{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-617.450","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 617.450","heading":"Specific occupational diseases; schedule.","body":"Except as otherwise provided in NRS 617.366, the following diseases, as well as other occupational diseases defined in NRS 617.440, are considered occupational diseases and are compensable as such when contracted by an employee and when arising out of and in the course of the employment in any process described in this section.\nSCHEDULE\nDescription of Disease or Injury\nDescription of Process\nAnthrax..........................................................\nHandling of livestock wool, hair, bristles, hides and skins.\nArsenic poisoning........................................\nAny process involving the production or use of arsenic or its preparations or compounds.\nBrass or zinc poisoning...............................\nAny process involving the manufacture, founding or refining of brass or the melting or smelting of zinc.\nCarbon monoxide poisoning......................\nAny process involving the evolution of or resulting in the escape of carbon monoxide.\nChrome ulceration of skin or nasal passages.........................................................\nAny process involving the production or use of or direct contact with chromic acid or bichromates of ammonium, potassium or sodium or their preparations.\nCompressed air illness.................................\nAny work process carried on in compressed air.\nEpithelioma cancer or ulceration of the skin or of the corneal surface of the eye due to carbon, pitch, tar or tarry compounds production...............................\nHandling or industrial use of carbon, pitch or tarry compounds.\nGlanders.........................................................\nCare of any equine animal suffering from glanders; handling carcass of such animal.\nInfection or inflammation of the skin on contact surfaces due to oils, cutting compounds or lubricants, dusts, liquids, fumes, gases or vapors................................\nAny process involving the production, handling or use of oils, cutting compounds or lubricants, or involving contact with dust, liquids, fumes, gases or vapors.\nLead poisoning.............................................\nAny process involving the production or use of lead or its preparations or compounds.\nManganese dioxide poisoning...................\nAny process involving the grinding or milling of manganese dioxide or the escape of manganese dioxide dust.\nMercury poisoning.......................................\nAny process involving the production or use of mercury or its preparations or compounds.\nPhosphorus poisoning.................................\nAny process involving the production or use of phosphorus, or its preparations or compounds.\nPoisoning by carbon bisulfide....................\nAny process involving the production or use of carbon bisulfide or its preparations or compounds.\nPoisoning by chlorine..................................\nAny process involving the production or use of chlorine or its preparations or compounds.\nPoisoning by flour, burned grease, bakery and kitchen fumes and other food products.........................................................\nAny process involving the production of or the use of flours for baking purposes, greases used in cooking, and other products used in cafes and bakeries, causing or tending to cause what is commonly called baker’s disease, baker’s asthma or baker’s tuberculosis.\nPoisoning by gasoline, benzine, naphtha or other volatile petroleum products........\nAny process involving the production or use of gasoline, benzine, naphtha or other volatile petroleum products.\nPoisoning by wood alcohol........................\nAny process involving the production or use of wood alcohol or its preparations.\nPotassium cyanide poisoning.....................\nAny process involving the production or use of or direct contact with potassium cyanide.\nRadium poisoning or disability due to radioactive properties or substances, or to roentgen rays (X-rays), or to exposure to ionizing radiation.........................................\nAny process involving the use of or direct contact with radium or a radioactive substance, or the use of or direct exposure to roentgen rays (X-rays) or ionizing radiation.\nSulfur dioxide poisoning.............................\nAny process in which sulfur dioxide gas is evolved by the expansion of liquid sulfur dioxide.\nTenosynovitis and prepatellar bursitis......\nPrimary tenosynovitis characterized by a passive effusion or crepitus into the tendon sheath of the flexor or extensor muscles of the hand, due to frequently repetitive motions or vibrations, or prepatellar bursitis due to continued pressure.","path":["TITLE 53 — LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS","CHAPTER 617 - OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES","COMPENSATION FOR DISABILITY AND DEATH"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-617.html#NRS617Sec450","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:44Z","sha256":"d1be60b92e6bcbb5dde40adc42a532c257aa63ca09a3879debd9aa20e4b5ff52","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-617.445","next":"us-nv/nrs-617.453"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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