Sch 2Injuries presumed to arise from general employment

Schedule 2—Injuries presumed to arise from general employment Description of injury Description of work Ankylostomiasis Mining. Anthrax Any work— (a) in connection with animals infected with anthrax; (b) involving handling of animal carcasses or parts of such carcasses; (c) involving handling of wool, hair, bristles, hides or skins; (d) involving loading or unloading, or transport, of animals, animal carcasses or parts of such carcasses, wool, hair, bristles, hides or skins. Antimony poisoning or its sequelae Any work involving the use of antimony or its preparations or compounds. Arsenic poisoning or its sequelae Any work involving the use of arsenic or its preparations or compounds. Asbestosis Any work involving exposure to inhalation of asbestos fibres. Asthma or asthmatic attacks Any work involving contact with, or the inhalation of, the dust of red pine, western red cedar or blackwood. Any work involving contact with, or the inhalation of, flour or flour dust. Benzene poisoning (ie poisoning by benzene or its homologues or their nitro- and amido-derivatives) and its sequelae Any work involving the production, liberation or utilisation of benzene or its homologues or their nitro- and amido-derivatives. Brucellosis, leptospirosis, or Q fever Any work at, in, about, or in connection with, a meat works or involving the handling of meat, hides, skins or carcasses. Carbon monoxide poisoning or its sequelae Any work involving contact with, or the inhalation of, carbon monoxide gas. Chrome ulceration or its sequelae Any work involving the use of chromic acid or bi‑chromate or ammonium potassium or sodium or their preparations. Copper poisoning or its sequelae Any work involving the use or handling of copper or its preparations or compounds. Dermatitis Any work involving exposure to, or contact with, the dust of blackwood. Halogen poisoning (ie poisoning by the halogen derivatives of hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series) and its sequelae Any work involving the production, liberation or utilisation of halogen derivatives or hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series. Lead poisoning or its sequelae Any work involving the use of lead or its preparations or compounds. Mercury poisoning or its sequelae Any work involving the use of mercury or its preparations or compounds. Mesothelioma Any work involving exposure to inhalation of asbestos fibres. Nitrous fumes poisoning and its sequelae Any work involving contact with nitric acid or the inhalation of nitrous fumes. Noise induced hearing loss Any work involving exposure to noise. Pathological manifestations due to— (a) radium and other radioactive substances; (b) X-rays Any work involving exposure to the action of radium, radioactive substances or X-rays. Phosphorus, poisoning or its sequelae Any work involving the use of phosphorus or its preparations or compounds. Pneumoconiosis, including silicosis Any work involving mining, quarrying, cutting, crushing, grinding or pushing stone or melting, grinding or polishing metal. Primary epitheliomatous cancer of the skin Any work involving processes which involve the handling or use of tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, paraffin, or the compounds, products or residues of those substances. Septic poisoning or its sequelae Any work involving the handling of meat or the manufacture of meat products or animal by-products in connection with the trade of butcher or slaughterman. Zinc poisoning or its sequelae Any work involving the use of zinc or its preparations or compounds.