Legal Encyclopedia. The letter P

OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS

-zabolevanie arising under the influence of factors inherent in the profession (eg, progressive myopia from engravers of the constant voltage of at precise and fine work), working conditions, specific to a given profession (eg, decompression sickness in divers because of the work in under increased atmospheric pressure), or working conditions specific to the production as a whole (eg, poisoning of the body with a constant work with toxic substances).

In the Russian Federation a list of PZ approved in 1989. In it, in addition to a complete list of such diseases, listed occupational hazards,

causing illness, as well as examples of occupations, industries, in which the disease occurs predominantly or excluding yuchitelno.

In deciding whether a

the disease is professional, takes into account the peculiarities of its clinical forms and the specific conditions of the patient's work, as it turns out, is not affected by whether the disease factors not related to the profession sick (infection, severe living conditions, etc.).

An employee who receives PZ, is entitled to a number of benefits in providing benefits for temporary disability, disability pension, and their families - to provide a pension for loss of breadwinner.

Victims of PZ are entitled to compensation for their losses.