| Disease Number |
Name of Disease or injury |
Type of job or jobs involving |
| A4 |
Cramp of the hand or forearm due to repetitive movement e.g. writer's cramp |
Prolonged periods of handwriting, typing or other repetitive movements of the fingers, hands or arm e.g. typists, clerks and routine assemblers |
| A5 |
Subcutaneous cellulitis of the hand (beat hand) |
Manual labouring causing severe or prolonged friction or pressure on the hand e.g. miners, road workers using picks and shovels |
| A6 |
Bursitis or subcutaneous cellulitis at or about the knee (beat knee) e.g. housemaid's knee |
Manual labouring causing severe or prolonged external friction or pressure at or about the knee e.g. workers who kneel a lot |
| A7 |
Bursitis or subcutaneous cellulitis at or about the elbow (beat elbow) |
Manual labouring causing severe or prolonged external friction or pressure at or about the elbow |
| A8 |
Traumatic inflammation of the tendons of the hand or forearm, or of the associated tendon sheaths (tenosynovitis) |
Manual labouring or frequent or repeated movements of the hand or wrist e.g. routine assembly workers |
| A9 |
Carpal tunnel syndrome |
The use of hand-held power tools whose internal parts vibrate so as to transmit that vibration to the hand, but excluding those which are solely powered by hand |
