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Chemical agents

Alcohols, glycols or ketonesN/AN/APoisoning or toxicity causing acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or bloodN/APoisoning by alcohols, glycols or ketonesAcute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

Schedule 1 - Diseases related to employment
Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)May include non-infectious hepatitis, irritant contact dermatitis, allergic contact dermatitis.N/A
AntimonyN/AN/APoisoning or toxicity causing acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or bloodAntimony poisoning or its sequelae (antimony or its preparations or compounds).Acute poisoning or toxicity.Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)May include non-infectious hepatitis.N/A
ArsenicArsenic poisoning by arsenic or its compounds, and its sequelae

(Schedule 1 Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)
Arsenic poisoning or its sequelae (arsenic or its preparations or compounds)Poisoning or toxicity causing acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or blood

Primary malignant disease of the lung

Peripheral neuropathy
Arsenic poisoning or its sequelae (arsenic or its preparations or compounds)Acute poisoning or toxicity by arsenic Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

Lung Malignancy

Peripheral neuropathy
Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood), Lung malignancy Peripheral neuropathyMay include peripheral neuropathy, non-infectious hepatitis.Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by arsenic or its toxic compounds
Asphyxiants: carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulphide, hydrogen cyanideN/ACarbon monoxide poisoningPoisoning or toxicity causing acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or bloodCarbon monoxide poisoning or its sequelaeAcute poisoning or toxicity by chemical asphyxiants (including, but not limited to, carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulphide and methylene chloride),Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)May include non-infectious hepatitis.N/A
BenzenePoisoning by benzene or its homologues, their nitro and amido- derivatives, and its sequelae

(Schedule 1 Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)
Poisoning by benzol, its homologues, or its nitro and amido- derivatives, and the sequelae of these poisoningsPoisoning or toxicity causing acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or blood 

Primary leukaemia
Benzene poisoning (i.e. poisoning by benzene or its homologues or their nitro and amido-derivatives) and its sequelaeAcute poisoning or toxicity by benzene Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

Leukaemia (excluding chronic lymphatic leukaemia)
Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood) Malignancy - Leukaemia (excluding chronic lymphatic leukaemia)May include primary leukaemia, non-infectious hepatitis.Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by benzene or its toxic homologues
BerylliumN/AN/APoisoning or toxicity causing acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or blood

Primary malignant disease of the lung
N/AAcute poisoning or toxicity by berylliumAcute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

Other Pneumoconiosis

Malignancy - Lung
Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood) Respiratory diseases - Other Pneumoconiosis

Malignancy - Lung
May include pneumoconiosis, non-infectious hepatitis.Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by beryllium or its toxic compounds
CadmiumN/AN/APoisoning or toxicity causing acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or blood

Primary malignant disease of the lung
N/AAcute poisoning or toxicity by cadmium Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

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

Malignancy - Lung
May include non-infectious hepatitis.Chronic renal failure diagnosed as caused by metals such as cadmium or copper, including via welding fumes
Carbon disulphideN/ACarbon bisulphide poisoningPoisoning or toxicity causing acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or blood

Peripheral neuropathy
N/AAcute poisoning or toxicity by carbon disulphide Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

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

Diseases of the Nervous System - Peripheral neuropathy
May include  non-infectious hepatitis and peripheral neuropathy.Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by carbon bisulfide or its toxic compounds
ChromiumN/AChrome ulceration or its sequelae (chromic acid, bichromate of ammonium, potassium or sodium or their preparations)Poisoning or toxicity causing acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or blood

Primary malignant disease of the lung
Chrome ulceration or its sequelae (chromic acid, bichromate of ammonium, potassium or sodium or their preparations)Acute poisoning or toxicity by chromiumAcute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

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

Malignancy - Lung (chromium VI)
May include occupational asthma and non-infectious hepatitis.Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by chrome or its toxic compounds
CopperN/ACopper poisoning or its sequelae (copper or its preparations or compounds)Poisoning or toxicity causing acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or bloodCopper poisoning or its sequelae (copper or its preparations or compounds)Acute poisoning or toxicity Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)May include non-infectious hepatitis.Chronic renal failure diagnosed as caused by metals such as cadmium or copper, including via welding fumes
Ethylene oxideN/AN/AOccupational asthmaN/AN/AN/AN/AMay include occupational asthma.Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by ethylene oxide
FluorineN/AN/APoisoning or toxicity causing acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or bloodN/AAcute poisoning or toxicity by fluorine  Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)May include non-infectious hepatitis, occupational asthma.N/A
Halogen derivatives of aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbonsPoisoning by the halogen derivates of hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series

(Schedule 1 Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)
Poisoning by the halogen derivates of hydrocarbons of the aliphatic seriesPoisoning or toxicity causing acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or bloodHalogen poisoning (i.e.: poisoning by the halogen derivatives of hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series) and its sequelaeAcute poisoning or toxicity by toxic halogen derivatives, aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbonsAcute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)May include non-infectious hepatitis.Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by the toxic halogen derivatives of hydrocarbons of the aliphatic series
LeadPoisoning by lead, its alloys or compounds, and its sequelae.

