The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994

Amendment of Schedule I to the principal regulations

4.—(1) In Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal regulations (list of prescribed diseases and the occupations for which they are prescribed) the second column of the entry relating to the disease numbered A10 (occupational deafness) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6) of this regulation.

(2) In sub-paragraph (a) for “cast metal (other than weld metal) or on billets or blooms” there shall be substituted “metal (other than sheet metal or plate metal)”.

(3) In sub-paragraph (c) after “coal” there shall be inserted “or in sinking shafts or for tunnelling in civil engineering works”.

(4) After sub-paragraph (c) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(ca)the use of pneumatic percussive tools on stone in quarry works. or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of those tools whilst they are being so used; or”.

(5) In sub-paragraph (i) after “forestry” there shall be inserted “; or”.

(6) After sub-paragraph (i) there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs—

“(j)air arc gouging or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of air arc gouging; or

(k)the use of band saws, circular saws or cutting discs for cutting metal in the metal founding or forging industries, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of those tools whilst they are being so used; or

(l)the use of circular saws for cutting products in the manufacture of steel, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of those tools whilst they are being so used; or

(m)the use of burners or torches for cutting or dressing steel based products, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of those tools whilst they are being so used; or

(n)work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of skid transfer banks; or

(o)work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of knock out and shake out grids in foundries; or

(p)mechanical bobbin cleaning or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of mechanical bobbin cleaning; or

(q)the use of, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of, vibrating metal moulding boxes in the concrete products industry; or

(r)the use of, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of, high pressure jets of water or a mixture of water and abrasive material in the water jetting industry (including work underwater); or

(s)work in ships' engine rooms; or

(t)the use of circular saws for cutting concrete masonry blocks during manufacture, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of those tools whilst they are being so used; or

(u)burning stone in quarries by jet channelling processes, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of such processes; or

(v)work on gas turbines in connection with—

(i)performance testing on test-bed;

(ii)installation testing of replacement engines in aircraft;

(iii)acceptance testing of Armed Service fixed wing combat planes; or

(w)the use of, or work wholly or mainly in the immediate vicinity of—

(i)machines for automatic moulding, automatic blow moulding or automatic glass pressing and forming machines used in the manufacture of glass containers or hollow ware;

(ii)spinning machines using compressed air to produce glass wool or mineral wool;

(iii)continuous glass toughening furnaces”.