| 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 |
