# The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 2009, Regulation 2: Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985


In Part I of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985 (list of prescribed diseases and the occupations for which they are prescribed) after the entry relating to prescribed disease A13 (osteoarthritis of the hip) add—
“
A14
Osteoarthritis of the knee.
Work underground in a coal mine for a period of, or periods which amount in aggregate to, at least 10 years in any one or more of the following occupations:
(a)
before 1st January 1986 as a coal miner; or
(b)
on or after 1st January 1986 as a—
(i)
face worker working on a non-mechanised coal face;
(ii)
development worker;
(iii)
face-salvage worker;
(iv)
conveyor belt cleaner; or
(v)
conveyor belt attendant.
“A non-mechanised coal face” means a coal face without either powered roof supports or a power loader machine which simultaneously cuts and loads the coal or without both.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1396/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-industrial-injuries-prescribed-diseases-amendment-regulations-2009/regulation-2
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