Pulmonary fibrosis recognised as an occupational disease

Fibrosis is always a scar resulting from aggression and  it progresses then to a respiratory failure.

All the tables of occupational diseases

To be recognised as occupational disease, pulmonary fibrosis must be a diffuse pulmonary fibrosis  with radiographic evidence , functional disorders  and weight loss, fatigue. Fibrosis must be confirmed by spirometry

Table # 30

• Asbestosis :
  Consequence of asbestos dust inhalation.
  Then it progresses to a respiratoty failure

Table # 47

• Wood dusts
• Time limit compensation claim is  : 1 year

Table # 66 BIS

• Time limit compensation claim is  : 15years.
• Limitative list of tasks

Table # 70 BIS

• Hard metal components : second cause of fibrosis recognised as occupational disease.
• Dusts from sintered metals or fused containing   cobalt.
• Time limit compensation claim is : 20 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