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Workers Compensation Regulation 2002
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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38 Other pneumoconiosis involving exposure known to
occasionally cause
pneumoconiosis (for example
beryllium, tin, iron oxide, barium,
aluminium, cobalt or tungsten)
39 Byssinosis employment involving exposure
to cotton, flax, hemp or sisal dust
40 Extrinsic allergic alveolitis employment involving exposure
to damp material of biological
origin (for example mouldy hay,
straw, grain and feathers)
HEPATIC DISEASES
41 Non-infectious hepatitis employment involving exposure
to agents known to cause hepatitis
(particularly organic solvents)
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42 Chronic active hepatitis employment involving contact
worker) – for a person with
known Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)
or Hepatitis C Virus (HCV),
where the HBV or HCV was
contracted through the
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43 Hepatic cirrhosis employment involving contact
worker) – for a person with
known Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)
or Hepatitis C Virus (HCV),
where the HBV or HCV was
contracted through the
SKIN DISEASES