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Pneumoconiosis cases withdrawn

Catalogue reference: D1920/2/8

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This record is about the Pneumoconiosis cases withdrawn dating from 1963-1974.

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Reference
D1920/2/8
Title
Pneumoconiosis cases withdrawn
Date
1963-1974
Description

Claims for common law damages withdrawn following the acceptance, by the claimant, of a Pneumoconiosis Agreement made between the NUM and the National Coal Board.

Held by
Derbyshire Record Office
Creator(s)
National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
Physical description
1 box (3 files)
Administrative / biographical background

Under the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946, which commenced in July 1948, and its related secondary legislation pneumoconiosis was listed as a prescribed industrial disease but, unlike other prescribed diseases and accidents, claims for industrial injury benefit by mineworkers with pneumoconiosis or byssinosis were referred to a Pneumoconiosis Medical Board. The board could authorise an X-ray examination of the claimant's lungs and obtain a report by a radiologist.

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/d048e71a-bc4c-4aea-80b3-1461225101c1/

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Pneumoconiosis cases withdrawn