ANNEX "A"

Occupational Diseases For an occupational disease and the resulting disability or death to be compensable, all of t he following conditions must be satisfied:
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1. The employee's work must involve the risks described herein; 2. The disease was contracted as a result of the employee's exposure to the described risk s; 3. The disease was contracted within a period of exposure and under such other factors ne cessary to contract it; 4. There was no notorious negligence on the part of the employee. The employer who has failed to provide adequate protection and safety devices shall be su bject to the penalty imposed by Article 200 of the [Labor] Code. Where he has provided ad equate protective and safety devices, there shall be a determination as to whether or not th e employee has been notoriously negligent. Silicosis, asbestosis and byssinosis shall not be compensable if the exposure to the descri bed risks is less than ten (10) years, unless proven otherwise. The following diseases are considered as occupational when contracted under working con ditions involving the risks described herein:
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of the aplastic type due to X-rays, ionizing particle, radium or other radioactive substances. (a) Acute radiation syndrome chan robles virtual law librarychan robles virtual law librarych an Short durations of exposure to large chan robles virtual law librarychan robles virtual law librarychan robles virtual law librarycha n robles virtual law library doses of X-rays, gamma rays, alpha chan r

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(e) Brass, zinc, or nickel chan robles virtual law librarychan robles virtual law librarychan ro ble All work involving to the risk chan robles virtual law librarychan robles virtual law librarychan robles virtual law librarycha n robles virtual law library concerned.

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The following, although not considered occupational diseases, are nevertheless [when] wor k-related, compensable too. 18. CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASES. Any of the following conditions (a) If the heart disease was known to have been present during employment, there must be proof that an acute exacerbation was clearly precipitated by unusual strain by reasons of th e nature of his work. (b) The strain of work that brings about an acute attack must be of sufficient severity and must be followed within twenty four (24) hours by the clinical signs of a cardiac insult to co nstitute causal relationship. (c) If a person who was apparently asymptomatic before being subjected to strain at work showed signs and symptoms of cardiac injury during the performance of his work and such symptoms and signs persisted, it is reasonable to claim a causal relationship. 19. CEREBRO-VASCULAR ACCIDENTS. All the following conditions (a) There must be a history, which should be proved, or trauma at work (to the head especially) due to unusual and extraordinary physical or mental strain or event, or undue exposure to noxious gases in industry. (b) There must be a direct connection between the trauma or exertion in the course of the employment and the worker's collapse. c) If the trauma or exertion then and there caused a brain hemorrhage, the injury may be co nsidered as arising from work. 20. MALARIA AND SCHISTOSOMIASIS. All the following conditions (a) Through the knowledge of the respective incubation periods of the different types of the diseases, the physician determining the causal relationship between the employment and t he illness or malaria or schistosomiasis should be able to tell whether the disease of the affl icted employee manifested itself while he was so employed.chan robles virtual law library (b) Compensability should be based on the principle of greater risk of acquiring the disease in the place of work than in the place of usual residence of the afflicted worker. (c) The place of work of employment has to be verified as a malarial or schistosomal work area. 21. PNEUMONIA. All of the following conditions (a) There must be an honest and definite history of wetting and chilling during the course o f employment and also, of injury to the chest wall with or without rib fracture, or inhalation o f noxious gases, fumes, and other deleterious substances in the place of work. (b) There must be direct connection between the offending agent or event and the worker's illness. (c) The signs of consolidation should appear soon (within a few hours) and the symptoms of initial chilling and fever should at least be twenty four (24) hours after the injury or expos ure. (d) The patient must manifest any of the following symptoms within a few days of the accid ent: (1) severe chill and fever; (2) headache and pain, agonizing in character, in the side of the body; (3) short, dry, painful cough with blood-tinged expectoration; and (4) physical si gns of consolidation, with fine rales. 22. HERNIA. All the following conditions (a) The hernia should be of recent origin. (b) Its appearance was accompanied by pain, discoloration and evidence of a tearing of th e tissues. (c) The disease was immediately preceded by undue or severe strain arising out of and in t he course of employment. (d) A protrusion of mass should appear in the area immediately following the alleged strain. 23. BRONCHIAL ASTHMA. All the following conditions

(a) There is no evidence of history of asthma before employment. (b) The allergen is present in the working conditions. (c) Sensitivity test to allergens in the working environment should yield positive results. (d) A provocative test should show positive results. 24. OSTEOARTHRITIS. a) Any occupation involving: aa) joint strain from carrying heavy loa ds, or unduly heavy physical labor, as among laborers and mechanics; bb) minor or major i njuries to the joint; cc) excessive use or constant strenuous usage of a particular joint, as a mong sportsmen, particularly those who have engaged in the more active sports activities; dd) extreme temperature changes (humidity, heat, and cold exposures); and ee) faulty work posture or use of vibratory tools. 25. VIRAL ENCEPHALITIS. Any occupation involving; aa) contact with an infected person, a s in areas of poor sanitation, with a high density of school children, who are the most frequ ent virus spreaders; bb) rural exposure, primarily in picnics, camping activities, fishing or hu nting in, or adjacent to, woods or subtropical vegetations, or as among agricultural and fore st workers; and cc) contact with other sources of infection, such as birds and animals, as a mong veterinarians and abattoir workers. 26. PEPTIC ULCER. Any occupation involving prolonged emotional, or physical stress, as a mong professional people, transport workers, and the like. 27. PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. In addition to working conditions already listed under PD 626, as amended, any occupation involving constant exposure to harmful substances in th e working environment, in the form of gases, fumes, vapors and dust, as in chemical and te xtile factories; overwork or fatigue; and exposure to rapid variations in temperature, high de gree of humidity and bad weather conditions; and 28. VIRAL HEPATITIS. In addition to the working conditions already listed under PD 626, as amended, any occupation involving: exposure to a source of infection through ingestion of water, milk, or other foods contaminated with hepatitis virus; Provided that the physician det ermining the causal relationship between the employment and the illness should be able to i ndicate whether the disease of the afflicted worker manifested itself while he was so emplo yed, knowing the incubation period thereof. chan robles virtual law library