Section C: Occupational Disease and Work-related Disease Booklets

Diagnosis and Compensation of Occupational Diseases

• Guidance Notes on the Diagnosis of Notifiable Occupational Diseases (PDF) (English version only)
• Guide to Occupational Diseases Prescribed for Compensation Purposes (PDF) (Bilingual version)

Medical Examinations

• Guidance Notes on Medical Examinations for Workers engaged in Hazardous Occupations in Industrial Undertakings (PDF)
• A Guide to Medical Examinations for Workers engaged in Hazardous Occupations in Industrial Undertakings (PDF)
• The Medical Examination of Divers - A Guide for Physicians (PDF) (English version only)

Occupational Disease Casebook Series

• Contact Dermatitis (PDF)
• Tenosynovitis of the hand or forearm (PDF)
• Occupational Asthma (PDF)
• Occupational Infection (PDF)

Prevention of Occupational Diseases and Work-related Diseases

• Strategies for the Prevention of Occupational Diseases (PDF)
• Eye Care At Work (PDF)
• Prevention of Occupational Dermatitis - Guidelines for Employers and Employees (PDF)
• Work and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (PDF)
• Neck and Back Pain at Work
  

  • Chinese (PDF)
  • English (PDF)
  • Hindi (PDF)
  • Indonesian (PDF)
  • Nepali (PDF)
  • Philippine (PDF)
  • Thai (PDF)
  • Urdu (PDF)
• Skin Injury At Work (PDF)
• Noise and You

  • Chinese (PDF)
  • English (PDF)
  • Hindi (PDF)
  • Indonesian (PDF)
  • Nepali (PDF)
  • Philippine (PDF)
  • Thai (PDF)
  • Urdu (PDF)
• Do You Know Tenosynovitis?

  • Chinese (PDF)
  • English (PDF)
  • Hindi (PDF)
  • Indonesian (PDF)
  • Nepali (PDF)
  • Philippine (PDF)
  • Thai (PDF)
  • Urdu (PDF)
• Decompression Illness
  • English
  • Chinese
  • Urdu
  • Nepali

Work and Common Disease Series

• Work and Common Gastrointestinal Diseases (PDF)
• Work and Hypertension (PDF)
• Do you know about Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases (PDF)

Work-related Disease Series

• Osteoarthritis of Knee (PDF)
• Shoulder Tendonitis (PDF)
• Plantar Fasciitis (PDF)
• Lower Limb Varicose Vein (PDF)

Notes

1. Viewing of the above document may require Adobe Acrobat Reader
2. Printed copy of the above are obtainable from Occupational Health Service on 15/F, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central, Hong Kong
3. (C): Chinese version only
4. Email address:enquiry@labour.gov.hk