(Schedule 1 Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)
Lead poisoning or its sequelae (lead or its preparations or compounds).Poisoning or toxicity causing acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or blood

Peripheral neuropathy
Lead poisoning or its sequelae (lead or its preparations or compounds).Acute poisoning or toxicity by lead.Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

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

Diseases of the Nervous System - Peripheral neuropathy
May include peripheral neuropathy, non-infectious hepatitis.Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by lead or its toxic compounds
ManganeseN/AN/APoisoning or toxicity causing acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or bloodN/AAcute poisoning or toxicity by manganeseAcute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

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

Diseases of the Nervous System - Parkinson’s disease
May include Parkinson’s Disease, non-infectious hepatitis.Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by manganese or its toxic compounds
MercuryPoisoning by mercury or its amalgams or compounds, and its sequelae

(Schedule 1 Workers’  Compensation Regulation 2016)
Mercury poisoning or its sequelae (mercury or its preparations or compounds)Poisoning or toxicity causing acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or blood

Peripheral neuropathy
Mercury poisoning or its sequelae (mercury or its preparations or compounds)Acute poisoning or toxicity by mercury.Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)

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

Diseases of the Nervous System - Peripheral neuropathy
May include peripheral neuropathy, non-infectious hepatitis.Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by mercury or its toxic compounds
Nitro and amino- derivatives of benzenePoisoning by benzene or its homologues, their nitro and amido- derivatives, and its sequelae

(Schedule 1 Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)
Poisoning by benzol, its homologues, or its nitro and amido derivatives, and the sequelae of these poisoningsPoisoning or toxicity causing acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or blooDBenzene poisoning (i.e. poisoning by benzene or its homologues or their nitro and amdio-derivatives) and its sequelaeAcute poisoning or toxicity by toxic nitro-derivatives and amino-derivatives of benzeneAcute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and bloodAcute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)May include non-infectious hepatitis.Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by nitro and amido- toxic derivatives of benzene or its homologues
Nitroglycerine or other nitric acid estersN/AN/APoisoning or toxicity causing acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or bloodN/AAcute poisoning or toxicity by nitroglycerine or other nitric acid esters Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)May include non-infectious hepatitis.N/A
Organic solventsN/AN/APeripheral neuropathy

Non-infectious hepatitis
N/AN/APeripheral neuropathy

Non-infectious hepatitis 
Diseases of the Nervous System - Peripheral neuropathy

Hepatic Diseases - Non-infectious hepatitis
May include irritant contact dermatitis.Chronic solvent-induced encephalopathy diagnosed as caused by organic solvents, particularly styrene, toluene, xylene, trichloroethylene, methylene chloride or white spirit

Peripheral neuropathy diagnosed as caused by organic solvents such as n-hexane, carbon disulphide, or trichloroethylene, pesticides such as organophosphates; acrylamide
Oxides of nitrogenN/AN/APoisoning or toxicity causing acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or bloodNitrous fumes poisoning and its sequelaePoisoning by nitrous fumesAcute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)May include non-infectious hepatitis.N/A
PhosphorusPhosphorus poisoning by phosphorous or its compounds, and its sequelae
(Schedule 1 Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)
Phosphorous poisoning or its sequelae (phosphorous or its preparations or compounds)Poisoning or toxicity causing acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or bloodPhosphorus poisoning or its sequelae (phosphorus or its preparations or compounds)Acute poisoning or toxicity by phosphorus Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)May include non-infectious hepatitis.Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by phosphorus or its toxic compounds
TungstenN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AOther pneumoconiosisRespiratory Diseases - Other pneumoconiosisMay include pneumoconiosis, occupational asthma.Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by tungsten
ZincN/AZinc poisoning or its sequelae (zinc or its preparations or compounds)Poisoning or toxicity causing acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or bloodZinc poisoning or its sequelae (zinc or its preparations or compounds)Acute poisoning or toxicity by zinc Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)Acute poisoning/toxicity (includes acute damage to the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system and blood)May include non-infectious hepatitis, occupational asthma.N/A
Other chemical agent at work not mentioned in the preceding termsN/AN/A

