New South Wales

Victoria

Western Australia

South Australia

Tasmania¹

Northern Territory

Australian Capital Territory

C’wealth²

New Zealand

Chemical agents

Alcohols, glycols or ketones

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Diseases caused by alcohols, glycols or ketones

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Poisoning by alcohols, glycols or ketones

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

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

Schedule 1 - Diseases related to employment

May include non-infectious hepatitis, irritant contact dermatitis, allergic contact dermatitis.

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Antimony

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Antimony poisoning or its sequelae (antimony or its preparations or compounds).

Acute poisoning or toxicity.

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

Poisoning by antimony or a compound of antimony; any of the sequelae of such a poisoning

May include non-infectious hepatitis.

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Arsenic

Arsenic poisoning by arsenic or its compounds, and its sequelae

(Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)

Arsenic poisoning or its sequelae (arsenic or its preparations or compounds)

Arsenic poisoning (arsenic or its preparations or compounds)

Arsenic poisoning or its sequelae (arsenic or its preparations or compounds)

Acute poisoning or toxicity by arsenic

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

Poisoning by arsenic or a compound of arsenic; any of the sequelae of such a poisoning

May include peripheral neuropathy, non-infectious hepatitis.

Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by arsenic or its toxic compounds

Asphyxiants: carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulphide, hydrogen cyanide

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Carbon monoxide poisoning

Poisoning by cyanogen compounds.

Poisoning by carbon monoxide.

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

Carbon monoxide poisoning or its sequelae

Acute poisoning or toxicity by chemical asphyxiants (including, but not limited to, carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulphide and methylene chloride),

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

Poisoning by carbon monoxide. Poisoning by hydrogen cyanide or a compound of hydrogen cyanide.

Poisoning by hydrogen sulphide

May include non-infectious hepatitis.

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Benzene

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

(Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)

Poisoning by benzol, its homologues, or its nitro and amido- derivatives, and the sequelae of these poisonings

Poisoning by benzol.

Poisoning by a homologue of benzol

Benzene poisoning (i.e. poisoning by benzene or its homologues or their nitro and amido-derivatives) and its sequelae

Acute poisoning or toxicity by benzene =

Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood) Malignancy - Leukaemia (excluding chronic lymphatic leukaemia)

Poisoning by benzene, a homologue of benzene or a nitro-derivative or amido-derivative of benzene; any of the sequelae of such a poisoning

May include primary leukaemia, non-infectious hepatitis.

Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by benzene or its toxic homologues

Beryllium

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Acute poisoning or toxicity by beryllium

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

Malignancy - Lung

Poisoning by beryllium or a compound of beryllium; any of the sequelae of such a poisoning

May include pneumoconiosis, non-infectious hepatitis.

Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by beryllium or its toxic compounds

Cadmium

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Acute poisoning or toxicity by cadmium

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

Malignancy - Lung

Poisoning by cadmium or a compound of cadmium; any of the sequelae of such a poisoning

May include non-infectious hepatitis.

Chronic renal failure diagnosed as caused by metals such as cadmium or copper, including via welding fumes

Carbon disulphide

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Carbon bisulphide poisoning

Poisoning by carbon bisulphide

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Acute poisoning or toxicity by carbon disulphide

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

Diseases of the Nervous System - Peripheral neuropathy

Poisoning by carbon bisulphide

May include primary leukaemia, non-infectious hepatitis.

Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by carbon bisulfide or its toxic compounds

Chromium

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Chrome ulceration or its sequelae (chromic acid, bichromate of ammonium, potassium or sodium or their preparations)

Chrome ulceration (chromic acid or bichromate of ammonium, potassium or sodium or their preparations)

Chrome ulceration or its sequelae (chromic acid, bichromate of ammonium, potassium or sodium or their preparations)

Acute poisoning or toxicity by chromium

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

Malignancy - Lung (chromium VI)

Chrome ulceration of skin or mucous membrane; any of the sequelae of such an ulceration (chromic acid, bichromate of ammonium, potassium or sodium or their preparations)

May include non-infectious hepatitis.

Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by chrome or its toxic compounds

Copper

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Copper poisoning or its sequelae (copper or its preparations or compounds)

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Copper poisoning or its sequelae (copper or its preparations or compounds)

Acute poisoning or toxicity

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

Poisoning by copper or a compound of copper; any of the sequelae of such a poisoning

May include non-infectious hepatitis.

Chronic renal failure diagnosed as caused by metals such as cadmium or copper, including via welding fumes

Ethylene oxide

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May include occupational asthma.

Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by ethylene oxide

Fluorine

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Poisoning by fluorine

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Acute poisoning or toxicity by by fluorine =

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

Poisoning by fluorine or a compound of fluorine; any of the sequelae of such a poisoning

May include non-infectious hepatitis, occupational asthma.

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Halogen derivatives of aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbons

Poisoning by the halogen derivates of hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series

(Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)

Poisoning by the halogen derivates of hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series

Poisoning by a halogen derivates of a hydrocarbon of the aliphatic series

Halogen poisoning (ie: poisoning by the halogen derivatives of hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series) and its sequelae

Acute poisoning or toxicity by toxic halogen derivatives, aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbons

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

Poisoning by a halogen derivate of a hydrocarbon of the aliphatic series

May include non-infectious hepatitis.

Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by the toxic halogen derivatives of hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series

Lead

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

(Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)

Lead poisoning or its sequelae (lead or its preparations or compounds).

Lead poisoning (lead, or its preparations or compounds).

Lead poisoning or its sequelae (lead or its preparations or compounds).

Acute poisoning or toxicity by lead.

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

Diseases of the Nervous System - Peripheral neuropathy

Peripheral neuropathy

employment involving exposure to metals, organic solvents, pesticides or acrylamide.

May include peripheral neuropathy, non-infectious hepatitis.

Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by lead or its toxic compounds

Manganese

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Acute poisoning or toxicity by manganese

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

Diseases of the Nervous System - Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s Disease – employment involving exposure to manganese.

May include Parkinson’s Disease, non-infectious hepatitis.

Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by manganese or its toxic compounds

Mercury

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

(Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)

Mercury poisoning or its sequelae (mercury or its preparations or compounds)

Mercury poisoning (mercury, or its preparations or compounds)

Mercury poisoning or its sequelae (mercury or its preparations or compounds)

Acute poisoning or toxicity by mercury.

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

Diseases of the Nervous System - Peripheral neuropathy

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

May include peripheral neuropathy, non-infectious hepatitis.

Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by mercury or its toxic compounds

Nitro and amino- derivatives of benzene

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

(Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)

Poisoning by benzol, its homologues, or its nitro and amido derivatives, and the sequelae of these poisonings

Poisoning by trinitrotoluene or by benzol or its nitro and amido derivatives (dinitrobenzol, aniline and others)

Benzene poisoning (i.e. poisoning by benzene or its homologues or their nitro and amdio-derivatives) and its sequelae

Acute poisoning or toxicity by toxic nitro-derivatives and amino-derivatives of benzene

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

Poisoning by benzene, a homologue of benzene or a nitro-derivative or amido-derivative of benzene; any of the sequelae of such a poisoning

May include non-infectious hepatitis.

Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by nitro and amido- toxic derivatives of benzene or its homologues

Nitroglycerine or other nitric acid esters

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Acute poisoning or toxicity by nitroglycerine or other nitric acid esters

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

Diseases caused by nitroglycerine or other nitric acid esters

May include non-infectious hepatitis.

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Organic solvents

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Diseases of the Nervous System - Peripheral neuropathy

Hepatic Diseases - Non-infectious hepatitis

Non-infectious hepatitis employment involving exposure to agents known to cause hepatitis (particularly organic solvents)

May include irritant contact dermatitis.

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

Oxides of nitrogen

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Poisoning by nitrous fumes

Nitrous fumes poisoning and its sequelae

Poisoning by nitrous fumes

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

Poisoning by an oxide of nitrogen; any of the sequelae of such a poisoning

May include non-infectious hepatitis.

