According to the Workers’ Compensation Act, an occupational disease is an illness that has likely been caused by primarily physical, chemical or biological factors at work.
The most common occupational diseases include hearing defects, dermatitis and pulmonary diseases. According to the Workers’ Compensation Act, certain painful conditions of the upper limbs are also decreed compensable.

The service covers, among others,

* Government employees,
* occupational diseases of subsidised employees in work trial or on-the-job coaching, and
* occupational diseases of uninsured contract fire department members.

1. Notify the accident ombudsman of your agency or a representative of your employer of the accident immediately.
2. The accident ombudsman or a representative of your employer will notify the State Treasury of the accident. You do not need to send a notification of claim yourself.
3. Start using the Suomi.fi Messages service, which is an information secure way of sending and receiving messages from the public administration and other organisations which use the service. When you are a user of the Suomi.fi Messages, the State Treasury’s services are quicker to use. You can contact the State Treasury customer service via the Suomi.fi Messages service.
4. The State Treasury will examine whether your matter should be compensated by the state or another insurance institution. The competent insurance institution will then notify you of the initiation of the proceedings in your matter and the investigation will begin without delay, in no later than 7 weekdays.

A decision must be issued within 30 days after the necessary reports have been delivered to the insurance institution.