Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

Schedule 1 - Diseases related to employment 

Arsenic poisoning by arsenic or its compounds, and its sequelae

( Schedule 1 Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016 )

 Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

Lung Malignancy

Peripheral neuropathy

Poisoning by cyanogen compounds.

Poisoning by carbon monoxide.

Diseases caused by asphyxiants: carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide or its toxic derivatives or hydrogen sulphide

Poisoning by benzene or its homologues, their nitro and amido- derivatives, and its sequelae

( Schedule 1 Workers’  Compensation Regulation 2016 )

Poisoning by benzol.

Poisoning by a homologue of benzol

Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

Leukaemia (excluding chronic lymphatic leukaemia)

Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood) Respiratory diseases - Other Pneumoconiosis

Malignancy - Lung

Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood) 

Other Pneumoconiosis

Malignancy - Lung

Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

Malignancy - Lung

 Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

Malignancy - Lung

Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

Diseases of the Nervous System - Peripheral neuropathy

 Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

Peripheral neuropathy

Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

Malignancy - Lung (chromium VI)

Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

Lung Malignancy – Chromium VI

Poisoning by the halogen derivates of hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series

( Schedule 1 Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016 )

Poisoning by lead, its alloys or compounds, and its sequelae.

( Schedule 1 Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016 )

Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

Diseases of the Nervous System - Peripheral neuropathy

Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

Peripheral neuropathy

Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

Diseases of the Nervous System - Parkinson’s disease

Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

Parkinson’s Disease 

Poisoning by mercury or its amalgams or compounds, and its sequelae

( Schedule 1 Workers’   Compensation Regulation 2016 )

Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

Diseases of the Nervous System - Peripheral neuropathy

Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

Peripheral neuropathy 

Poisoning by benzene or its homologues, their nitro and amido- derivatives, and its sequelae

( Schedule 1 Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016 )

Diseases of the Nervous System - Peripheral neuropathy

Hepatic Diseases - Non-infectious hepatitis

Peripheral neuropathy

Non-infectious hepatitis 

Chronic solvent-induced encephalopathy diagnosed as caused by organic solvents, particularly styrene, toluene, xylene, trichloroethylene, methylene chloride or white spirit

Peripheral neuropathy diagnosed as caused by organic solvents such as n-hexane, carbon disulphide, or trichloroethylene, pesticides such as organophosphates; acrylamide

2-naphthylamine, acrylamide, crylonitrile, aluminium, barium, benzidine

benzoquinone and other corneal irritants, bis(chloromethyl), ether, butadiene, cobalt, cyclophosphamide, formaldehyde, herbicides and related compounds, hexane, hydroquinone, iron oxide, methylene chloride), mineral acids, nickel, organic solvents (such as n-hexane and trichloroethylene), ortho-toluidine, osmium, ozone, para-amylphenol, para-tertiary-butylcatechol, para-tertiary-butylphenol, pesticides consisting of organophosphate and organochlorine compounds, pharmaceutical agents, phosgene, polychlorinated biphenyls, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, radon-222 and its decay products, selenium, styrene, thallium, tin, toluene, tricholoroethylene, vanadium, vinyl chloride monomer and other less common, specific substances known to result in poisoning/toxicity that have not been named here.

Acute Poisoning/toxicity - Employment involving exposure to acrylonitrile, hexane, mineral acids, osmium, ozone, pesticides consisting of organophosphate and organochlorine compounds, herbicides and related compounds, pharmaceutical agents, phosgene, selenium, styrene, thallium, tin, toluene, vanadium, chemical asphyxiants (for example methylene chloride), benzoquinone and other corneal irritants, and other less common, specific substances known to result in poisoning/toxicity that have not been named here 

Peripheral neuropathy employment involving exposure to metals, organic solvents, pesticides or acrylamide

Industrial deafness caused by workplace deafness

S72A 

Pathological manifestations of a kind that are due to or contributed to by:

a) radium and other radioactive substances, b) X-rays. 

( Schedule 1 Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)

Pathological manifestations due to:

a) radium and other radioactive substances

b) X-rays, or

c) Lasers

Pathological manifestations due to:

a) radium and other radioactive substances, or

b) X-rays

Malignancy of:

Salivary gland Oesophagus Stomach Colon and rectum Nasal cavity and para-nasal sinuses Lung Bone Skin (non-melanoma) Breast (female) Kidney Bladder Brain Thyroid Leukaemia (excluding chronic lymphatic leukaemia) Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Salivary gland

Nasopharynx

Oesophagus

Stomach

Colon and rectum

Liver

Nasal cavity and para nasal sinuses

Larynx

Lung

Bone

Skin (melanoma)

Skin (non-melanoma)

Mesothelioma

Breast (female)

Ovary

Kidney

Bladder

Brain

Thyroid

Leukaemia (excluding chronic lymphatic leukaemia)

Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with:

a) equipment that produces ionising radiation; or

b) substances that emit ionising radiation.

