N.Y. WKC Law § 3 — New York Code / Act WKC / Article 1 / Section 3
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§ 3. Application. 1. Hazardous employments. Compensation shall be\npayable for injuries or death incurred by employees in the following\nemployments:\nGroup 1. Canning of:\nFish\nFoodstuffs\nFruit\nVegetables\nGroup 2. Care of:\nBuildings\nGrounds\nTrees\nGroup 3.  Construction of:\nBridges\nBuildings\nCar shops\nConduits\nCurbs\nDams\nDynamos\nElectric light and power lines or appliances\nElectric railways\nHighways\nIncline railways\nMachine shops\nManufacturing plants\nPower plants\nRailways\nSewers\nSidewalks\nSteam plants\nSteam railways\nSteel bridges and buildings\nStreet railways\nStructures of all kinds\nSubaqueous works\nSubways\nTelegraph lines\nTelephone lines\nGroup 4.  Installation of:\nBoilers\nDynamos\nElectric light and power\n  lines or appliances\nElevators\nEngines, stationary\nFire escapes\nHeating apparatus\nLighting apparatus\nMachinery, heavy\nPipes\nTelephones\n  Group 5.  Laying of:\nCables\nFloor coverings\nPipes\nTiles\nWires\nGroup 6.  Manufacture of:\nAcids\nAdding machines\nAeroplanes\nAgricultural implements\nAircraft\nAlcohol\nAmmonia\nAmmunition\nAnchors\nArtificial ice or stone\nAsbestos\nAsphalt\nAsphalted paper\nAutomobiles\nBaby carriages, toy\nBags, cloth and paper\nBarrels\nBaskets\nBeds\nBedsprings\nBelting\nBicycles\nBiscuits\nBlacking or polish for shoes\nBlankets\nBoats, small\nBoilers\nBolts\nBone articles\nBoots\nBoxes\nBrick\nBrooms\nBrushes\nButter\nButtons\nCables\nCalcium carbide\nCameras and supplies\nCandles\nCandy\nCanoes\nCanvas\nCaps\nCardboard boxes\nCarpets\nCarpet sweepers\nCarriage mountings\nCarriages\nCash registers\nCastings\nCattle foods\nCelluloid\nCement\nCereals\nCharcoal\nCheese\nCheese boxes\nChemical preparations, noncorosive\nChemicals\nCigarettes\nCigars\nCloth\nClothing\nCoffins\nCollars\nColor\nConcrete blocks\nCondiments\nConfectionery\nCordage\nCorrosive acids or salts\nCorrugated paper boxes\nCorsets\nCrackers\nCutlery\nDairy products\nDoor screens\nDoors\nDrugs\nDyes\nElectric fixtures\nElevators\nEngines, heavy and traction\nExcelsior\nExplosives\nExtracts\nFabrics\nFabrics, articles from\nFelt\nFertilizers\nFibre\nFilms for pictures\nFirearms\nFire-proofing\nFixtures, water, gas or\n  electric\nFoodstuffs\nForgings\nFurnaces\nFurniture\nFurs\nGas fixtures\nGases\nGasoline\nGelatine\nGlass\nGlass products and wares\nGloves\nGlue\nGold ware\nGun powder\nHardware\nHarness\nHats\nHeadings\nHemp or manila products\nHose, rubber\nHosiery\nIce, artificial\nIce cream\nInk\nImplements, agricultural\nInstruments\nInterior woodwork\nIron, structural\nIvory articles\nJapans\nJewelry\nKegs\nLeather goods and products\nLight machines\nLiquors\nLocomotives\nMachinery\nMachines, adding, light and\n  threshing\nMalt liquors\nManila or hemp products\nMaltesses\nMattresses\nMeat products\nMeats\nMedicines\nMen's clothing\nMetal articles, beds,\n  instruments, toys, utensils\n  and wares\nMetal products, sheet\nMetal, structural\nMilk products\nMineral water\nMotor vehicles\nMouldings\nMoving picture films and machines\nNails\nOil\nOrgans\nPaint\nPaper\nPaper boxes\nPaper, tarred, pitched or asphalted\nPaste\nPaving blocks and material\nPerfumes\nPetroleum and products thereof\nPharmaceutical preparations\nPhotographic cameras and supplies\nPianos\nPipes\nPitched paper\nPlaster, compounds of\nPlated ware\nPolish for shoes\nPorcelain\nPottery\nPrinters' rollers\nPrinting ink\nPyroxylin and its compounds and plastics\nRails\nRattan ware\nRegisters, cash\nRobes\nRopes\nRubber goods\nSaddlery\nSafes\nSalts, or acids, corrosive\nSanitary fixtures\nScreens, window and door\nScrews\nShades, window\nShafting\nSheet metal and products thereof\nShell articles\nShirts\nShoddy\nShoe blacking or polish\nShoes\nSilver ware\nSleighs\nSoaps\nSocks\nSoda water\nSpices\nSpirituous, liquors\nSpokes\nStationery\nStaves\nSteel, structural\nStockings\nStone, artificial\nStoves\nStructural steel, iron or metal\nSweepers, carpet\nTar\nTarred paper\nTerra-cotta\nTextiles\nTextiles, articles from\nThread\nThreshing machines\nTile\nTires, rubber\nTobacco and products thereof\nToilet preparations\nTools\nToys, metal and wooden\nTraction engines\nTrunks\nTubing, metal and rubber\nTubs\nTurpentine\nTypewriters\nUmbrellas\nUtensils\nValises\nVarnish\nVats\nVehicles\nVeneer\nWagons\nWallpaper\nWater fixtures\nWaters, mineral or soda\nWax\nWhite ware\nWicker ware\nWindow screens and shades\nWine\nWire and wire goods\nWomen's clothing\nWooden articles\nWoodwork, interior\nYarn\nGroup 7.  