Occupational Disease legal definition of Occupational Disease. Occupational Disease synonyms by the Free Online Law Dictionary.

A disease resulting from exposure during employment to conditions or substances that are detrimental to health (such as black lung disease contracted by miners).

An individual suffering from an occupational disease can seek compensation for his or her condition under Workers' Compensation statutes or such federal legislation as the Black Lung Benefits Act of 1972, 30 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq. Worker's compensation statutes typically require that the worker contract the disease during the course of employment; that the disease be peculiar to the worker's job by virtue of how it is caused and manifested or how job conditions result in a particular hazard, unlike employment in general; and that there be a substantially greater risk of contracting the disease or condition on the job in a different, more serious manner, than in general public experiences.

occupational disease n. an illness resulting from long-term employment in a particular type of work, such as black lung disease among miners, or cancer among asbestos installers. If the chances of being afflicted by such an illness are significantly higher than the average in the population then a former employee may receive benefits from Social Security or workmen's compensation for a work-related disability.

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In fact, mesothelioma (an asbestos-related illness) claims have doubled in the last five years, according to Fergus Kerr, director of the Occupational Disease and Survivor Benefit program. Asbestos claims rising by Larmour, Adelle / Northern Ontario Business To the Editor: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), an occupational disease risk for healthcare workers, warrants an occupational health response, as clearly described by Esswein et al. Occupational health response to SARS by Chia, Sin-Eng / Emerging Infectious Diseases In 1938 lung cancer was recognized in Germany as an occupational disease of workers who had been exposed to asbestos (Nordman 1938). Asbestos and international organizations by Tomatis, Lorenzo / Environmental Health Perspectives More results

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In fact, mesothelioma (an asbestos-related illness) claims have doubled in the last five years, according to Fergus Kerr, director of the Occupational Disease and Survivor Benefit program.

Asbestos claims rising by Larmour, Adelle / Northern Ontario Business

To the Editor: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), an occupational disease risk for healthcare workers, warrants an occupational health response, as clearly described by Esswein et al.

Occupational health response to SARS by Chia, Sin-Eng / Emerging Infectious Diseases

In 1938 lung cancer was recognized in Germany as an occupational disease of workers who had been exposed to asbestos (Nordman 1938).

Asbestos and international organizations by Tomatis, Lorenzo / Environmental Health Perspectives

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