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Social Welfare (Consolidated Occupational Injuries) Regulations, 2007 [S.I. No. 102 of 2007]Introductory TextPart 1 Preliminary (regs. 1-5)Regulation 1 CitationRegulation 2 CommencementRegulation 3 DefinitionsRegulation 4 InterpretationRegulation 5 RevocationsPart 2 Insurable (Occupational Injuries) Employment (reg. 6)Regulation 6 Insurable (Occupational Injuries) EmploymentPart 3 Occupational Injuries (regs. 7-17)Regulation 7 Injury benefit payable to persons under the age of 16 yearsRegulation 8 Assessment of disablement and prescribed degrees of disablementRegulation 9 Amount of disablement gratuitiesRegulation 10 Pension in lieu of disablement gratuitiesRegulation 11 Increase of disablement pension on account of incapacityRegulation 12 Adjustment of benefit for successive accidents where a disablement gratuity is payableRegulation 13 Adjustment of increase of disablement benefit in respect of successive accidentsRegulation 14 Provisions as to incapacity for workRegulation 15 Night WorkersRegulation 16 Accident while travelling to or from workRegulation 17 Application of the provisions of the Act and RegulationsPart 4 Prescribed Diseases (regs. 18-39)Chapter 1 General (regs. 18-19)Regulation 18 InterpretationRegulation 19 Application of articles 14 and 15 to prescribed diseasesChapter 2 Prescription of Diseases and Presumptions as to their origin (regs. 20-24)Regulation 20 Description of diseases and injuriesRegulation 21 Occupational deafnessRegulation 22 Individual proofRegulation 23 Sequela or resulting conditionsRegulation 24 Presumption of originChapter 3 Date of Development and Recrudescence (regs. 25-28)Regulation 25 Development of diseaseRegulation 26 Date of developmentRegulation 27 RecrudescenceRegulation 28 Transitional provisionChapter 4 Application of Regulations (regs. 29-35)Regulation 29 DefinitionRegulation 30 Disease contracted outside the StateRegulation 31 Injury benefitRegulation 32 Disablement benefit not preceded by injury benefitRegulation 33 Assessment of extent of disablementRegulation 34 Exception from requirement as to noticeRegulation 35 Provisions as to medical examinationChapter 5 Special Provisions as to Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis, Occupational Asthma, Vibration-Induced White Finger and Occupational Deafness (regs. 36-39)Regulation 36 Injury benefit not payableRegulation 37 Byssinosis - period of assessmentRegulation 38 Pneumoconiosis - effect of tuberculosisRegulation 39 Vibration-induced white finger - special provisionPart 5 Claims and Payments (regs. 40-75)Chapter 1 General (reg. 40)Regulation 40 InterpretationChapter 2 General Provisions relating to Claims (regs. 41-44)Regulation 41 ClaimsRegulation 42 Information to be given when claimingRegulation 43 Prescribed time for claimingRegulation 44 Claims made after due dateChapter 3 Occupational Asthma and Occupational Deafness (regs. 45-48)Regulation 45 Occupational asthma - time limit for claiming benefitRegulation 46 Occupational deafness - time limit for claiming benefitRegulation 47 Occupational deafness - further claimRegulation 48 Occupational deafness - period to be covered by assessment of disablementChapter 4 Notice of Accidents (regs. 49-50)Regulation 49 Notice of accidentsRegulation 50 Reporting of accidents by employersChapter 5 Payments (regs. 51-55)Regulation 51 Manner of paymentRegulation 52 Time of paymentRegulation 53 Time and manner of payment of gratuitiesRegulation 54 Extinguishment of right to sums payable by way of pension which are not obtained in the prescribed timeRegulation 55 Provision of informationChapter 6 Payment to persons other than the claimant or beneficiary (regs. 56A-62)Regulation 56A Nomination of employer to receive payment of injury benefitRegulation 56 Nomination of persons to receive payment of benefitRegulation 57 Payable ordersRegulation 58 Extinguishment of right to paymentRegulation 59 Persons unable to actRegulation 60 Payment to appointed persons generallyRegulation 61 Payment to appointed persons living together with the applicantRegulation 62 Provisions relating to nominations and appointmentsChapter 7 Payments on Death (regs. 63-64)Regulation 63 Payments on deathRegulation 64 Distribution of sum payable on deathChapter 8 Loss of Purchasing Power (regs. 65-70)Regulation 65 DefinitionsRegulation 66 Payment in respect of loss of purchasing powerRegulation 67 Calculation of amountRegulation 68 Delay in issue of loss of purchasing power paymentRegulation 69 Payment of an amount of costsRegulation 70 RoundingChapter 9 Absence from State or imprisonment (regs. 71-73)Regulation 71 Absence from StateRegulation 72 Exception from disqualification during imprisonment or detention in legal custodyRegulation 73 Suspension of payment of benefit during imprisonment or detention in legal custodyChapter 10 Funeral Grant (reg. 74)Regulation 74 Claims and payments arrangements for funeral grantsChapter 11 Disqualifications (reg. 75)Regulation 75 Disqualifications for injury benefit or disablement benefitSchedule 1 Weekly Rates of Injury Benefit Payable to Persons under the Age of Sixteen YearsSchedule 2 Prescribed Degree of DisablementSchedule 3 Scale of Disablement Gratuities and of Weekly Rates of Pension in Lieu of Disablement GratuitiesSchedule 3A Scale of Disablement Gratuities and of Weekly Rates of Pension in Lieu of Disablement GratuitiesSchedule 4Schedule 4, Part 1 Description of Each Prescribed Disease or Injury and Nature of Employment in Respect of Which it is PrescribedSchedule 4, Part 2 Nature of employment in respect of which Pneumoconiosis is prescribedSchedule 5Schedule 5, Part 1 Assessment of the Extent of Occupational DeafnessSchedule 5, Part 2 Formula for calculating Binaural DisablementSchedule 6 RevocationsGiven underExplanatory Note
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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 12 March 2007 - onwards
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Schedule 5, Part 1 Assessment of the Extent of Occupational Deafness

Article 21.

Average hearing loss (dB) over 1, 2 and 3 kHz

Degree of disablement per cent

(1)

(2)

50 - 53 dB

20

54 - 60 dB

30

61 - 66 dB

40

67 - 72 dB

50

73 - 79 dB

60

80 - 86 dB

70

87 - 95 dB

80

95 - 105 dB

90

106 dB or more

100

 

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