A disease or illness suffered by an employee as a result of working on an industrial process or in harmful working conditions. Benefits are payable by the state under the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Regulations 1985 as amended. The victim may also be able to sue the employer for negligence or breach of statute. Prescribed diseases include asbestosis and mesothelioma; silicosis (mines and quarries); byssinosis (respiratory, cotton); tenosyniovitis (conveyor work, pottery); lead poisoning (glass, scrap metal, lead); cancer; dermatitis; occupational deafness including tinnitus.