Operation of:\nAeroplanes\nAir craft\nBaling machines\nBarges\nBoats\nBoilers, stationary\nCables, telegraph\nCar shops\nCars\nDynamos\nElectric light and power lines or appliances\nElectric railways\nElectric vehicles, rollers and engines\nElevators, freight,\n  passenger and grain\nEngines, stationary and traction\nGas vehicles, rollers and engines\nGas wells\nGasoline vehicles, rollers and engines\nGrain elevators\nHand trucks\nHorse drawn vehicles, rollers\n  and engines\nIncline railways\nLighters\nMachine shops\nOil wells\nPlants, power and other\nPressing machines\nRailways\nRollers\nShips\nStationary engines and\n  boilers\nSteam plants\nSteam railways\nStreet railways\nTelegraph lines\nTelephone lines\nThreshing machines\nTraction engines\nTransports\nTrucks\nTug boats\nVehicles\nVessels\nWagons\nWaterworks\nGroup 8.  Preparation of:\nFish\nFoodstuffs\nFruit\nGelatine\nMeat stuffs\nMeats\nMetals\nMinerals\nPaste\nVegetables\nWax\nGroup 9.  Removal of:\nAshes\nAwnings\nGarbage\nSnow\nGroup 10.  Sinking of:\nDrilled wells\nGas wells\nOil wells\nSalt wells\nGroup 11.  Storage or handling of:\nAmmunition\nCargoes\nCorrosive acids or salts\nChemicals\nExplosives\nGasoline\nGun powder\nIce\nPetroleum\nGroup 12.  Work as:\nBarbers\nBlacksmiths\nCarpenters\nChauffeurs\nDomestic workers, other than\n  those employed on farms, employed\n  by the same employer for a\n  minimum of forty hours per week\nDrivers\nFurriers\nGarbage sorters\nHorseshoers\nJanitors\nJockeys, apprentice jockeys and exercise persons\nlicensed under article two or four of the racing,\npari-mutuel wagering and breeding law\nLife guards\nLongshoremen\nMarble workers\nMasons\nMovers\nSheet metal workers\nTeamsters\nTheatrical electricians, flymen,\n  lamp operators, moving picture\n  machiners, property men, stage\n  carpenters and stage hands\nGroup 13.  Work at:\nAwning erection\nBlasting\nBleaching\nBoiler covering\nBookbinding\nBooming timber or logs\nBottling\nBricklaying\nBuilding, care, maintenance\n  and salvage\nCable laying or repair,\n  underground\nCanning\nCarpentry\nClam cultivating, harvesting,\nOpening or planting\nCleaning clothes, streets,\n  windows, or buildings\nConcreting\nCork cutting\nDecorating\nDisinfecting\nDredging\nDyeing\nElectrotyping\nEmbossing\nEngraving\nExcavation\nGlazing\nGrave digging\nHeating\nIce distribution, harvesting or storage\nLandscape gardening\nLighting\nLithographing\nLogging\nLumbering\nMarble cutting\nMarine wrecking\nMilling\nMining\nMultigraphing\nOyster cultivation, planting,\n  harvesting or opening\nOre reduction\nPainting\nPapering\nPaving\nPhoto-engraving\nPicture hanging\nPile driving\nPipe covering\nPlastering\nPlumbing\nPrinting\nRafting\nRenovating\nRiver-driving\nRoad building\nRoofing\nSalvaging of buildings\n  or contents\nSea food cultivation,\n  harvesting or planting\nShaft sinking\nShip building\nSmelting\nStereotyping\nStone crushing,\n  cutting, dressing,\n  grinding or setting\nStorage of all kinds and storage for hire\nStreet cleaning or construction\nStructural carpentry\nSubaquesous construction\nSubway construction\nTree moving, planting,\n  trimming and surgery\nTunneling\nUndertaking\nUpholstering\nWarehousing\nWell digging or drilling\nWindow cleaning\nWrecking, marine\n  Group 14.  Work in\nAbattoirs\nBakeries\nBark mills\nBoarding stables\nBreweries\nCaissons\nClay pits\nCoal yards\nCompressed air compartments\nDining cars\nDistilleries\nExpress cars\nFish markets\nFlax mills\nFoundries\nGarages\nGarbage plants\nGravel pits\nGroceries, wholesale\nHotels\nJunk dealers' places\nKnitting factories\nLaboratories\nLath mills\nLaundries\nLife-saving stations\nLime kilns\nLivery stables\nLumber yards\nMachine shops\nMarkets, fish, meat, poultry\nMeat markets\nPacking houses\nPaper mills\nParlor cars\nPickle factories\nPlaning mills\nPoultry markets\nPrinting plants\nPulp mills\nQuarries\nRestaurants and Grills\nRolling mills\nSales stables\nSand pits\nSash and door factories\nSaw mills\nSewage disposal plants\nShale pits\nShingle mills\nSleeping cars\nSpinning manufactories\nStables, livery, boarding or sales\nStorage warehouses\nSugar refineries\nTanneries\nWeaving manufactories\nWholesale groceries\n  Group 14-a. On and after January first, nineteen hundred sixty-two,\nany other employment in a trade, business, or occupation carried on by\nthe employer for pecuniary gain in which one or more employees are\nemployed.\n  Group 14-b. Employment as a farm laborer as provided herein. A farmer\nshall provide coverage under this chapter for all farm laborers.\n  Group 15. Employment as a keeper, guard, resident physician, nurse,\ninterne, resident interne, assistant resident interne or orderly in a\nprison reformatory, hospital for the mentally ill or hospital maintained\nor operated by a municipal corporation or other subdivision of the\nstate, notwithstanding the definitions of the terms "employment,"\n"employer" or "employee" in subdivisions three, four and five of section\ntwo of this chapter.