Part 1 Infectious diseases

| | Column 1Disease | Column 2Exposure or occupation | | 1. | Anthrax | Occupations involving work with animals or animal carcasses (including, but not limited to, animal handlers, pelt handlers, abattoir workers and meat inspectors). | | 2. | Brucellosis | Occupations involving work with animals or animal carcasses (including, but not limited to, veterinarians, farmers or farm workers, abattoir workers and laboratory workers). | | 3. | Hepatitis A | 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). | | 4. | Hepatitis B or C | 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). | | 5. | HIV/AIDS | Health care workers or laboratory workers if the worker has become HIV positive after a needle-stick injury that occurs while at work. | | 6. | 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). | | 7. | 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). | | 8. | 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). | | 9. | Tuberculosis | Occupations – | | | | (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. |