Exposure to any occupational agent including: 

  • 2-Dichloropropane.
  • 2-naphthylamine
  • acrylamide
  • acrylonitrile
  • aluminium
  • barium
  • benzidine
  • bis(chloromethyl) ether,
  • butadiene
  • chemical asphyxiants (including carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulphide and methylene chloride),
  • chloride
  • cobalt
  • crylonitrile
  • cyanide
  • cyclophosphamide
  • formaldehyde
  • hexane
  • hydroquinone
  • irritants (including benzoquinone and other corneal irritants) 
  • monoxide
  • nickel
  • ortho-toluidine
  • osmium
  • oxide
  • ozone
  • para-amylphenol
  • para-tertiary-butylcatechol
  • para-tertiary-butylphenol
  • pesticides (including organophosphate and organochlorine compounds, herbicides and related compounds),
  • pharmaceutical agents
  • phosgene
  • polychlorinated biphenyls,
  • polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
  • radon-222
  • selenium
  • styrene
  • sulphide
  • thallium
  • tin
  • toluene
  • tricholoroethylene
  • vanadium
  • xylene
Primary epitheliomatous cancer of the skin from work involving handling of tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, paraffin or the compounds products or residues of those substancesAcute poisoning or toxicity by hexane, osmium, ozone, pesticides (including, but not limited to, organophosphate and organochlorine compounds, herbicides, and related compounds), pharmaceutical agents, phosgene, selenium, styrene, thallium, tin, toluene, vanadium, irritants (including, but not limited to, benzoquinone and other corneal irritants).Acute Poisoning/toxicity - Employment involving exposure to acrylonitrile, hexane, mineral acids, osmium, ozone, pesticides consisting of organophosphate and organochlorine compounds, herbicides and related compounds, pharmaceutical agents, phosgene, selenium, styrene, thallium, tin, toluene, vanadium, chemical asphyxiants (for example methylene chloride), benzoquinone and other corneal irritants, and other less common, specific substances known to result in poisoning/toxicity that have not been named here

Peripheral neuropathy employment involving exposure to metals, organic solvents, pesticides or acrylamide
2-naphthylamine, acrylamide, crylonitrile, aluminium, barium, benzidine

benzoquinone and other corneal irritants, bis(chloromethyl), ether, butadiene, cobalt, cyclophosphamide, formaldehyde, herbicides and related compounds, hexane, hydroquinone, iron oxide, methylene chloride), mineral acids, nickel, organic solvents (such as n-hexane and trichloroethylene), ortho-toluidine, osmium, ozone, para-amylphenol, para-tertiary-butylcatechol, para-tertiary-butylphenol, pesticides consisting of organophosphate and organochlorine compounds, pharmaceutical agents, phosgene, polychlorinated biphenyls, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, radon-222 and its decay products, selenium, styrene, thallium, tin, toluene, tricholoroethylene, vanadium, vinyl chloride monomer and other less common, specific substances known to result in poisoning/toxicity that have not been named here.
N/AN/A
Hearing impairment caused by noiseN/AN/ANoise induced hearing loss suffered by a worker due to the nature of employment with an employer s.108Noise induced hearing lossIndustrial deafness caused by workplace deafness

S72A
Hearing impairment caused by noise above 85dB(A) Schedule 1 - Diseases related to employmentDisease of the Nervous System - Noise induced hearing loss - exposure to persistent or intermittent noise above 85dB(A)N/AN/A
Ionising radiations

Pathological manifestations of a kind that are due to or contributed to by:

  1. radium and other radioactive substances
  2. X-rays.

(Schedule 1 Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)

Pathological manifestations due to radium and other radioactive substances, or X-raysPrimary leukaemia

Primary malignant disease of the bladder

Primary malignant disease of the bone

Primary malignant disease of the brain

Primary malignant disease of the breast (female)

Primary malignant disease of the colon or rectum

Primary malignant disease of the kidney

Primary malignant disease of the lung

Primary malignant disease of the nasal cavity or paranasal sinuses

Primary malignant disease of the oesophagus

Primary malignant disease of the salivary gland

Primary malignant disease of the skin (non-melanoma)

Primary malignant disease of the stomach

Primary malignant disease of the thyroid

Primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Pathological manifestations due to:

