Column 1 Item |
Column 2 Specified Diseases |
Column 3 Specified Employment |
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Occupational asthma caused by sensitising agents or irritants |
Employment processes involving asthmagenic agents. |
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Pneumoconioses caused by sclerogenic mineral dust (silicosis, anthraco-silicosis, asbestosis) and silico-tuberculosis, provided that silicosis is an essential factor causing the resultant incapacity, impairment or death. |
Employment involving exposure to sclerogenic mineral dust. |
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Bronchopulmonary diseases caused by hard-metal dust. |
Employment involving exposure to hard-metal dust. |
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Bronchopulmonary diseases caused by cotton dust (byssinosis), or flax, hemp or sisal dust. |
Employment involving exposure to cotton dust, or flax, hemp or sisal dust. |
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Extrinsic allergic alveolitis and its sequelae. |
Employment involving exposure to the inhalation of organic dusts. |
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Diseases caused by beryllium or its toxic compounds. |
Employment involving exposure to beryllium or its toxic compounds. |
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Diseases caused by cadmium or its toxic compounds. |
Employment involving exposure to cadmium or its toxic compounds. |
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Diseases caused by phosphorus or its toxic compounds. |
Employment involving exposure to phosphorus or its toxic compounds. |
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Diseases caused by chromium or its toxic compounds. |
Employment involving exposure to chromium or its toxic compounds. |
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Diseases caused by manganese or its toxic compounds. |
Employment involving exposure to manganese or its toxic compounds. |
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Diseases caused by arsenic or its toxic compounds. |
Employment involving exposure to arsenic or its toxic compounds. |
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Diseases caused by mercury or its toxic compounds. |
Employment involving exposure to mercury or its toxic compounds. |
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Diseases caused by lead or its toxic compounds. |
Employment involving exposure to lead or its toxic compounds. |
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Diseases caused by fluorine or its toxic compounds. |
Employment involving exposure to fluorine or its toxic compounds. |
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Diseases caused by carbon disulphide. |
Employment involving exposure to carbon disulphide. |
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Diseases caused by toxic halogen derivatives of aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbons. |
Employment involving exposure to toxic halogen derivatives of aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbons. |
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Diseases caused by benzene or its toxic homologues. |
Employment involving exposure to benzene or its toxic homologues. |
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Diseases caused by toxic nitro- and amino-derivatives of benzene or its homologues. |
Employment involving exposure to toxic nitro- and amino- derivatives of benzene or its homologues. |
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Diseases caused by nitroglycerin or other nitric acid esters. |
Employment involving exposure to nitroglycerin or other nitric acid esters. |
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Diseases caused by alcohols, glycols or ketones. |
Employment involving exposure to alcohols, glycols or ketones. |
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Diseases caused by asphyxiants: carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide or its toxic derivatives, hydrogen sulphide. |
Employment involving exposure to carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide or its toxic derivatives, hydrogen sulphide. |
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Diseases caused by vibration (disorders of muscles, tendons, bones, joints, peripheral blood vessels or peripheral nerves). |
Employment involving exposure to vibration. |
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Diseases caused by work in compressed air. |
Employment involving exposure to compressed air. |
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Diseases caused by ionising radiation. |
Employment involving exposure to the action of ionising radiation. |
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Skin diseases caused by physical, chemical or biological agents not included under other items. |
Employment involving exposure to the risk concerned. |
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Primary epitheliomatous cancer of the skin caused by tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, anthracene, or the compounds, products or residues of these substances. |
Employment involving exposure to tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, anthracene, or the compounds, products or residues of these substances. |
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Lung cancer or mesotheliomas caused by asbestos. |
Employment involving exposure to asbestos. |
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Occupational infectious or parasitic diseases. |
Employment carrying a particular risk of contamination including: (a) Health or Laboratory work; (b) Veterinary work; (c) Work handling animals, animal carcasses, parts of such carcasses, or merchandise which may have been contaminated by animals, animal carcasses, or parts of such carcasses. |
The Instrument is also available in Word and PDF format via the Federal Register of Legislation [3].
