Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Deemed Diseases) Notice 2017
Part 8Poisoning or toxicity
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Part 8 Poisoning or toxicity
| | Column 1Disease | Column 2Exposure or occupation | | 1. | Acute poisoning or toxicity (including acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood) | Exposure to acrylonitrile, alcohols, antimony, arsenic, benzene, beryllium, cadmium, carbon disulphide, chromium, copper, fluorine, alcohol, glycols, ketones, hexane, lead, manganese, mercury, mineral acids, nitroglycerine (or other nitric acid esters), osmium, oxides of nitrogen, ozone, pesticides (including, but not limited to, organophosphate and organochlorine compounds, herbicides, and related compounds), pharmaceutical agents, phosgene, phosphorus, selenium, styrene, thallium, tin, toluene, vanadium, zinc, chemical asphyxiants (including, but not limited to, carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulphide and methylene chloride), irritants (including, but not limited to, benzoquinone and other corneal irritants), toxic halogen derivatives, aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbons or toxic nitro-derivatives and amino-derivatives of benzene (and other less common substances not specifically included here). |