  1. radium and other radioactive substances, or
  2. X-rays
Salivary gland cancer; Oesophagus cancer; Stomach cancer; Colon, or rectum, cancer; Nasal cavity, or paranasal sinuses, cancer; Lung cancer; Bone cancer; Skin cancer – non-melanoma; Breast cancer (female); Kidney cancer; Bladder cancer; Thyroid cancer; Leukaemia (other than chronic lymphatic leukaemia); Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
  • Salivary gland
  • Nasopharynx
  • Oesophagus
  • Stomach
  • Colon and rectum
  • Liver
  • Nasal cavity and para nasal sinuses
  • Laryn
  • Lung
  • Bone
  • Skin (melanoma)
  • Skin (non-melanoma)
  • Mesothelioma
  • Breast (female)
  • Ovary
  • Kidney
  • Bladder
  • Brain
  • Thyroid
  • Leukaemia (excluding chronic lymphatic leukaemia)
  • Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Malignancy of:

  • Salivary gland
  • Oesophagus
  • Stomach 
  • Colon and rectum
  • Nasal cavity and para-nasal sinuses
  • Lung
  • Bone
  • Skin (non-melanoma)
  • Breast (female)
  • Kidne
  • Bladder
  • Brain
  • Thyroid
  • Leukaemia (excluding chronic lymphatic leukaemia)
  • Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with:

  1. equipment that produces ionising radiation; or
  2. substances that emit ionising radiation.


Primary malignant diseases of the salivary gland, oesophagus, stomach, colon or rectum, nasal cavity or para-nasal sinuses, bones, breast, kidney, urothelial tissue lining the urinary tract, brain, thyroid, leukaemia (excluding chronic lymphatic leukaemia), non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

Diseases of a type generally accepted by the medical profession as caused by ionising radiations
Vibration (disorders of muscles, tendons, bones, joints, peripheral blood vessels or peripheral nervesN/AN/ARaynaud’s diseaseN/ARaynaud’s disease in workers’ in occupations involving vibrations from powered tools or equipmentRaynaud’s diseaseMusculoskeletal Diseases - Raynaud’s disease

Raynaud’s diseases in workers employed  for at least 12 weeks (whether consecutive or not) involving work with:

  1. powered equipment that produces vibration; or
  2. powered tools that produce vibration.
Hand-arm vibration syndrome diagnosed as caused by hand and/or arm vibration
Work in compressed or decompressed airN/AN/ASignificantly increased or decreased air pressure including OsteonecrosisN/ACompressed air illness including avascular necrosis in workers’ exposed to increased or reduced atmospheric pressure (including, but not limited to, working underground or underwater and working at high altitude).N/AN/AN/AN/A
Diseases caused by other physical agents at work not mentioned in the preceding termsN/AN/A Bursitis (at the elbow or knee) from employment for at least 6 months involving prolonged external friction or pressure or repetitive motion at or about the elbow or the knee.N/ABursitis of the knee or elbow in workers employed in occupations involving prolonged external friction, pressure or repetitive motion at, or about, the elbow or kneeBursitis at the elbow or knee

employment involving prolonged external friction or pressure or repetitive motion at or about the elbow or the knee
Musculoskeletal Disease - Bursitis (at elbow or knee) - all work involving prolonged external friction pressure or repetitive motion at or about the elbow or the kneeN/AN/A

Biological agents and infectious or parasitic diseases

AnthraxAnthrax infection.

(Schedule 1 Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)
AnthraxEmployment involving work with animals or animal carcasses (such as an animal handler, pelt handler, abattoir worker or meat inspector).AnthraxIn workers’ in occupations involving work with animals or animal carcasses (including, but not limited to, animal handlers, pelt handlers, abattoir workers and meat inspectors).employment involving work with animals or animal carcasses (for example employment as an animal handler, pelt handler, abattoir worker, or meat inspector)Infectious Disease - AnthraxEmployment involving work with animals, animal carcasses, or animal parts.Anthrax infection
BrucellosisBrucellosis.

(Schedule 1 Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)
Brucellosis (Undulant fever)Employment involving work with animals or animal carcasses (such as a veterinarian, farmer or farm worker, abattoir worker or laboratory worker).BrucellosisIn workers’ in occupations involving work with animals or animal carcasses (including, but not limited to, veterinarians, farmers or farm workers, abattoir workers and laboratory workers).

