Section 3: Occupational Cancer

3. Occupational Cancer 3.1 Cancer caused by the following agents 3.1.1 Asbestos 3.1.2 Benzidine and salts 3.1.3 Bis chloro methyl ether (BCME) 3.1.4 Chromium and chromium compounds 3.1.5 Coal tars and coal tar pitches; soot 3.1.6 Betanaphtylamine 3.1.7 Vinyl chloride monomer 3.1.8 Benzene or its toxic homologues 3.1.9 Toxic nitro-and amino-derivatives of benzene or its homologues 3.1.10 Ionising Radiation 3.1.11 Tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, anthracene, or its compounds, products or residues of these substances 3.1.12 Coke oven emissions 3.1.13 Compound of nickel O2 – 87 [Issue 1] Occupational Safety and Health Act FOURTEENTH SCHEDULE—continued 3.1.14 Dust from wood 3.1.15 Cancer of the nasal cavity or associated air sinuses 3.1.16 Cancer of the urinary tract 3.1.17 Cancer caused by any other agents not mentioned in the preceding items 3.1.1 to 3.1.16, where a direct link between the exposure of a worker to this agent and the cancer suffered is established