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Under a new regulation adopted on 11 December 2024, three new diseases have been added to the list of occupational diseases and may be recognised as such under certain conditions. These are damage to the shoulder rotator cuff, gonarthrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Damage to the rotator cuff of the shoulder affects several professions: workers in the textile industry, welding, grinding, assembly, fish processing, abattoirs, forestry and construction. This damage is caused by prolonged and intensive stress.
Recognition of gonarthrosis concerns professional footballers, i.e. those who have played for at least 13 years, including 10 years in the top three men’s leagues or the top two women’s leagues. Activity between the ages of 16 and 19 in a lower league is also taken into account.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, including emphysema, affects people exposed to quartz dust. This includes miners (including uranium miners), tunnel construction workers, plasterers, sandblasters, furnace masons, shapers in the metallurgical industry, as well as those involved in the extraction and processing of stone and fine ceramics. Dental laboratory workers are also affected.
The States must now accept this regulation. Pesticide-induced Parkinson’s syndrome’ has not yet been included. The matter is still being clarified, but the disease can already be recognised via the supplementary system.
