Revised List of Occupational Diseases (w.e.f. 1st Dec 2025)
WSHA and WICA’s respective Second Schedules on list of Occupational Diseases will be revised to include the following changes.
- “Musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limb” to “Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSD)”
- “Tuberculosis” to “Occupational infectious diseases”
- “Liver angiosarcoma” to “Occupational liver angiosarcoma”
- “Mesothelioma” to “Malignant mesothelioma”
- “Noise-induced deafness” to “Noise-induced hearing loss”
- “X-ray” with “ionising” in “Cataracts due to infra-red, ultraviolet or X-ray radiation”
- New additions :
- WSHA
- Cataracts due to infra-red, ultraviolet or ionising radiation
- Glanders
- Occupational infectious diseases
- WICA
- Poisoning by aniline
- Poisoning by beryllium
- Toxic anaemia
- Reclassify the followings as work injuries rather than occupational diseases :
- Poisoning by carbon dioxide gas
- Ulceration of the corneal surface of the eye
- WSHA