Primary malignant diseases of the salivary gland, oesophagus, stomach, colon or rectum, nasal cavity or para-nasal sinuses, bones, breast, kidney, urothelial tissue lining the urinary tract, brain, thyroid, leukaemia (excluding chronic lymphatic leukaemia), non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

Raynaud’s disease

Employment for at least 12 weeks (whether consecutive or not) involving work with:

a) powered equipment that produces vibration; or

b) powered tools that produce vibration.

Effects of insolation (prolonged exposure to sunlight)

Effects of electrical currents

Bursitis at the elbow or knee

employment involving prolonged external friction or pressure or repetitive motion at or about the elbow or the knee

Anthrax infection.

( Schedule 1 Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016 )

Employment involving work with animals, animal carcasses, or animal parts.

Brucellosis.

( Schedule 1 Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016 )

In workers’ in occupations involving work with animals or animal carcasses (including, but not limited to, veterinarians, farmers or farm workers, abattoir workers and laboratory workers).

NB:  s25(2)(b) provides that compensation is not payable in respect of the disease known as undulant fever or brucellosis unless a medical practitioner has certified in writing that he is satisfied as to the result of the pathological examination of the blood that the worker is suffering from that disease.

Employment involving work with animals, animal carcasses, animal parts, or animal waste

Hepatitis A – For occupations involving contact with human waste (including, but not limited to, child care workers, carers of intellectually disabled persons, workers in rural or remote Indigenous communities, sewage workers and plumbers).

Hepatitis B & C – For occupations involving contact with human bodily secretions (including, but not limited to, health care workers, embalmers, persons who handle body substances, clinical laboratory staff, workers in long-term correctional facilities, members of the police service, members of the armed forces and emergency services workers).

Infectious Disease:

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis B and C

Hepatitis A 

employment involving contact with human waste

Hepatitis B and C employment involving contact with human bodily secretions

Non-infectious hepatitis - employment involving exposure to agents known to cause hepatitis

Chronic active hepatitis - employment involving contact with human bodily secretions – for a person with known Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) or Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), where the HBV or HCV was contracted through the employment

Hepatic cirrhosis - employment involving contact with human bodily secretions – for a person with known Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) or Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), where the HBV or HCV was contracted through the employment

Leptospirosis.

( Schedule 1 Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016 )

Occupations involving

a) work with animals or animal carcasses (including, but not limited to, farmers or farm workers, abattoir workers, forestry workers, hunters, veterinarians and livestock transport operators); or

b) work with animal or human waste (including, but not limited to, plumbers).

Employment involving work with animals, animal carcasses, animal parts, or animal waste

Q fever.

( Schedule 1 Workers’   Compensation Regulation 2016 )

Q fever as caused by the micro-organism Coxiella burnetii (also known as Rickettsia burneti), in any of its clinical manifestations [abattoirs, slaughterhouses, knackeries].

Septic poisoning or its sequelae (from meat, meat products, animal products)

Communicable diseases.

Endemic typhus.

Scrub typhus.

Brill’s disease.

Swineherds disease.

Plague.

Mite dermatitis.

Scrub itch.

AIDS ( s31F of the 1981 Act)

Ankylostomiasis (mining).

Q fever.

Septic poisoning or its sequelae (from meat, meat manufacture, meat products, animal by-products with the trade of butcher or slaughterman)

Orf - Occupations involving work with sheep, goats or sheep or goat carcasses (including, but not limited to, sheep farmers or farm workers, goat farmers or farm workers, abattoir workers and meat inspectors).

Q-fever - Occupations involving contact with animals or animal parts in a rural setting (including, but not limited to, abattoir workers, stock workers, livestock transport operators, shearers, hide processors, farmers and veterinarians).

Tuberculosis - occcupations –

(a) involving contact with persons or animals in situations where the prevalence of tuberculosis is likely to be significantly higher than the general community (including, but not limited to, health workers, clinical laboratory workers, funeral parlour staff, farmers and veterinarians); or

(b) that have resulted in the worker being diagnosed with silicosis, if that occupation is presumed under the Act to have contributed to the silicosis.