\n  Group 15-a. Employment as a county fire coordinator or as a deputy\ncounty fire coordinator pursuant to section two hundred twenty-five-a or\nsection four hundred one of the county law, notwithstanding the\ndefinitions of the terms "employer", "employee" or "employment" in\nsubdivisions three, four and five of section two of this chapter.\n  The terms "county fire coordinator" and "deputy county fire\ncoordinator," as used in this group, shall include any county official\nwho is not appointed pursuant to the provisions of section two hundred\ntwenty-five-a of the county law, but is appointed pursuant to the\nprovisions of a special law, a county charter or a county local law and\nwho is authorized or required to perform in the county the duties which\nare similar to those of a county fire coordinator or deputy county fire\ncoordinator under such section of the county law and sections eight\nhundred seven-a and eight hundred seven-b of the education law.\n  Group 16. Any employment by the state, including the employment of all\nelected and appointed public officers, notwithstanding the definitions\nof the terms "employment," "employer" or "employee," in subdivisions\nthree, four and five of section two of this chapter; but work as a civil\ndefense volunteer under the provisions of the state defense emergency\nact shall not be deemed employment by the state. An employee engaged in\nany employment herein whose wages are paid by a municipal corporation or\nother subdivision of the state or by an employer other than the state\nshall be deemed an employee of such municipal corporation or other\npolitical subdivision of the state or such employer other than the state\nfor the purposes of this chapter. The head of any department of the\nstate government may, with the prior written approval of the director of\nthe budget, accept or approve the acceptance by any bureau, agency or\nother unit within said department of the services of a volunteer worker\nwithout salary, and such a volunteer worker shall be deemed to be an\nemployee in the employment of the state in the unclassified service for\nthe purpose of this chapter.\n  Group 17. Any employment carried on by a municipal corporation or\nother subdivision of the state and enumerated in the foregoing groups\none to fourteen, inclusive, and on and after July first, nineteen\nhundred fifty-one, other such employment to the extent of authorized\nservices related to civil defense and performed by employees in the\ncourse of employment or in relation thereto; and the sheriff and\nundersheriff of any county and the duly appointed regular deputies of\nthe sheriff, notwithstanding the definition of the term "employment" in\nsubdivision five of section two of this chapter; but employment in the\ndepartment of sanitation of the city of New York in the sanitation\nservice classification of the classified civil service of such city\nshall not be within the coverage of this chapter. The activities of\ncivil defense volunteers who are auxiliary firefighters and members of\nrescue squads in authorized services while undergoing training or\npractice sponsored or authorized by a local office of civil defense, as\ndefined in the state defense emergency act, and on and after July first,\nnineteen hundred fifty-three, the activities of all civil defense\nvolunteers who are personnel of such local office of civil defense in\nauthorized services during authorized participation in training and\npractice exercises held at the direction of or designated as state\ntraining and practice exercises by the state civil defense commission\npursuant to the provisions of section twenty-one, subdivision three-f of\nthe state defense emergency act, are hazardous employments carried on by\nthe municipal corporation or other subdivision of the state that created\nthe local office under the state defense emergency act and such members\nof an auxiliary police organization located in a municipal corporation\nwhich elected to include such persons within the definition of\n"employee" as authorized by subdivision four of section two of this\nchapter shall be deemed employees of the municipal corporation\nauthorizing their services, and such members of rescue squads, auxiliary\nfirefighters, and civil defense volunteers shall be deemed employees of\nthe municipal corporation or other subdivision of the state for purposes\nof this chapter, provided, however, that each such municipal corporation\nor other subdivision of the state or insurance carrier shall in the\nfirst instance pay all awards of workers' compensation, including\nmedical