According to the Guide to Indiana Worker’s Compensation Benefits, the following must apply in order for a worker exposed to asbestos on the job to be eligible for benefits through the Residual Asbestos Injury Fund: The employee is permanently and totally disabled by the work-related asbestos injury: On or after July 1, 1985, from an exposure to asbestos in employment before July 1, 1988 OR Before July 1, 1985, from an exposure to...

The Indiana Occupational Diseases Act defines disablement by an occupational disease as: …becoming disabled from earning full wages at the work in which the employee was engaged when last exposed to the hazards of the occupational disease by the employer from whom he claims compensation or equal wages in other suitable employment…Indiana Code §223-7-9(e). In short, disablement means a worker is unable to earn full wages due to an...