Infectious Disease:

Orf

Q-fever

Tuberculosis

Q fever, Orf, Tuberculosis

Orf diagnosed as caused by working with animals or their carcasses.

Streptococcus suis diagnosed as caused by working with animals or their carcasses

Occupational asthma

(excluding pre-existing asthma worsened due to exposure to workplace irritants)

Byssinosis

Bagassosis

( Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942)

Hard metal pneumoconiosis

( Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942)

Coal dust pneumoconiosis

Farmer’s lung

( Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942 )

Respiratory Diseases:

Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis

Silicosis

Byssinosis

Malignancy:

Nasopharynx

Nasal cavity and para-nasal sinuses

Lung

Silicosis

Coal workers’

Pneumoconiosis

Byssinosis

Malignancy:

Nasopharynx

Nasal cavity and para-nasal sinuses

Lung

Aluminosis

( Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942 )

Respiratory Diseases - Other

Pneumoconiosis

Other

Pneumoconiosis  

Asbestosis

Silicosis

( Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942 )

Asbestosis, with or without mesothelioma

Silicosis, with or without pulmonary tuberculosis

Respiratory Diseases:

Asbestosis

Silicosis

Asbestosis.

Other Pneumoconiosis 

Silicosis

As above – hard metal dust, and:

Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a) asbestos; or

b) asbestos-containing material.

Talcosis

Berylliosis

( Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942 )

Silico-tuberculosis

( Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942 )

Asbestos related pleural diseases

Asbestos induced carcinoma

Mesothelioma

Farmers lung

( Schedule 1 Workers’  Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942 )

Diffuse pleural fibrosis

Mesothelioma

Malignancy Larynx Malignancy – Lung

Malignancy – Mesothelioma 

Extrinsic allergic alveolitis

Employment for at least 4 weeks (whether consecutive or not) involving work and contact with:

a) 2,5-diaminotoluene sulfate; or

b)4-phenylenediamine base; or

c) ammonium persulfate; or

d) cobalt chloride; or

e) cocamide diethanolamide; or

f) coconut diethanolamide; or

g) colophonium/ colophony/rosin; or

h) diazolidinyl urea; or

i) epoxy resin; or

j) formaldehyde; or

k) fragrance mix I:

(i) amylcinnamaldehyde; or

(ii) cinnamic alcohol; or

(iii) cinnamic aldehyde;

(iv) eugenol; or

(v) geraniol; or

(vi) hydroxycitronellal; or

(vii) isoeugenol; or

(viii) oakmoss absolute; or

l) fragrance mix II:

(i) citral; or

(ii) citronellol; or

(iii) coumarin; or

(iv) farnesol; or

(v) hexyl cinnamic aldehyde; or

(vi) hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde; or

m) glyceryl monothioglycolate; or

n) hydroxyethyl methacrylate; or

o) mercaptobenzothiazole; or

p) methyl chloroisothiazolinone; or

q) mixture of methylchloroisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone; or

r) nickel sulfate; or

s) potassium dichromate; or

t) quaternium 15; or

u) thiuram mix:

(i) tetramethylthiuramdisulfide; or

(ii) tetramethylthiuram monosulfide; or

(iii) tetraethylthiuram disulfide.

Occupational vitiligo

employment involving exposure to para-tertiary-butylphenol, para-tertiary-butylcatechol, para-amylphenol, hydroquinone, or the monobenzyl or monobutyl ether of hydroquinone

Employment for at least 4 weeks (whether consecutive or not) involving work with:

a) hydroquinone; or

b) monobenzyl ether of hydroquinone; or

c) monobutyl ether of hydroquinone; or

d) para-amylphenol; or

e) para-tertiary-butylcatechol; or

f) para-tertiary-butylphenol.

Bursitis of the Elbow

employment involving prolonged external friction or pressure or repetitive motion at or about the elbow

Employment for at least 6 months (whether consecutive or not) involving a work activity that:

a) for bursitis at the elbow: involves prolonged external friction or prolonged external pressure, recurrent external friction, or recurrent external pressure at or about the elbow.

b) for bursitis at the knee: involves prolonged external friction or prolonged external pressure or recurrent external friction or recurrent external friction at or about the knee

Bursitis of the Knee

employment involving prolonged external friction or pressure or repetitive motion at or about the elbow or the knee

Bursitis of the Knee

employment involving prolonged external friction or pressure or repetitive motion at or about the elbow or the knee