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Phosphorus

Phosphorus poisoning by phosphorous or its compounds, and its sequelae

(Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)

Phosphorous poisoning or its sequelae (phosphorous or its preparations or compounds)

Phosphorus poisoning (phosphorus, or its preparations or compounds)

Phosphorus poisoning or its sequelae (phosphorus or its preparations or compounds)

Acute poisoning or toxicity by phosphorus

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

Poisoning by phosphorus or a compound of phosphorus; any of the sequelae of such a poisoning

May include non-infectious hepatitis.

Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by phosphorus or its toxic compounds

Tungsten

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Respiratory Diseases - Other pneumoconiosis

Respiratory disease causing pneumoconiosis

May include pneumoconiosis, occupational asthma.

Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by tungsten

Zinc

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Zinc poisoning or its sequelae (zinc or its preparations or compounds)

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Zinc poisoning or its sequelae (zinc or its preparations or compounds)

Acute poisoning or toxicity by zinc

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

Poisoning by zinc or a compound of zinc; any of the sequelae of such a poisoning

May include non-infectious hepatitis, occupational asthma.

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Other chemical agent at work not mentioned in the preceding terms

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Arsenic, phosphorus, lead, mercury or other mineral poisoning (arsenic, phosphorus, lead, mercury, or other mineral, or their preparations or compounds)

Primary epitheliomatous cancer of the skin from work involving handling of tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, paraffin or the compounds products or residues of those substances

Acute poisoning or toxicity by hexane, osmium, ozone, pesticides (including, but not limited to, organophosphate and organochlorine compounds, herbicides, and related compounds), pharmaceutical agents, phosgene, selenium, styrene, thallium, tin, toluene, vanadium, irritants (including, but not limited to, benzoquinone and other corneal irritants).

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.

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

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Hearing impairment caused by noise

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Noise induced hearing loss

Noise induced hearing loss

Industrial deafness caused by workplace deafness

S72A

Disease of the Nervous System - Noise induced hearing loss - exposure to persistent or intermittent noise above 85dB(A)

Hearing impairment caused by noise above 85dB(A) Schedule 1 - Diseases related to employment

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Ionizing radiations

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

a) radium and other radioactive substances, b) X-rays. (Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)

Pathological manifestations due to radium and other radioactive substances, or X-rays

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

Salivary gland cancer; Oesophagus cancer; Stomach cancer; Colon, or rectum, cancer; Nasal cavity, or paranasal sinuses, cancer; Lung cancer; Bone cancer; Skin cancer – non-melanoma; Breast cancer (female); Kidney cancer; Bladder cancer; Thyroid cancer; Leukaemia (other than chronic lymphatic leukaemia); Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

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.

Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by ionising radiations

Vibration (disorders of muscles, tendons, bones, joints, peripheral blood vessels or peripheral nerves

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Effects of vibration (including Raynaud’s phenomenon and dead hand)

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Raynaud’s disease in workers’ in occupations involving vibrations from powered tools or equipment

Musculoskeletal Diseases - Raynaud’s disease

Raynaud’s disease

employment involving exposure to vibration from powered tools and equipment

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.

Hand-arm vibration syndrome diagnosed as caused by hand and/or arm vibration

Work in compressed or decompressed air

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Compressed air illness

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Compressed air illness including avascular necrosis in workers’ exposed to increased or reduced atmospheric pressure (including, but not limited to, working underground or underwater and working at high altitude).

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Diseases caused by other physical agents at work not mentioned in the preceding terms

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Effects of insolation (prolonged exposure to sunlight)

Effects of electrical currents

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Bursitis of the knee or elbow in workers employed in occupations involving prolonged external friction, pressure or repetitive motion at, or about, the elbow or knee

Musculoskeletal Disease - Bursitis (at elbow or knee) - all work involving prolonged external friction pressure or repetitive motion at or about the elbow or the knee

Bursitis at the elbow or knee

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

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Biological agents and infectious or parasitic diseases

Anthrax

Anthrax infection.

(Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)

Anthrax

Anthrax

Anthrax

In workers’ in occupations involving work with animals or animal carcasses (including, but not limited to, animal handlers, pelt handlers, abattoir workers and meat inspectors).

Infectious Disease - Anthrax

Anthrax where employment involves work with animals or animal carcasses

Employment involving work with:

1. animals; or
2. animal carcasses; or
3. animal parts.

Anthrax infection

Brucellosis

Brucellosis.

(Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)

Brucellosis (Undulant fever)

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Brucellosis

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).

Note — 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.

Infectious Disease - Brucellosis

Brucellosis as caused by working with animals or their carcasses

Employment involving work with:

1. animals; or
2. animal carcasses; or
3. animal parts; or
4. animal waste.

Brucellosis diagnosed as caused by working with animals or their carcasses

Hepatitis viruses

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Hepatitis B

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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 and B & C

employment involving contact

with human waste

Hepatitis B and C employment involving contact

with human bodily secretions

Employment involving work with human waste or bodily fluids.

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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

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HIV (s31F of the Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981)

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Health care workers or laboratory workers if the worker has become HIV positive after a needle-stick injury that occurs while at work.

Infectious Disease - HIV/AIDS

HIV

health care worker or laboratory

worker who becomes HIV

positive after a needlestick injury

Employment involving work with:

a) needles in a healthcare services setting; or

b) sharps in a healthcare services setting.

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Leptospirosis

Leptospirosis.

(Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)

Leptospirosis

Leptospirosis

Leptospirosis

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).

Infectious Disease - Leptospirosis

Leptospirosis employment involving work with

animals or animal carcasses or work with animal or

human waste.

Employment involving work with:

1. a) animals; or
2. b) animal carcasses; or
3. c) animal parts; or
4. d) animal waste.

Leptospirosis diagnosed as caused by working with animals or their carcasses

Diseases caused by other biological agents at work not mentioned in the preceding terms

Q fever.

(Schedule 1 of the 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

Ankylostomiasis (mine).

Q fever [exposure to Coxiella burnetii], Orf

Occupational infectious or parasitic diseases (health or laboratory work, veterinary work, handling of animals)

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

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

Respiratory Diseases

Asthma caused by recognised sensitizing agents or irritants inherent to the work process

Occupational asthma caused by sensitizing agents or irritants inherent to the work process

Asthma or asthmatic attacks (dust of red pine, western red cedar, blackwood, flour, flour dust)

Occupational asthma other than pre-existing asthma in workers exposure to sensitising agents or irritants (including, but not limited to, arthropods or mites, biological enzymes, bioaerosols, products derived from fish/shellfish/animal, flour, sensitising foods, flowers, latex, wood dusts, soldering, reactive dyes, anhydrides, acrylates, epoxy, ethylene oxide, aldehydes, pesticides, amines, ammonia, industrial cleaning agents, acids, isocyanates, other reactive chemicals, sensitising metals and sensitising drugs).

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

Occupational asthma

(excluding pre-existing

asthma worsened due to

exposure to workplace

irritants)

Employment for at least 4 weeks (whether consecutive or not) involving work with an agent or thing specified in column 2 of an item of the table in Schedule 2.

Occupational asthma diagnosed as caused by recognised sensitising agents inherent in the work process such as, but not limited to, isocyanates, certain wood dusts, flour dusts, animal proteins, enzymes and latex

Bronchopulmonary diseases caused by dust of cotton (byssinosis), flax, hemp, sisal or sugar cane

Byssinosis

Bagassosis

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

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Bronchopulmonary diseases caused by cotton, flax, hemp or sisal dust

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Byssinosis in workers exposed to cotton, flax, hemp or sisal dust.

Respiratory Diseases - Byssinosis

Byssinosis employment involving exposure

to cotton, flax, hemp or sisal dust

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

1. unprocessed cotton; or
2. unprocessed flax; or
3. unprocessed hemp; or
4. unprocessed sisal.

Byssinosis diagnosed as caused by working with cotton, flax, hemp, or sisal dust

Bronchopulmonary diseases caused by hard-metal dust

Hard metal pneumoconiosis

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

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Other forms of pneumoconiosis in workers’ exposed to known causes of pneumoconiosis (including, but not limited to, beryllium, tin, iron oxide, barium, aluminium, cobalt and tungsten).

Respiratory Diseases - Other pneumoconiosis

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

1. aluminium; or
2. barium; or
3. beryllium; or
4. cobalt; or
5. iron oxide; or
6. tin; or
7. tungsten.

