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VakO 6.4.1983/1959:78 AI generated

Insurance court dismisses claim for occupational disease compensation when permanent aerosol exposure causes laryngitis.

Case Number VakO 6.4.1983/1959:78
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Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
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Outcome Dismissed
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The Insurance Court dismissed the claim for occupational disease compensation regarding laryngitis. The insured, a hairdresser, developed symptoms from 1977, and the court found the disease likely caused by inhaling bromine from permanent aerosols used in the salon. The court ruled that the exposure to this specific halogen constituted a compensable occupational hazard under the relevant regulations.

Legislator headnote

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Act on Occupational Diseases; Act on Insurance of Occupational Diseases: The court determined that exposure to bromine from permanent aerosols in a hairdressing salon constitutes a compensable occupational disease under the statutory definition of occupational hazards.

Keywords

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occupational disease compensation permanent aerosol exposure laryngitis claim bromine inhalation hairdressing industry insurance court decision occupational hazard

Cited Legislation

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Act on Occupational Diseases
Act on Insurance of Occupational Diseases
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insurance_1979_11390-1978
Insurance court dismissed claim for work injury compensation due to lack of causal link between work and illness.
insurance_1982_728-1980
Court allows disability claim for sports commentator whose chronic laryngitis and vocal cord polyps were aggravated by work.
insurance_1983_10352-1981
Insurance court dismissed claim for occupational disease compensation due to lack of medical causation evidence.
insurance_1979_2606-1978
Insurance court dismissed claim for occupational disease compensation due to lack of causal link between work and injury.
insurance_1979_5903-1974
Occupational disease compensation granted for repetitive strain injury from ironing despite employer denial.

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Vuodesta 1961 alkaen kampaajana ollut henkilö oli heinäkuusta 1977alkaen alkanut tuntea kurkussaan lisääntyvää ärsytystä ja hänen oli todettu potevan kurkunpää-nielutulehdusta. VAKO epäsi korvauksen. IV -jaosto KKO 31.12.1982: Kurkunpää-nielutulehdus oli todennäköisesti aiheutunut siitä, että hän oli työssään joutunut hengittämään ilmaa, joka oli sisältänyt muun muassa kampaamossa käyttöön otetusta permanenttiaineesta tai permanenttiaerosolista johtunutta, limakalvoja ärsyttävää natriumbromaattia eli erään ammattitautiasetuksen 3 §:ssä tarkoitetun halogeenin, bromin, epäorgaanista yhdistettä. Sairaus määrättiin korvattavaksi ammattitautina.