Occupational illnesses
Occupational risk prevention: inventory

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Occupational illnesses
Occupational risk prevention: inventory

Author : Philippe JANDROT

Publication date: January 10, 2005 | Lire en français

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3. Occupational illnesses

3.1 Definition and recognition of occupational diseases

A disease is "occupational" if it is the direct consequence of a worker's exposure to a physical, chemical or biological hazard, or results from the conditions under which he or she carries out his or her professional activity.

This definition of principle is obviously too imprecise for practical application by lawyers or doctors.

To deal with the difficulty, if not impossibility, of relying on evidence or medical findings alone to establish whether or not a disease is occupational, the legislator has established medical, technical and administrative conditions that must be met before a disease can be legally recognized as occupational...

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