Which of the following conditions is included in the list of notifiable occupational diseases under the Third Schedule of the Factories Act 1948?

• A Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease due to tobacco smoking
• B Essential hypertension in a foundry supervisor
• C Type 2 diabetes mellitus in a shift worker
• D Noise induced hearing loss ✓

Explanation

Noise induced hearing loss is explicitly listed in the Third Schedule of the Factories Act as a notifiable occupational disease, alongside poisonings by lead, mercury, manganese, chromium, cadmium, nickel and phosphorus, anthrax, silicosis, asbestosis, byssinosis and occupational dermatitis. The remaining options are lifestyle or multifactorial disorders with no specific workplace causation and are therefore not notifiable occupational diseases anywhere in Indian law.

Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.

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