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Occupational Diseases Give Rise To Workman's Compensation Claims
Workers can also collect under North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act if they become ill and are rendered unable to work as a result of an occupational disease.The North Carolina Supreme Court has defined an occupational disease as “a diseased condition caused by a series of events, of a similar or like nature, occurring regularly or at frequent intervals over an extended period of time in employment.” The Supreme Court also accepted the following definition of occupational disease: “A diseased condition arising gradually from the character of the employees work.”
By statute in North Carolina occupational diseases are “treated as the happening of an injury by accident within the meaning of the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act and the procedure and practice and compensation and other benefits provided by said act shall apply in all such cases . . .”
The North Carolina General Assembly has listed those diseases which are to be deemed occupational diseases. Among these are the following:
Anthrax poisoning
Arsenic poisoning
Brass poisoning
Zinc poisoning
Manganese poisoning
Lead poisoning
Mercury poisoning
Phosphorus poisoning
Poisoning by carbon bisulphide, menthanol,
Chrome ulceration
Compressed-air illness
Poisoning by benzol, or by nitro and amido deritives of benzol, aniline, and others.
Epitheliomatous cancer or ulceration of the skin.
Radium poisoning.
Blisters due to use of tools or appliances in the employment
Bursitis
Miner’s nystagmus
Bone felon
Synovitis
Tenosynovitis
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Poisoning by sulphuric, hydrochloric or hydrofluoric Acid
Asbestosis
Silicosis
Psittacosis
Undulant feverh vaccinia, or any adverse medical reaction when the infection or adverse reaction is due to the employee receiving in employment vaccination against smallpox or due to the employee being exposed to another employee vaccinated as described.
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North Carolina Workers' Compensation
- To what benefits am I entitled if I am injured in a work-related accident?
- Who decides whether a claim will be paid if my employer refuses to pay voluntarily?
- How does the law define “disability”?
- If my work-related accident injures a part of my body which had previously been injured, can I still recover?
- If my employer is late in paying my weekly workers’ compensation benefits, what can I do?
Social Security Disability
Question: I am only in my 20s. Last month I received
personal injuries in a vehicular accident and am now unable to work. Is there a
certain age I must be to receive benefits from Social Security disability?
Question: I'm receiving benefits from Social Security
disability for myself, my wife and my son based on my severe disability. I also
have a daughter by my ex-wife who used to receive child support from me when I
was still able to work. Now that I'm disabled, can my daughter receive benefits
too?
- Should I file a claim for social security benefits?
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- Q: I haven't worked with asbestos for twenty years. Do I still have a workers' compensation claim if I get sick?
- Do I have a claim against the manufacturer of the asbestos products that caused my disease even if I as exposed long ago?
- What if I was injured by exposure to asbestos in my home? Do I have a claim if I never worked with asbestos? What kind of products should I worry about?
- Do I qualify for disability benefits under my union pension plan?
- How do these claims work together? Can I get all of the benefits at the same time, or do they offset each other?