NB: s25(2)(b) provides that compensation is not payable in respect of the disease known as undulant fever or brucellosis unless a medical practitioner has certified in writing that he is satisfied as to the result of the pathological examination of the blood that the worker is suffering from that disease.
employment involving work with animals or animal carcasses (for example employment as a veterinarian, farmer or farm worker, abattoir worker or laboratory worker)Infectious Disease - BrucellosisEmployment involving work with animals, animal carcasses, animal parts, or animal wasteBrucellosis diagnosed as caused by working with animals or their carcasses
Hepatitis virusesN/AN/AHepatitis A

Employment involving contact with human waste (such as a worker in rural or remote communities, child care worker, carer of a person with an intellectual disability, sewage worker or plumber).

Hepatitis B or C

Employment involving contact with human bodily secretions (such as a health care worker, embalmer, person who handles bodily substances, clinical laboratory worker, worker in long-term correctional facilities, police officer, member of the armed forces or emergency services worker).
N/AHepatitis A – For 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).

Hepatitis B & C – For 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).
Hepatitis A 

employment involving contact with human waste

Hepatitis B and C employment involving contact with human bodily secretions

Non-infectious hepatitis - employment involving exposure to agents known to cause hepatitis

Chronic active hepatitis - employment involving contact with human bodily secretions – for a person with known Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) or Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), where the HBV or HCV was contracted through the employment

Hepatic cirrhosis - employment involving contact with human bodily secretions – for a person with known Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) or Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), where the HBV or HCV was contracted through the employment
Infectious Disease:

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis B and C
Employment involving work with human waste or bodily fluids.N/A
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)N/AN/AHealth care workers and laboratory workers who become HIV infected after an injury caused by the use of a hypodermic needle or syringe.

If a worker is infected with HIV by accident arising out of or in the course of employment or while the worker is acting under the employer’s instructions is taken to be a personal injury by accident. If the worker subsequently develops AIDS, the degree of permanent impairment is taken to be 100%
N/AHealth care workers or laboratory workers if the worker has become HIV positive after a needle-stick injury that occurs while at work.health care worker or laboratory worker who becomes HIV positive after a needlestick injuryInfectious Disease - HIV/AIDSEmployment involving work with needles or sharps in a healthcare services settingN/A
LeptospirosisLeptospirosis.

(Schedule 1 Workers’ Compensation Regulation 2016)
LeptospirosisEmployment involving work with animals or animal carcasses (such as a farmer or farm worker, abattoir worker, forestry worker, hunter, veterinarian or livestock transport operator) or work with animal or human waste (such as a plumber).Leptospirosis

Occupations involving

  1. 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
  2. work with animal or human waste (including, but not limited to, plumbers).
Employment involving work with animals or animal carcasses or work with animal or human waste.Infectious Disease - LeptospirosisEmployment involving work with animals, animal carcasses, animal parts, or animal waste

 
Leptospirosis diagnosed as caused by working with animals or their carcasses
Diseases caused by other biological agents at work not mentioned in the preceding termsQ fever.

(Schedule 1 Workers’  Compensation Regulation 2016)
Q fever as caused by the micro-organism Coxiella burnetii (also known as Rickettsia burneti), in any of its clinical manifestations [abattoirs, slaughterhouses, knackeries].

Septic poisoning or its sequelae (from meat, meat products, animal products)
Schedule 1 Workers Compensation and Injury Management Regulations 2024 

Avian Influenza

COVID-19

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

Orf

Psittacosis

Q-fever

Tuberculosis
Ankylostomiasis (mining).

Q fever.

Septic poisoning or its sequelae (from meat, meat manufacture, meat products, animal by-products with the trade of butcher or slaughterman)

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).

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).

Tuberculosis - occupations –

  1. 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
  2. that have resulted in the worker being diagnosed with silicosis, if that occupation is presumed under the Act to have contributed to the silicosis.
Q fever, Orf, Tuberculosis

Infectious Disease:

Orf

Q-fever

Tuberculosis

Occupational infectious or parasitic diseases (health or laboratory work, veterinary work, handling of animals)Orf diagnosed as caused by working with animals or their carcasses.

