Applying for compensation for substance-related occupational diseases
Do you have an illness because you have you been exposed to a hazardous substance during your work? Then you may receive financial compensation. You can apply for compensation from the ISBG (Instituut Slachtoffers Beroepsziekten door Gevaarlijke stoffen). Conditions apply.
Last updated on 1 July 2025
Conditions of getting compensation from the TSB scheme
These are the most important conditions of getting the compensation:
- You have (or will soon receive) a diagnosis from your (company) doctor for one of the following occupational diseases:
- Allergic occupational asthma (in Dutch)
- Chronic solvent-induced encephalopathy (in Dutch) (CSE, also known as ‘painters’ disease’)
- Asbestos-related lung cancer (in Dutch)
- Silica-related lung cancer (in Dutch)
- Silicosis (in Dutch)
- Paranasal sinus cancer or nasal cancer from wood dust (in Dutch)
- You have been exposed to a hazardous substance during your work.
- You work or have worked in the Netherlands as an employee and/or as a self-employed person. And you have or had an employment contract or contract under Dutch law.
View all conditions of the compensation from the TSB scheme (in Dutch).
How to apply
Hand in your application for compensation from the TSB scheme (in Dutch) at the ISGB (Instituut Slachtoffers Beroepsziekten door Gevaarlijke stoffen).
Laws and regulations (in Dutch)
Regeling tegemoetkoming stoffengerelateerde beroepsziekten