INFECTIOUS DISEASE

1

Anthrax

employment involving work with animals or animal carcasses (for example employment as an animal handler, pelt handler, abattoir worker, or meat inspector)

2

Brucellosis

employment involving work with animals or animal carcasses (for example employment as a veterinarian, farmer or farm worker, abattoir worker or laboratory worker)

3

Hepatitis A

employment involving contact with human waste (for example employment as a child care worker, carer of intellectually disabled people, worker in a rural or remote indigenous community, sewage worker or plumber)

4

Hepatitis B and C

employment involving contact with human bodily secretions (for example employment as a health care worker, embalmer, person who handles body substances, clinical laboratory staff, worker in long-term correctional facilities, police, member of the armed forces or emergency services worker)

5

HIV/AIDS

health care worker or laboratory worker who becomes HIV positive after a needlestick injury

6

Leptospirosis

employment involving work with animals or animal carcasses (for example employment as a farmer or farm worker, abattoir worker, forestry worker, hunter, veterinarian or livestock transport operator) or work with animal or human waste (for example employment as a plumber)

7

Orf

employment involving work with sheep or sheep carcasses (for example employment as a sheep farmer or farm worker, goat farmer or farm worker, abattoir worker or meat inspector)

8

Q fever

employment involving contact with animals or animal parts in a rural setting (for example an abattoir worker, stock worker, stock transporter, shearer, hide processor, farmer or veterinary practitioner)

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 to ionizing radiation

11

Nasopharynx

employment involving exposure to formaldehyde or wood dust

12

Oesophagus

employment involving exposure to ionizing radiation

13

Stomach

employment involving exposure to ionizing radiation

14

Colon and rectum

employment involving exposure to ionizing radiation

15

Liver

employment involving exposure to vinyl chloride monomer, Hepatitis B virus or Hepatitis C virus

16

Nasal cavity and para-nasal sinuses

employment involving exposure to ionizing radiation, leather dust, nickel or wood dust

17

Larynx

employment involving exposure to strong inorganic acid mist or asbestos

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 to ionizing radiation

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 to asbestos

23

Breast (female)

employment involving exposure to ionizing radiation

24

Ovary

employment involving exposure to asbestos

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 to ionizing radiation

28

Thyroid

employment involving exposure to ionizing radiation

29

Leukaemia (excluding chronic lymphatic leukaemia)

employment involving exposure to benzene, butadiene, cyclophosphamide, formaldehyde, Hepatitis C virus or ionizing radiation

30

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

employment involving exposure to ionizing radiation

DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

31

Parkinson's disease

employment involving exposure to manganese

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)

employment involving exposure to sensitising agents or irritants

35

Coal workers' pneumoconiosis

employment involving exposure to coal

36

Asbestosis

employment involving exposure to asbestos

37

Silicosis

employment involving exposure to silica

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)

42

Chronic active hepatitis

employment involving contact with human bodily secretions (for example employment as a health care worker, embalmer, person who handles body substances, clinical laboratory staff, worker in long-term correctional facilities, police, member of the armed forces or emergency services worker) – for a person with known Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) or Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), where the HBV or HCV was contracted through the employment

43

Hepatic cirrhosis

employment involving contact with human bodily secretions (for example employment as a health care worker, embalmer, person who handles body substances, clinical laboratory staff, worker in long-term correctional facilities, police, member of the armed forces or emergency services worker) – for a person with known Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) or Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), where the HBV or HCV was contracted through the employment

SKIN DISEASES

44

Contact dermatitis (irritant and allergic)

employment involving exposure to sensitising agents or irritants

45

Occupational vitiligo

employment involving exposure to para-tertiary-butylphenol, para-tertiary-butylcatechol, para-amylphenol, hydroquinone, or the monobenzyl or monobutyl ether of hydroquinone

MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES

46

Raynaud's disease

employment involving exposure to vibration from powered tools and equipment

47

Bursitis (at the elbow or knee)

employment involving prolonged external friction or pressure or repetitive motion at or about the elbow or the knee

ACUTE POISONING/TOXICITY

48

Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

employment involving exposure to acrylonitrile, alcohols, antimony, arsenic, benzene, beryllium, cadmium, carbon disulphide, chromium, copper, fluorine, glycols, hexane, ketones, lead, manganese, mercury, mineral acids, nitroglycerine or other nitric acid esters, osmium, oxides of nitrogen, ozone, pesticides consisting of organophosphate and organochlorine compounds, herbicides and related compounds, pharmaceutical agents, phosgene, phosphorus, selenium, styrene, thallium, tin, toluene, vanadium, zinc,

chemical asphyxiants (for example carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulphide or methylene chloride), benzoquinone and other corneal irritants, toxic halogen derivatives of aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbons, toxic nitro- and amino-derivatives of benzene, and other less common, specific substances known to result in poisoning/toxicity that have not been named here