# The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 1993, Regulation 6: Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations


(1) Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (list of prescribed diseases and the occupations for which they are prescribed) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) After the entry relating to disease A11 (episodic blanching) there shall be inserted the following entry—
“
A12 Carpal tunnel syndrome.
The use of hand-held vibrating tools.
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(3) At the end of the entry in column 2 relating to disease C23 (primary neoplasm) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—
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(d) exposure to coal tar pitch volatiles produced in aluminium smelting involving the Soderberg process (that is to say the method of producing aluminium by electrolysis in which the anode consists of a paste of petroleum coke and mineral oil which is baked in situ).
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(4) The description of disease D10 shall be amended by substituting for the words “Lung Cancer” the words “Primary carcinoma of the lung”.
(5) After the entry relating to disease D10 (primary carcinoma of the lung) there shall be inserted the following entry—
“
D11 Primary carcinoma of the lung where there is accompanying evidence of silicosis.
Exposure to silica dust in the course of—
(a) the manufacture of glass or pottery;
(b) tunnelling in or quarrying sandstone or granite;
(c) mining metal ores;
(d) slate quarrying or the manufacture of artefacts from slate;
(e) mining clay;
(f) using siliceous materials as abrasives;
(g) cutting stone;
(h) stonemasonry; or
(i) work in a foundry.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/862/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-industrial-injuries-prescribed-diseases-amendment-regulations-1993/regulation-6
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