Streptococcus suis diagnosed as caused by working with animals or their carcasses

Respiratory Diseases

Asthma caused by recognised sensitizing agents or irritants inherent to the work processN/AN/AOccupational asthma

Employment for at least 4 weeks involving exposure to sensitising agents or irritants such as arthropods or mites, biological enzymes, bioaerosols, flour, sensitising foods, flowers, latex, wood dusts, solder, reactive dyes, anhydrides, acrylates, epoxy, ethylene oxide, aldehydes, pesticides, amines, ammonia, industrial cleaning agents, acids, isocyanates, other reactive chemicals, sensitising metals, sensitising drugs or agents or irritants derived from fish/shellfish or other animals.
Asthma or asthmatic attacks (dust of red pine, western red cedar, blackwood, flour, flour dust)Occupational asthma other than pre-existing asthma in workers exposure to sensitising agents or irritants (including, but not limited to, arthropods or mites, biological enzymes, bioaerosols, products derived from fish/shellfish/animal, flour, sensitising foods, flowers, latex, wood dusts, soldering, reactive dyes, anhydrides, acrylates, epoxy, ethylene oxide, aldehydes, pesticides, amines, ammonia, industrial cleaning agents, acids, isocyanates, other reactive chemicals, sensitising metals and sensitising drugs).

Occupational asthma

(excluding pre-existing asthma worsened due to exposure to workplace irritants)

Respiratory Diseases - Occupational asthma (excluding pre-existing asthma worsened due to exposure to workplace irritants)Employment for at least 4 weeks (whether consecutive or not) involving work with an agent or thing specified in column 2 of an item of the table in Schedule 2.Occupational asthma diagnosed as caused by recognised sensitising agents inherent in the work process such as, but not limited to, isocyanates, certain wood dusts, flour dusts, animal proteins, enzymes and latex
Bronchopulmonary diseases caused by dust of cotton (byssinosis), flax, hemp, sisal or sugar caneByssinosis

Bagassosis

(Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942)
N/AEmployment for at least 4 weeks involving exposure to dust from cotton, flax, hemp or sisal.N/AByssinosis in workers exposed to cotton, flax, hemp or sisal dust.Byssinosis employment involving exposure to cotton, flax, hemp or sisal dustRespiratory Diseases

Byssinosis
Employment for at least 4 weeks (whether consecutive or not) involving work with unprocessed cotton, unprocessed flax unprocessed hemp; or unprocessed sisal.Byssinosis diagnosed as caused by working with cotton, flax, hemp, or sisal dust
Bronchopulmonary diseases caused by hard-metal dustHard metal pneumoconiosis

(Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942)
N/AN/AN/AOther forms of pneumoconiosis in workers’ exposed to known causes of pneumoconiosis (including, but not limited to, beryllium, tin, iron oxide, barium, aluminium, cobalt and tungsten).N/ARespiratory Diseases - Other pneumoconiosisEmployment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with aluminium, barium, beryllium, cobalt, iron oxide, tin or tungsten.N/A
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases caused by inhalation of coal dust, dust from stone quarries, wood dust, dust from cereals and agricultural work, dust in animal stables, dust from textiles, and paper dust arising from work activitiesCoal dust pneumoconiosis

Farmer’s lung

(Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942)
N/A

Pneumoconiosis

Silicosis

Byssinosis

 

N/ACoal workers’ pneumoconiosis in workers’ exposed to coalSilicosis

Coal workers’

Pneumoconiosis

Byssinosis

Malignancy:

Nasopharynx

Nasal cavity and para-nasal sinuses

Lung
Respiratory Diseases

Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis

Silicosis

Byssinosis

Malignancy:

Nasopharynx

Nasal cavity and para-nasal sinuses

Lung
Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with material containing crystalline silica or silica.Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease diagnosed as caused by coal, silica, cotton dust or grain dust
Diseases of the lung caused by aluminiumAluminosis

(Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942)
N/AN/AN/ASee Occupational asthma and other forms of Pneumoconiosis above.Other

Pneumoconiosis 
Respiratory Diseases - Other

Pneumoconiosis
As above – hard metal dust.N/A
Extrinsic allergic alveolitis caused by the inhalation of organic dusts or microbially contaminated aerosolsN/AN/AEmployment for at least 4 weeks involving exposure to damp material of biological origin such as mouldy hay, straw, grain or feathers.N/AExtrinsic allergic alveolitis in workers’ exposed to damp material of biological origin (including, but not limited to, mouldy hay, straw, grain and feathers).Extrinsic allergic alveolitis employment involving exposure to damp material of biological originRespiratory Diseases - Extrinsic allergic alveolitis – all work involving damp material of biological origin, such as mouldy hay, straw, grain and feathersEmployment for at least 4 weeks (whether consecutive or not) involving work with feathers, grain, hay or strawExtrinsic allergic alveolitis diagnosed as caused by work involving the inhalation of organic dusts
Pneumoconioses caused by fibrogenic mineral dust (silicosis, anthraco-silicosis, asbestosisAsbestosis

Silicosi

(Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942)
Asbestosis, with or without mesothelioma

Silicosis, with or without pulmonary tuberculosis
Exposure to mineral dust harmful to the lungs, including silica and asbestosAsbestosis (any work involving exposure to inhalation of asbestos fibres)Diseases caused by occupational exposure to asbestos are covered by the Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Act 2011 from 31 Oct 2011

Asbestosis.