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases caused by inhalation of coal dust, dust from stone quarries, wood dust, dust from cereals and agricultural work, dust in animal stables, dust from textiles, and paper dust arising from work activities

Coal dust pneumoconiosis

Farmer’s lung

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

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Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis in workers’ exposed to coal

Respiratory Diseases:

Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis

Silicosis

Byssinosis

Malignancy:

Nasopharynx

Nasal cavity and para-nasal sinuses

Lung

Silicosis

Coal workers’

pneumoconiosis

Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a) material containing crystalline silica; or

b) silica.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosed as caused by coal, silica, cotton dust or grain dust

Diseases of the lung caused by aluminium

Aluminosis

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

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See Occupational asthma and other forms of Pneumoconiosis above.

Respiratory Diseases - Other

Pneumoconiosis

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As above – hard metal dust.

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Extrinsic allergic alveolitis caused by the inhalation of organic dusts or microbially contaminated aerosols

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Extrinsic allergic alveolitis caused by the inhalation of organic dusts

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Extrinsic allergic alveolitis in workers’ exposed to damp material of biological origin (including, but not limited to, mouldy hay, straw, grain and feathers).

Respiratory Diseases - Extrinsic allergic alveolitis – all work involving damp material of biological origin, such as mouldy hay, straw, grain and feathers

Extrinsic allergic alveolitis employment involving exposure

to damp material of biological origin

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

1. a) feathers; or
2. b) grain; or
3. c) hay; or
4. d) straw.

Extrinsic allergic alveolitis diagnosed as caused by work involving the inhalation of organic dusts

Pneumoconioses caused by fibrogenic mineral dust (silicosis, anthraco-silicosis, asbestosis

Asbestosis

Silicosis

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

Asbestosis, with or without mesothelioma

Silicosis, with or without pulmonary tuberculosis

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Asbestosis (any work involving exposure to inhalation of asbestos fibres)

Diseases caused by occupational exposure to asbestos are covered by the Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Act 2011 from 31 Oct 2011

Respiratory Diseases:

Asbestosis

Silicosis

Asbestosis.

Pneumoconiosis (matter)

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.

Pneumoconioses caused by sclerogenic mineral dust (silicosis, anthraco-silicosis, asbestosis) and silico-tuberculosis, provided that silicosis is an essential factor causing the resultant incapacity or death

Pnemoconioses caused by non-fibrogenic mineral dust

Talcosis

Berylliosis

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

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Pneumoconiosis (mineral dusts)

Pneumonconiosis, including silicosis (any work involving mining, quarrying, cutting, crushing, grinding or pushing stone or melting, grinding or polishing metal)

Exposure to known causes of pneumoconiosis (including, but not limited to, beryllium, tin, iron oxide, barium, aluminium, cobalt and tungsten).

Respiratory Diseases - Other pneumoconiosis - All work exposures known to occasionally cause pneumoconiosis such as beryllium, tin, iron oxide, barium, aluminium, cobalt and tungsten

Pneumoconiosis involving exposure known to occasionally cause pneumoconiosis (for example beryllium, tin, iron oxide, barium, aluminium, cobalt or tungsten)

As above – hard metal dust.

Pneumoconiosis diagnosed as caused by tin, iron oxide, barium or cobalt

Silicotuberculosis

Silico-tuberculosis

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

Silicosis, with or without pulmonary tuberculosis

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Pneumoconioses caused by silica dust (silicosis, anthracosilicosis) and silico-tuberculosis, provided that silicosis is an essential factor in causing the resultant incapacity or death from silico-tuberculosis

Infectious Disease - Tuberculosis - persons with silicosis involved in contact with persons or animals in situations where tuberculosis prevalence is likely to be significantly higher than the general community

Silicosis – employment involving exposure to silica

As above – hard metal dust.

