DMG Vol 11 Ch 67: Prescribed Diseases
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Chapter 67 - Prescribed diseases Contents Introduction General ........................................................................................................ 67001 Provision of NINO ......................................................................................... 67011 Adaption of legislation General ......................................................................................................... 67016 Burden of proof ............................................................................................. 67017 Benefits......................................................................................................... 67021 Relevant disease .......................................................................................... 67026 Disease contracted outside Great Britain ................................................ 67028 Claims and payments .............................................................................. 67029 Prescribed disease contracted by industrial accident ............................. 67031 Conditions resulting from prescribed diseases (sequelae) ..................... 67036 Questions arising on a prescribed disease claim .................................. 67041 Prescription Disease not prescribed ................................................................................. 67051 Prescribed occupations ........................................................................... 67056 Prescription of diseases involving poisoning etc .......................................... 67063 Diagnosis General ......................................................................................................... 67071 Determination of diagnosis question ............................................................ 67073 References for medical advice Non-respiratory diseases ........................................................................ 67076 Respiratory diseases ............................................................................... 67078 Power to dispense with reference for medical report .............................. 67080 Raising the diagnosis question afresh .................................................... 67086 Due to the nature of the employed earner’s employment ...................... 67091 Presumption ................................................................................................. 67101 Prescribed disease B5 ............................................................................ 67104 Prescribed diseases B1(b), B4(b), B7 and B8A ...................................... 67105 Vol 11 Amendment 46 June 2020 Prescribed disease A12 .......................................................................... 67106 Prescribed disease C23 .......................................................................... 67107 Prescribed disease D1 ............................................................................ 67108 Prescribed diseases for which there is no presumption .......................... 67109 When presumption continues to apply .................................................... 67110 When presumption does not apply .......................................................... 67111 Employment outside Great Britain ................................................................ 67131 European Economic Area countries ........................................................ 67132 Evidence ....................................................................................................... 67135 Date of onset, recrudescence and fresh contraction ............................ 67141 Determination of recrudescence question .................................................... 67156 Date of onset where workmen’s compensation received for the same disease ................................................................... 67161 Notes on individual diseases - general ................................................... 67181 Prescribed diseases A1, A2, A3, A4 and A7 Prescribed disease A1 before 30.3.17 ......................................................... 67191 Transitional provisions............................................................................. 67192 Prescribed disease A1 from 30.3.17 ............................................................ 67193 Reduced earnings allowance .................................................................. 67194 Prescribed disease A2 ................................................................................. 67201 Prescribed disease A3 ................................................................................. 67211 Reduced earnings allowance .................................................................. 67212 Prescribed disease A4 ................................................................................. 67216 Effect on REA .......................................................................................... 67219 Prescribed disease A7 ................................................................................. 67226 Effect on REA .......................................................................................... 67231 Prescribed disease A10 (occupational deafness) ................................... 67241 Time limits for claiming ................................................................................. 67243 Date of onset ........................................................................................... 67249 Prescription................................................................................................... 67256 Effect of current legislation ........................................................................... 67258 Obtaining and considering evidence ............................................................ 67260 Vol 11 Amendment 46 June 2020 Application of legislation ............................................................................... 67263 Degree of usage... ........................................................................................ 67271 Pneumatic .................................................................................................... 67272 Percussive .................................................................................................... 67273 Tools and machines ................................................................................ 67274 “Wholly or mainly” ........................................................................................ 67276 “Of the use of” .............................................................................................. 67281 “Whilst they are being so used” .................................................................... 67282 Immediate vicinity of ................................................................................ 67286 Immediate vicinity - equipment/claimant subject to movement ............... 67287 Prescribed occupation (a) Foundry, metalwork and associated industries ....................................... 67296 Cleaning, dressing and finishing ............................................................. 67299 On metal .................................................................................................. 67300 Air arc gouging ........................................................................................ 67302 Skid transfer bank ................................................................................... 67303 Knock out and shake out grids ................................................................ 67304 Machine (other than a power press machine) to forge metal .................. 67311 Forging .................................................................................................... 67312 Closed-die forging ................................................................................... 67313 Open-die forging ..................................................................................... 67315 Power press plant.................................................................................... 67317 Machine to cut, shape or clean metal nails ............................................. 67319 Plasma spray gun to spray molten metal ................................................ 67320 Prescribed occupation (b) Mining, Quarrying and Tunnelling ........................................................... 67326 Underground ........................................................................................... 67327 Mining coal .............................................................................................. 67328 Prescribed occupation (c) Concrete products ................................................................................... 67331 Prescribed occupation (d) The textile industry .................................................................................. 67332 Weaving .................................................................................................. 67333 Vol 11 Amendment 46 June 2020 High speed false twisting ........................................................................ 67334 The mechanical cleaning of bobbins ....................................................... 67338 Prescribed occupation (e) Woodworking and associated industries ................................................. 67341 Prescribed occupation (f) Water jetting and jet channelling ............................................................. 67343 Prescribed occupation (g) Engines in ships