SCHEDULE NO. (6) OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES TYPE OF DISEASE OPERATION AND WORKS CAUSING IT 1. Lung disease caused by Inhalation of dust or sand (fibrosis). (a) Silicosis: Any occupation involving exposure to silica dust or other substance which contains more than 5 percent of silica; (b) Asbestosis: Any work in mining, quarrying, engraving, stone crushing, stone grinding, polishing of metals with sand or any other work involving the same exposure, or exposure to asbestos dust to an extend that causes such disease; (c) sinosis: All industries and works wherein the workers are exposed to cotton dust to an extent that causes the disease such as spinning, ginning and weaving industries; (d) Bagasosis: All industries and works wherein the workers are exposed to sugar cane dust to the extent that such disease is caused as working in sugar refineries. 2. Pulmonary dust disease. Inhalation of sand or dust accompanied by pulmonary tuberculosis; provided that the pulmonary dust disease is the original cause of the tuberculosis infection: Industries wherein the workers are exposed to sand or dust containing silica. 3. Poisoning by lead in the extract or compound thereof: Any occupation involving the use of, or handling lead or lead compounds or substances containing lead. This includes:(a) Lead extract; (b) Work in metals containing lead or galvanized lead; (c) Manufacture of used lead alloy; (d) Making of any articles out of lead alloy or mixture thereof; (e) The use of lead in the manufacture of polygraph cylindrical instrument for making copies out of originals; (f) Manufacture of lead compounds; (g) Manufacture or repair of acid lead accumulators; (h) Preparation or use of glaze containing lead; (i) Lead filing or glass glue containing lead; (j) Any other occupation involving use of lead or its compounds. 4. Poisoning by arsenic and its complications such as neurotic tremors, kidney and liver physiological tremors, Dermatitis and other diseases and complications resulting from poisoning by arsenic: Any work involving the use or handling of arsenic, its compounds or substances containing it or any occupation involving exposure to fumes or vaporous of arsenic or its compounds or any substance containing it. This includes processes where arsenic or its compounds is generated or work in the manufacture of arsenic or its compounds. 5. Poisoning by chrome, ulceration and other disease resulting from work in chrome metal or its compounds: Any work involving preparation or generation, use or handling of chrome substance containing it. 6. Poisoning by Nickel; its compounds or derivatives: Any work involving preparation or generation, use or handling of Nickel or its compounds. This includes exposure to Nickel carbonyl gas. 7. Poisoning by manganese, its compounds or derivatives: Any work involving the use of or handling manganese, its compounds or substances containing it or any work involving exposure to manganese fumes, dust, its compounds or any substances containing it. This includes work in extraction, preparation, crushing or packing manganese or its compounds. 8. Corneal Ulceration, skin inflammation or Ulceration, malignant skin diseases caused by asphalt, mineral oil, paraffin oil, compounds, products or by products of the above mentioned substances: Any occupation involving extraction use, generation or work in such substances, their compounds or derivatives or exposure to their fumes or dust. 9. Dermatitis, skin inflammation or ulceration resulting from dusts or liquids: Cement works, building by cement or exposure thereto, sieving and mixing of cement. Work in or the use of sieving or mixing of turpentine and its derivatives, glazing of carnet or synthetic paint. Work in the production of or using of alkaline salts, and work involving products or any other work from which such diseases may arise. 36