Silico-tuberculosis

Other respiratory disease not mentioned in the preceding items

Asbestos related pleural diseases

Asbestos induced carcinoma

Mesothelioma

Farmers lung

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

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Diffuse pleural fibrosis

Mesothelioma

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Malignancy - Mesothelioma

Malignancy Larynx - employment involving exposure to strong inorganic acid mist or asbestos

Malignancy – Lung – employment involving exposure to arsenic, asbestos, beryllium, bis(chloromethyl)ether, cadmium, chromium VI, diesel engine exhaust, environmental tobacco smoke, ionizing radiation, nickel, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Radon-222 and its decay products, silica dust (crystalline) or soot (chimney sweeping)

Employment for at least 4 weeks (whether consecutive or not) involving work with an agent or thing specified in column 2 of an item of the table in Schedule 2.

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Skin Diseases

Allergic contact dermatoses and contract urticaria caused by other recognised allergy-provoking agents arising from work activities not included in other items

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Contact dermatitis (irritant or allergenic) in workers exposed to sensitising agents or irritants (including, but not limited to, alcohols, cutting fluids, degreasers, disinfectants, petroleum products, soaps and cleaners, solvents, wet work, chromates, cobalt, cosmetics and fragrances, epoxy resin, latex, nickel, plants, preservatives, resins and acrylics).

Skin Diseases - Contact dermatitis (irritant and allergenic) – All work involving sensitising agents or irritants

Contact dermatitis (irritant and allergic) - employment involving exposure to sensitising agents or irritants

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 allergic contact dermatitis diagnosed as caused by recognised sensitising agents inherent in the work process such as, but not limited to, nickel and other metals, rubber additives, resins, petroleum distillates, solvents, soaps, detergents, and plant allergens

Vitiligo caused by other recognised agents arising from work activities not included in other items

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Occupational vitiligo in workers exposed to para-tertiary-butylphenol, para-tertiary-butylcatechol, para-amylphenol, hydroquinone or the monobenzyl, or monobutyl, ether of hydroquinone

Skin Diseases - Occupational virtiligo – All work involving para-tertiary-butylphenol, para-tertiary- butylcatechol, para-amylphenol, hydroquinone, or the monobenzyl or monobutyl ether of hydroquinone

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.

Vitiligo diagnosed as caused by para-tertiary-butylphenol, para-tertiary-butylcatechol, para-amylphenol, hydroquinone, or the monobenzyl or monobutyl ether of hydroquinone

Other skin diseases caused by physical, chemical or biological agents at work not included in other items

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Dermatitis venenata (contact with vegetable or mineral matter)

Any dermatosis, ulceration or injury to the mucous membranes of the mouth or nose wholly or partly produced or aggravated by contact with or inhalation or ingestion of irritating dusts, solids, gases or fumes or mineral or vegetable irritants or ray burn

Dermatitis (dust of blackwood)

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Chronic tenosynovitis of hand and wrist due to repetitive movements, forceful exertions and extreme postures of the wrist

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Tenosynovitis (inflammation of the tendon sheaths of the hand, wrists, forearm or elbow

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Olecranon bursitis due to prolonged pressure of the elbow region

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Subcutaneous cellulitis or acute bursitis over the elbow (mining)

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Bursitis of the Elbow

employment involving prolonged

external friction or pressure or

repetitive motion at or about the

elbow

Musculoskeletal Disease - Bursitis (at the elbow or knee)

Bursitis (at the elbow or knee) -employment involving prolonged external friction or pressure or repetitive motion at or about the elbow or the knee

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

a) for bursitis at the elbow:

(i) involves prolonged external friction at or about the elbow; or

(ii) involves prolonged external pressure at or about the elbow; or

(iii) involves recurrent external friction at or about the elbow; or

(iv) involves recurrent external pressure at or about the elbow; or

b) for bursitis at the knee:

(i) involves prolonged external friction at or about the knee; or

(ii) involves prolonged external pressure at or about the knee; or

(iii) involves recurrent external friction at or about the knee; or

(iv) involves recurrent external friction at or about the knee

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Prepatellar bursitis due to prolonged stay in kneeling position

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Subcutaneous cellulitis or acute bursitis arising at or about the knee (beat knee) (mining)

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Bursitis of the Knee

employment involving prolonged

external friction or pressure or

repetitive motion at or about the

elbow or the knee

Musculoskeletal Disease - Bursitis (at the elbow or knee)

Bursitis of the Knee

employment involving prolonged

external friction or pressure or

repetitive motion at or about the

elbow or the knee

As above.

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