benefits, provided by this chapter; and such municipal\ncorporation or other subdivision of the state or insurance carrier shall\nbe reimbursed by the comptroller of the state of New York, periodically\nevery six months, on vouchers certified by the state civil defense\ncommission, for one-half of all workers' compensation benefits,\nincluding both cash and medical benefits, paid pursuant to awards of the\nboard, to the extent not previously reimbursed, paid for injury or death\nof a civil defense volunteer caused by an accident that arose out of and\nin the course of any such training and practice exercise, held on and\nafter July first, nineteen hundred fifty-three, at the direction of or\ndesignated as a state training and practice exercise by the state civil\ndefense commission pursuant to the provisions of section twenty-one,\nsubdivision three-f of the state defense emergency act. A town shall not\nbe deemed to be the employer of the officers and employees of a fire\ndistrict and shall not be liable for payment of compensation to such\nofficers or employees under any provision of this chapter. A social\nservices official, as defined in subdivision fourteen of section two of\nthe social services law, may accept or approve the services of volunteer\nworkers without salary, in accordance with the regulations of the state\ndepartment of social services, and such a voluntary worker shall be\ndeemed to be an employee of the social services district in the\nunclassified service for the purpose of this chapter.\n  Group 18. All other employments, except persons engaged in a teaching\nor nonmanual capacity in or for a religious, charitable or educational\ninstitution, notwithstanding the definition of employment in subdivision\nfive of section two, not hereinbefore enumerated, carried on by any\nperson, firm or corporation in which there are engaged or employed one\nor more employees regularly, in the same business or in or about the\nsame establishment either upon the premises or at the plant or away from\nthe plant of the employer, under any contract of hire, express or\nimplied, oral or written, except farm laborers and domestics other than\nthose within the coverage of this chapter pursuant to groups fourteen-b\nand twelve respectively of this subdivision, unless the employer has\nelected to bring such employees under the law by securing compensation\nin accordance with the terms of section fifty of this chapter and\npersons engaged in voluntary service not under contract of hire. A duly\nordained, commissioned or licensed minister, priest or rabbi, a sexton,\na christian science reader, or a member of a religious order, shall not\nbe deemed to be employed or engaged in employment under the terms of\nthis section. Recipients of charitable aid from a religious or\ncharitable institution who perform work in or for the institution which\nis incidental to or in return for the aid conferred, and not under any\nexpress contract of hire, shall not be deemed to be employed or engaged\nin employment under the terms of this section. All persons who are\nmembers of a supervised amateur athletic activity operated on a\nnon-profit basis shall not be deemed to be employed or engaged in\nemployment under the terms of this section, provided that said members\nare not also otherwise engaged or employed by any person, firm or\ncorporation participating in said athletic activity. The terms\n"religious, charitable or educational institution" mean a corporation,\nunincorporated association, community chest, fund or foundation\norganized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable or\neducational purposes, no part of the net earnings of which inure to the\nbenefit of any private shareholder or individual.\n  Group 19. An employer may bring an employment that is not listed in\nthis section within the coverage of this chapter by securing\ncompensation to his employee or employees engaged in such employment in\naccordance with section fifty of this chapter.\n  Any municipal corporation or other political subdivision of the state\nmay bring its employees or officers, elective or appointed or otherwise,\nnot enumerated in groups one to seventeen of subdivision one of this\nsection inclusive, of this chapter within the coverage of this chapter\nby appropriate action of the legislative or governmental body of the\nmunicipal corporation or political subdivision, notwithstanding the\ndefinitions of the terms "employment," "employer" or "employee" in\nsubdivisions three, four and five of section two of this chapter; and by\nseparate and distinct action of said legislative or governmental body\nmay bring within the coverage of this chapter any group, as defined by\norder of the New York state civil defense commission, of civil defense\nvolunteers not enumerated in group seventeen of subdivision one of this\nsection, who are personnel of a volunteer agency of the local office of\nsuch municipal corporation or other political subdivision, as defined in\nthe state defense emergency act, as to their authorized civil defense\nservices to the extent not covered under article ten of this chapter.