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Record and report an accident, incident or near miss
How to report a disease
If a doctor tells you in writing that you or one of your employees is suffering from a reportable work-related disease, you must send a completed disease report form F2508A to the relevant enforcing authority without delay.
You can complete form F2508A at the Incident Contact Centre on the HSE website, or you can buy a pad of forms from HSE books and send the report in by post.
Reportable diseases include:
- certain poisonings
- some skin diseases such as occupational dermatitis, skin cancer, chrome ulcer, oil foliculitis
- lung diseases including, occupational asthma, farmer's lung, pneumoconiosis
- infections such as leptospirosis, hepatitis, tuberculosis, anthrax, legionnellosis, and tetanus
- other conditions such as occupational cancer, certain musculoskeletal disorders, decompression illness, and hand-arm vibration syndrome
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