Other Pneumoconiosis 

Silicosis

Respiratory Diseases:

Asbestosis

Silicosis

As above – hard metal dust, and:

Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with:

  1.  asbestos; or
  2. asbestos-containing material.
Pneumoconioses caused by sclerogenic mineral dust (silicosis, anthraco-silicosis, asbestosis) and silico-tuberculosis, provided that silicosis is an essential factor causing the resultant incapacity or death
Pnemoconioses caused by non-fibrogenic mineral dustTalcosis

Berylliosis

(Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942)
N/AExposure to mineral dust harmful to the lungs, including silica and asbestosPneumonconiosis, including silicosis (any work involving mining, quarrying, cutting, crushing, grinding or pushing stone or melting, grinding or polishing metal)Exposure to known causes of pneumoconiosis (including, but not limited to, beryllium, tin, iron oxide, barium, aluminium, cobalt and tungsten).Pneumoconiosis involving exposure known to occasionally cause pneumoconiosis (for example beryllium, tin, iron oxide, barium, aluminium, cobalt or tungsten)Respiratory Diseases - Other pneumoconiosis - All work exposures known to occasionally cause pneumoconiosis such as beryllium, tin, iron oxide, barium, aluminium, cobalt and tungstenAs above – hard metal dust.Pneumoconiosis diagnosed as caused by tin, iron oxide, barium or cobalt
SilicotuberculosisSilico-tuberculosis

(Schedule 1 of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942)
Silicosis, with or without pulmonary tuberculosisN/AN/APneumoconioses caused by silica dust (silicosis, anthracosilicosis) and silico-tuberculosis, provided that silicosis is an essential factor in causing the resultant incapacity or death from silico-tuberculosisSilicosis – employment involving exposure to silicaInfectious Disease - Tuberculosis - persons with silicosis involved in contact with persons or animals in situations where tuberculosis prevalence is likely to be significantly higher than the general communityAs above – hard metal dust.Silico-tuberculosis
Other respiratory disease not mentioned in the preceding itemsAsbestos related pleural diseases

Asbestos induced carcinoma

Mesothelioma

Farmers lung

(Schedule 1 Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942)
N/ADiffuse pleural fibrosis, mesothelioma, and lung cancer where exposure is to asbestos.N/AN/AMalignancy Larynx

Malignancy – Lung

Malignancy – Mesothelioma

Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
Malignancy - MesotheliomaEmployment for at least 4 weeks (whether consecutive or not) involving work with an agent or thing specified in column 2 of an item of the table in Schedule 2.N/A

Skin Diseases

Allergic contact dermatoses and contract urticaria caused by other recognised allergy-provoking agents arising from work activities not included in other itemsN/AN/AContact dermatitis (irritant and allergic)

Employment for at least 4 weeks involving exposure to sensitising agents or irritants.
N/AContact dermatitis (irritant or allergenic) in workers exposed to sensitising agents or irritants (including, but not limited to, alcohols, cutting fluids, degreasers, disinfectants, petroleum products, soaps and cleaners, solvents, wet work, chromates, cobalt, cosmetics and fragrances, epoxy resin, latex, nickel, plants, preservatives, resins and acrylics).Contact dermatitis (irritant and allergic) - employment involving exposure to sensitising agents or irritantsSkin Diseases - Contact dermatitis (irritant and allergenic) – All work involving sensitising agents or irritants

Employment for at least 4 weeks (whether consecutive or not) involving work and contact with:

  1. 2,5-diaminotoluene sulfate; or
  2. 4-phenylenediamine base; or
  3. ammonium persulfate; or
  4. cobalt chloride; or
  5. cocamide diethanolamide; or
  6. coconut diethanolamide; or
  7. colophonium/ colophony/rosin; or
  8. diazolidinyl urea; or
  9. epoxy resin; or
  10. formaldehyde; or
  11. fragrance mix I:
    1. (amylcinnamaldehyde; or
    2. (cinnamic alcohol; or
    3. cinnamic aldehyde;
    4. eugenol; or
    5. geraniol; or
    6. hydroxycitronellal; or
    7. isoeugenol; or
    8. oakmoss absolute; or
  12. fragrance mix II:
    1. citral; or
    2. citronellol; or
    3. coumarin; or
    4. farnesol; or
    5. hexyl cinnamic aldehyde; or
    6. hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde; or
  13. glyceryl monothioglycolate; or
  14. hydroxyethyl methacrylate; or
  15. mercaptobenzothiazole; or
  16. methyl chloroisothiazolinone; or
  17. mixture of methylchloroisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone; or
  18. nickel sulfate; or
  19. potassium dichromate; or
  20. quaternium 15; or
  21. thiuram mix
    1. tetramethylthiuramdisulfide; or
    2. tetramethylthiuram monosulfide; or
    3. tetraethylthiuram disulfide.
Occupational allergic contact dermatitis diagnosed as caused by recognised sensitising agents inherent in the work process such as, but not limited to, nickel and other metals, rubber additives, resins, petroleum distillates, solvents, soaps, detergents, and plant allergens
Vitiligo caused by other recognised agents arising from work activities not included in other itemsN/AN/AOccupational vitiligo

Employment for at least 4 weeks involving exposure to para-tertiary-butylphenol, para-tertiary-butylcatechol, para-amylphenol, hydroquinone or the monobenzyl or monobutyl ether of hydroquinone.
N/AOccupational vitiligo in workers exposed to para-tertiary-butylphenol, para-tertiary-butylcatechol, para-amylphenol, hydroquinone or the monobenzyl, or monobutyl, ether of hydroquinoneOccupational vitiligo

employment involving exposure to para-tertiary-butylphenol, para-tertiary-butylcatechol, para-amylphenol, hydroquinone, or the monobenzyl or monobutyl ether of hydroquinone
Skin Diseases - Occupational virtiligo – All work involving para-tertiary-butylphenol, para-tertiary- butylcatechol, para-amylphenol, hydroquinone, or the monobenzyl or monobutyl ether of hydroquinone

Employment for at least 4 weeks (whether consecutive or not) involving work with:

  1. hydroquinone; or
  2. monobenzyl ether of hydroquinone; or
  3. monobutyl ether of hydroquinone; or
  4. para-amylphenol; or
  5. para-tertiary-butylcatechol; or
  6. para-tertiary-butylphenol.
Vitiligo diagnosed as caused by para-tertiary-butylphenol, para-tertiary-butylcatechol, para-amylphenol, hydroquinone, or the monobenzyl or monobutyl ether of hydroquinone
Other skin diseases caused by physical, chemical or biological agents at work not included in other itemsN/ADermatitis venenata (contact with vegetable or mineral matter)N/A

Primary malignant disease of the skin (melanoma)

Primary malignant disease of the skin (non‑melanoma)
Dermatitis (dust of blackwood)N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Chronic tenosynovitis of hand and wrist due to repetitive movements, forceful exertions and extreme postures of the wristN/ATenosynovitis (inflammation of the tendon sheaths of the hand, wrists, forearm or elbowN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Olecranon bursitis due to prolonged pressure of the elbow regionN/ASubcutaneous cellulitis or acute bursitis over the elbow (mining)Bursitis (at the elbow or knee)

Employment for at least 6 months involving prolonged external friction or pressure or repetitive motion at or about the elbow or the knee.
N/ABursitis of the Elbow

employment involving prolonged external friction or pressure or repetitive motion at or about the elbow
Bursitis (at the elbow or knee) -employment involving prolonged external friction or pressure or repetitive motion at or about the elbow or the kneeMusculoskeletal Disease - Bursitis (at the elbow or knee)

Employment for at least 6 months (whether consecutive or not) involving a work activity that:

  1. for bursitis at the elbow: involves prolonged external friction or prolonged external pressure, recurrent external friction, or recurrent external pressure at or about the elbow.
  2. for bursitis at the knee: involves prolonged external friction or prolonged external pressure or recurrent external friction or recurrent external friction at or about the knee
N/A
Prepatellar bursitis due to prolonged stay in kneeling positionN/ASubcutaneous cellulitis or acute bursitis arising at or about the knee (beat knee) (mining)Bursitis (at the elbow or knee)

Employment for at least 6 months involving prolonged external friction or pressure or repetitive motion at or about the elbow or the knee.
N/ABursitis of the Knee

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

employment involving prolonged external friction or pressure or repetitive motion at or about the elbow or the knee
Musculoskeletal Disease - Bursitis (at the elbow or knee)As above.N/A

1Unless otherwise specified occupational diseases listed in Table 1 are specified in the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Deemed Diseases) Notice 2017
2 Includes Seacare.