\nWhere one or more groups of such civil defense volunteers of a county\noffice of civil defense are not brought within the coverage of this\nchapter by the county, a town or a village in such county or a city\nparticipating in the consolidated county office of civil defense of such\ncounty may, by separate and distinct action of its legislative or\ngovernmental body, bring the members of such group or groups of duly\nenrolled civil defense volunteers who are residents of and are enrolled\nfrom such town, village or city within the coverage of this chapter\nduring any period when the county has not so provided; however, whenever\na county brings one or more groups of its civil defense volunteers\nwithin the coverage of this chapter, such other coverage of members of\nsuch group or groups by the town, village or city shall be deemed\nterminated to the extent and as of the date coverage is afforded by the\ncounty. A village may not provide such coverage during any period\ncoverage is provided by a town in which the village is located, except\nwhere there is a deputy director of civil defense for a village not\nwholly within one town.\n  A public or not-for-profit corporation, association, institution or\nagency organized as an unincorporated association or duly incorporated\nunder the laws of this state shall be deemed to be an employer of\npersons who are performing services for it pursuant to paragraphs (h)\nand (i) of subdivision two of section 65.10 of the penal law in\nfulfillment of a sentence of probation or of conditional discharge and\nof persons performing such services pursuant to the provisions of\nsection 170.55 or 170.56 of the criminal procedure law, and such persons\nshall for the purposes of this chapter be deemed to be employees for the\npublic or not-for-profit corporation, association, institution or\nagency. Said employer may elect to bring such employees within the\ncoverage of this chapter by securing compensation in accordance with the\nterms of section fifty of this chapter.\n  Group 20. In a city having a population of one million or more,\nteachers, regular or substitute, of shop work, manual training,\nindustrial or trade subjects, mechanic arts, textiles, machine shop\nassistants, laboratory assistants, laboratory specialists, laboratory\ntechnicians, and teachers of any subject, trade, or employment\nrequiring, for instruction purposes, use of tools or machinery for which\nprotective, guarding or safety devices are required by the labor law,\nmay elect to receive the benefits prescribed by this chapter provided\nthey are not qualified to receive benefits even if eligible to apply for\nretirement under the teachers' retirement system in said city.  An\nelection to come within this chapter shall constitute a waiver of any\nright to receive absence refunds from the board of education of said\ncity. But a teacher shall, if incapacitated to teach by reason of his\ninjuries, be entitled to the refund of his accumulated deductions in the\nteachers' retirement system or in lieu thereof he may elect to receive\nan annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of said accumulated\ndeductions. Any election or choice provided for herein may be made for\nthe teacher by one acting in the teacher's behalf if said teacher is\nincapacitated to act for himself.\n  Group 20-a. For the purposes of this chapter, the work of any person\nemployed as a school aide by school authorities of any school district,\nnotwithstanding the definitions of the terms "employer," "employee" or\n"employment" in subdivisions three, four and five of section two of this\nchapter.\n  Group 20-b. For the purposes of this chapter, the work of any person\nemployed in a nonpedagogical capacity by school authorities within a\ncity having a population of one million or more, notwithstanding the\ndefinitions of the terms "employer", "employee" or "employment" in\nsubdivisions three, four and five of section two of this chapter.\n  Group 21. For the purposes of this chapter, on and after January\nfirst, nineteen hundred sixty-two, the work of a newspaper carrier as\ndefined in section thirty-two hundred twenty-eight of the education law\nfor an employer of one or more employees as defined in subdivisions\nthree and four of section two of this chapter.