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.

  1. “Musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limb” to “Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSD)
  2. “Tuberculosis” to “Occupational infectious diseases
  3. “Liver angiosarcoma” to “Occupational liver angiosarcoma”
  4. “Mesothelioma” to “Malignant mesothelioma”
  5. “Noise-induced deafness” to “Noise-induced hearing loss
  6. “X-ray” with “ionising” in “Cataracts due to infra-red, ultraviolet or X-ray radiation”
  7. New additions :
    • WSHA
      1. Cataracts due to infra-red, ultraviolet or ionising radiation
      2. Glanders
      3. Occupational infectious diseases
    • WICA
      1. Poisoning by aniline
      2. Poisoning by beryllium
      3. Toxic anaemia
      4. Reclassify the followings as work injuries rather than occupational diseases :
        • Poisoning by carbon dioxide gas
        • Ulceration of the corneal surface of the eye
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