Pneumoconiose recognised as an occupational disease

A long exposure is necessary to overload lung disease such as pneumoconiose : it appears when  the epuration capacities in the lungs are exceeded . Some  pneumoconioses are recognised as occupational diseases.

All the tables of occupational diseases

Table # 25

Inhalation of inorganic dusts  containig  :

• crystalline silica ( quartz, cristobalite, tridymite).
• crystalline silicates ( kaolin, talcum)

Silicosis

• Acute silicosis
  • Time limit compensation claim :  6 months
  • Duration of the exposure  : 6 months
  • There is probably an allergic mechanism with  silicosis ( we don’t observe an allergic mechanism with the other pneumoconioses).
• Chronic silicosis
  • There are  interstitial nodular pulmonary injuries  which are bilateral. There are proved by chest X-ray  or scanner or  anatomopathological signs when they exist.
  • In the same time  functional respiratory disorders are possible.
  • Time limit compensation claim  : 35 years
  • Duration of the exposure  : 5 years
• Pneumoconiose with complications :
  • cardiac complication, right heart failure ,
  • pleuropneumonia.
• Pneumoconiose with non specific complications  :
  • spontaneous pneumothorax,
  • bacterial pulmonary superinfection, acute or chronic.
• Pathological manifestations  associated with radiographic evidence or  silicotic lesions  :
  • bronchogenic carcinoma : it must be associated with silicosis radiographic evidence ,
  • pleuro pneumonia lesions type  rheumatoid  (Syndrome of  Caplan Collinet).

Kaolinose, talcose, graphitose

• Crystalline silicates dusts
• Time limit compensation claim : 35 years.
• Duration of the exposure  : 10 years

Coal dusts

• Time limit compensation claim : 35 years.
• Duration of the exposure  : 10 years.
• Pneumoconiose type quartz silicosis  :
  • There are  interstitial  pulmonary injuries  which are bilateral. There are proved by chest X-ray  or scanner or  anatomopathological signs when they exist.
  • In the same time  functional respiratory disorders are possible.
• Diffuse pulmonary fibrosis with complications :
  • chronic respiratory failure, right heart failure, spontaneous pneumothorax, tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases.

Table # 44

• Inhalation of inorganic dusts  or fumes containig iron or oxides iron  particles.
• These particles are not toxic but the particle overload causes the pulmonary disease.
• Sidérosis :
  • chronic interstitial lung disease caused by  iron or oxides iron overload :  there are diffused punctiform opacities on standard radiographs or scanner,  or  anatomopathological signs when they exist.
    In the same time  functional respiratory disorders are possible ( spirometry).
• Time limit compensation claim: 35 years.
• Duration of the exposure  : 10 years.

Table  #73

• Antimony and derivatives.
• Sibiosis :
  pneumonitis described by  specific radiological signs with or without symptoms such as  cough, sputum production, shortness of breath.
• Time limit compensation claim : 5 years.

You can also read the following posts :

• List of the French tables of occupational diseases ( General Social security system)
• Diseases of an occupational nature
• Definition of an occupational disease
• Description of a table of occupational disease
• Occupational disease compensation
• Professional redeployment after occupational disease
• Respiratory diseases recognised as occupational diseases

Recommended websites :

• Website of the American thoracic society, ATS