\n  Group 22. Employment as a teacher in a public school or place of\ninstruction maintained or operated by a board of education or trustees\nof a school district, other than a school district located in a city\nhaving a population of more than one million, notwithstanding the\ndefinitions of the terms "employment," "employer" or "employee" in\nsubdivisions three, four and five of section two of this chapter.\n  Group 23. For the purposes of this chapter, the work of any person\nemployed to direct vehicular traffic at any street crossing or highway\nintersection crossed by pupils in going to and returning from any school\nin this state, whose chief duty primarily is to guard the life and\nsafety of such pupils.\n  Group 24. For the purposes of this chapter, employment of any person\nappointed by the board of water supply of the city of New York pursuant\nto the provisions of section K51-36.0 of the administrative code of the\ncity of New York, notwithstanding the definitions of the terms\n"employment", "employer", or "employee", in subdivisions three, four and\nfive of section two of this chapter.\n  2. Occupational diseases. Compensation shall be payable for\ndisabilities sustained or death incurred by an employee resulting from\nthe following occupational diseases:\n   COLUMN ONE                       COLUMN TWO\nDescription of Diseases          Description of Process\n 1. Anthrax.                     1. Handling of wool, hair,\n                                    bristles, hides or skins.\n 2. Lead poisoning or its        2. Any process involving the\n    sequelae.                       use of or direct contact\n                                    with lead or its prepar-\n                                    ations or compounds.\n 3. Zinc poisoning or its        3. Any process involving the\n    sequelae.                       use of or direct contact\n                                    with zinc or its prepar-\n                                    ations or compounds or\n                                    alloys.\n 4. Mercury poisoning or         4. Any process involving the\n    its sequelae.                   use of or direct contact\n                                    with mercury or its\n                                    preparations or compounds.\n 5. Phosphorus poisoning or      5. Any process involving the\n    its sequelae.                   use of or direct contact\n                                    with phosphorous or its\n                                    preparations or compounds.\n 6. Arsenic poisoning or         6. Any process involving the use\n    its sequelae.                   of or direct contact with\n                                    arsenic or its preparations\n                                    or compounds.\n 7. Poisoning by wood            7. Any process involving the use\n    alcohol.                        of wood alcohol or any\n                                    preparation containing wood\n                                    alcohol.\n 8. Poisoning by benzol or       8. Any process involving the use\n    nitro-, hydro-,                 of or direct contact with\n    hydroxy- and amido-             benzol or nitro-, hydro-,\n    derivatives of benzene          hydroxy-, or amido-\n    (dinitro-benzol, anilin,        derivatives of benzene or\n    and others), or its             its preparations or compounds.\n    sequelae.\n 9. Poisoning by carbon          9. Any process involving\n    bisulphide or its               the use of or direct contact\n    sequelae, or any                with carbon bisulphide or\n    sulphide.                       its preparations or com-\n                                    pounds, or any sulphide.\n10. Poisoning by nitrous        10. Any process in which\n    fumes or its sequelae.          nitrous fumes are evolved.\n11. Poisoning by nickel         11. Any process in which nickel\n    carbonyl or its                 carbonyl is evolved.\n    sequelae.\n12. Dope poisoning              12. Any process involving the\n    (poisoning by                   use of or direct contact\n    tetrachlor-methane or           with any substance used\n    any substance used as           as or in conjunction with\n    or in conjunction with          a solvent for acetate of\n    a solvent for acetate           cellulose or nitro\n    of cellulose or nitro           cellulose.\n    cellulose, or its\n    sequelae.\n13. Poisoning by                13. Any process involving the\n    formaldehyde and its            use of or direct contact\n    preparations.                   with formaldehyde and its\n                                    preparations.