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disease or disability resulting from conditions of employment (usually from long exposure to a noxious substance or from continuous repetition of certain acts)
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An occupational disease is any recognized chronic ailment that is known to occur in a given body of workers in a given industry at a rate far higher than occurs in the general population, and includes diseases that are only known among workers in a given industry and no-where else (such as Black Lung Disease among coal miners). It excludes occupational hazards that are of a traumatic nature that are common in an industry (such as falls by roofers). ...
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| occupational disease |
Long-term employment in particular occupations, for instance mining or asbestos installation, can bring about serious illness. This is called an occupational disease, and in these cases workers may be entitled to worker's compensation and Social Security benefits.
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| occupational disease |
A disease which is due to causes and conditions which are characteristic of and peculiar to the business of the employer and which arises out of and in the course of employment. (An ordinary disease of life to which the public is generally exposed outside of employment is not compensable.)
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| occupational disease |
Impairment of health caused by continued exposure to conditions inherent in a person's occupation or a disease caused by an employment or resulting from the nature of an employment. (H)
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