or its sequelae).
(15) Poisoning by formaldehyde and its preparations.
(16) Chrome ulceration or its sequelae or chrome poisoning.
(17) Epitheliomatous cancer or ulceration of the skin, or ofthe corneal surface of the eye, due to tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, orparaffin or any compound, product, or residue of any of these substances.
(18) Glanders.
(19) Compressed air illness or its sequelae.
(20) Miner's disease, including only cellulitis, bursitis,ankylostomiasis, tenosynovitis, and nystagmus.
(21) Cataract in glassworkers.
(22) Radium poisoning or disability due to radioactiveproperties of substances or to Roentgen rays (X-rays).
(23) Methyl chloride poisoning.
(24) Poisoning by sulphuric, hydrochloric, or hydrofluoricacid.
(25) Respiratory, gastrointestinal, or physiological nerveand eye disorders due to contact with petroleum products and their fumes.
(26) Disability arising from blisters or abrasions.
(27) Hernia, clearly recent in origin and resulting from astrain arising out of and in the course of employment and promptly reported tothe employer.
(28) Infection or inflammation of the skin or eyes or otherexternal contact surfaces or oral or nasal cavities due to oils, cuttingcompounds, or lubricants, dusts, liquids, fumes, gases, or vapors.
(29) Dermatitis (venenata).
(30) Disability arising from bursitis or synovitis.
(31) Disability arising from frostbite.
(32) Disability arising from silicosis or asbestosis.
(33) Disability arising from any cause connected with orarising from the peculiar characteristics of the employment.
(34) Disability arising from any cause connected with orarising from ionizing radiation.
(35) Disability arising from pneumoconiosis caused by theinhalation of metallic minerals or mineral particles.
(36) The disablement of an employee resulting from mentalinjury caused or accompanied by identifiable physical trauma or from a mentalinjury caused by emotional stress resulting from a situation of greaterdimensions than the day-to-day emotional strain and tension which all employeesencounter daily without serious mental injury shall be treated as an injury asdefined in § 28-29-2(7).