\n14. Chrome ulceration           14. Any process involving the\n    or its sequelae or              use of or direct contact\n    chrome poisoning.               with chromic acid or\n                                    bychromate of ammonium,\n                                    potassium or sodium, or\n                                    their preparations.\n15. Epitheliomatous cancer      15. Handling or use of tar,\n    or ulceration of the            pitch, bitumen, mineral\n    skin or of the corneal          oil, or paraffin or any\n    surface of the eye,             compound, product or\n    due to tar, pitch,              residue of any of these\n    bitumen, mineral oil,           substances.\n    or paraffin, or any\n    compound, product or\n    residue of any of these\n    substances.\n16. Glanders.                   16. Care or handling of any\n                                    equine animal or the\n                                    carcass of any such animal.\n17. Compressed air              17. Any process carried on\n    illness or its                  in compressed air.\n    sequelae.\n18. Miners' diseases,           18. Any process involving\n    including only                  mining.\n    cellulitis, bursitis,\n    ankylostomiasis,\n    tenosynovitis and\n    nystagmus.\n19. Cataract in                 19. Processes in the manufacture\n    glassworkers.                   of glass involving exposure\n                                    to the glare of molten\n                                    glass.\n20. Radium poisoning or         20. Any process involving the\n    disability due to               use of or direct contact\n    radio-active pro-               with radium or radio-active\n    perties of sub-                 substance or the use of or\n    stances or to                   direct exposure to Roentgen\n    Roentgen rays                   rays (X-rays) or ionizing\n    (X-rays) or exposure            radiation.\n    to ionizing radiation.\n21. Methyl chloride             21. Any process involving the\n    poisoning.                      use of or direct contact\n                                    with methyl chloride or its\n                                    preparations or compounds.\n22. Carbon monoxide             22. Any process involving direct\n    poisoning.                      exposure to carbon monoxide\n                                    in buildings, sheds or\n                                    enclosed places.\n23. Poisoning by sulphuric,     23. Any process involving the use\n    hydro-chloric or                of or direct contact with\n    hydro-fluoric acid.             sulphuric, hydrochloric or\n                                    hydrofluoric acids or\n                                    their fumes.\n24. Respiratory,                24. Any process involving the\n    gastro-intestinal               use of or direct contact\n    or physiological                with petroleum or petroleum\n    nerve and eye dis-              products and their fumes.\n    orders due to con-\n    tact with petroleum\n    products and their\n    fumes.\n25. Disability arising          25. Any process involving\n    from blisters or                continuous friction,\n    abrasions.                      rubbing or vibration\n                                    causing blisters or\n                                    abrasions.\n26. Disability arising          26. Any process involving\n    from bursitis or                continuous rubbing, pre-\n    synovitis.                      sure or vibration of the\n                                    parts affected.\n27. Dermatitis                  27. Any process involving the\n    (venenata).                     use of or direct contact\n                                    with acids, alkalies, acids\n                                    or oil, or with brick,\n                                    cement, lime, concrete or\n                                    mortar capable of causing\n                                    dermatitis (venenata).\n28. Byssinosis.                 28. Any process involving\n                                    exposure to raw cotton.\n29. Silicosis or other          29. Any process involving ex-\n    dust diseases.                  posure to silica or other\n                                    harmful dust.\n30. Any and all                 30. Any and all employments\n    occupational diseases.          enumerated in subdivision\n                                    one of section three of\n                                    this chapter.\n  Nothing in paragraph thirty of this subdivision shall be construed to\napply to any disability or death due to any disease described in\nparagraph twenty-nine of this subdivision.\n