Workers Compensation Regulation 2002
9Tuberculosis employment involving contact
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9 Tuberculosis employment involving contact with people or animals in situations where tuberculosis prevalence is likely to be significantly higher than the general community (for example employment as a health worker, clinical laboratory worker, funeral parlour staff, farmer or veterinary practitioner), or person with silicosis MALIGNANCY 10 Salivary gland employment involving exposure
page 54 Workers Compensation Regulation 2002 item 11 Nasopharynx employment involving exposure to formaldehyde or wood dust 12 Oesophagus employment involving exposure 13 Stomach employment involving exposure 14 Colon and rectum employment involving exposure 15 Liver employment involving exposure to vinyl chloride monomer, Hepatitis B virus or Hepatitis C virus 16 Nasal cavity and para-nasal sinuses to ionizing radiation, leather dust, nickel or wood dust 17 Larynx employment involving exposure to strong inorganic acid mist or asbestos
item 18 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) 19 Bone employment involving exposure 20 Skin (melanoma) employment involving exposure to solar radiation or polychlorinated biphenyls 21 Skin (non-melanoma) employment involving exposure to ionizing radiation, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or solar radiation 22 Mesothelioma employment involving exposure 23 Breast (female) employment involving exposure 24 Ovary employment involving exposure
page 56 Workers Compensation Regulation 2002 item 25 Kidney employment involving exposure to ionizing radiation or tricholoroethylene 26 Bladder employment involving exposure to 2-naphthylamine, benzidine, cyclophosphamide, ionizing radiation, ortho-toluidine, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons associated with aluminium production 27 Brain employment involving exposure 28 Thyroid employment involving exposure 29 Leukaemia (excluding chronic lymphatic leukaemia) to benzene, butadiene, cyclophosphamide, formaldehyde, Hepatitis C virus or ionizing radiation 30 Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 31 Parkinson's disease employment involving exposure to manganese
item 32 Peripheral neuropathy employment involving exposure to metals (for example lead, mercury and arsenic), organic solvents (for example n-hexane, carbon disulphide and trichloroethylene), pesticides (for example organophosphates) or acrylamide 33 Noise induced hearing loss employment involving exposure to persistent or intermittent noise above 85dB(A) RESPIRATORY DISEASES 34 Occupational asthma (excluding pre-existing asthma worsened due to exposure to workplace irritants) to sensitising agents or irritants 35 Coal workers' pneumoconiosis to coal 36 Asbestosis employment involving exposure 37 Silicosis employment involving exposure to silica