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
Item | Disease | Employment |
Infectious diseases |
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1. | Anthrax | Employment involving work with: a. animals; or |
2. | Brucellosis | Employment involving work with: a. animals; or |
3. | Hepatitis A | Employment involving work with human waste. |
4. | Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C | Employment involving work with human body fluids. |
5.
| Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) | Employment involving work with: a. needles in a healthcare services setting; or |
6. | Leptospirosis | Employment involving work with: a. animals; or |
7. | Orf | Employment involving work with: a. goats; or |
8. | Q-fever | Employment involving work with: a. animals; or |
9. | Tuberculosis | Employment involving work with: a. animals: (i) in a farming setting; or (ii) in a veterinarian setting; or b. animal carcasses: (i) in a farming setting; or (ii) in a veterinarian setting; or c. human corpses: (i) in a healthcare services setting; or (ii) in a mortuary setting; or d. persons (individuals) in a healthcare services setting. |
Malignant diseases | ||
10. | Primary malignant disease of the salivary gland | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. equipment that produces ionising radiation; or |
11. | Primary malignant disease of the nasopharynx | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. formaldehyde; or |
12. | Primary malignant disease of the oesophagus | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. equipment that produces ionising radiation; or |
13. | Primary malignant disease of the stomach | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. equipment that produces ionising radiation; or |
14. | Primary malignant disease of the colon or rectum | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. equipment that produces ionising radiation; or |
15. | Primary malignant disease of the liver | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with vinyl chloride monomer. |
16. | Primary malignant disease of the nasal cavity or para-nasal sinuses | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. equipment that produces ionising radiation; or |
17. | Primary malignant disease of the larynx | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. asbestos; or |
18. | Primary malignant disease of the lung caused by asbestos | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. asbestos; or |
19. | Primary malignant disease of the bone | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. equipment that produces ionising radiation; or |
20. | Primary malignant disease of the mesothelium | Employment for at least one year (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. asbestos; or |
21. | Primary malignant disease of the breast | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. equipment that produces ionising radiation; or |
22. | Primary malignant disease of the ovary | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. asbestos; or |
23. | Primary malignant disease of the kidney | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. equipment that produces ionising radiation; or |
24. | Primary malignant disease of urothelial tissue lining the urinary tract | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. equipment that produces ionising radiation; or |
25. | Primary malignant disease of the brain | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. equipment that produces ionising radiation; or |
26. | Primary malignant disease of the thyroid | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. equipment that produces ionising radiation; or |
27. | Primary leukaemia (excluding chronic lymphatic leukaemia) | Employment for at least 2 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. equipment that produces ionising radiation; or |
28. | Primary non-Hodgkins lymphoma | Employment for at least 2 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. equipment that produces ionising radiation; or |
Diseases of the nervous system | ||
29. | Parkinson’s disease | Employment for at least one year (whether consecutive or not) involving work with manganese. |
30. | Peripheral neuropathy | Employment for at least one year (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. acrylamide; or |
Respiratory diseases |
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31. | Occupational asthma | 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. |
32. | Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with coal. |
33. | Asbestosis | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. asbestos; or |
34. | Silicosis | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. material containing crystalline silica; or |
35. | Other pneumoconiosis | Employment for at least 5 years (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. aluminium; or |
36. | Byssinosis | Employment for at least 4 weeks (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. unprocessed cotton; or |
37. | Extrinsic allergic alveolitis | Employment for at least 4 weeks (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. feathers; or |
Hepatic disease | ||
38. | Non-infectious hepatitis | Employment involving work with: a. acrylonitrile; or |
Skin diseases |
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39. | Irritant contact dermatitis | Employment for at least 4 weeks (whether consecutive or not) involving work and contact with: a. alcohols; or |
40. | Allergic contact dermatitis | Employment for at least 4 weeks (whether consecutive or not) involving work and contact with: a. 2,5-diaminotoluene sulfate; or (i) amylcinnamaldehyde; or (ii) cinnamic alcohol; or (iii) cinnamic aldehyde; (iv) eugenol; or (v) geraniol; or (vi) hydroxycitronellal; or (vii) isoeugenol; or (viii) oakmoss absolute; or l. fragrance mix II: (i) citral; or (ii) citronellol; or (iii) coumarin; or (iv) farnesol; or (v) hexyl cinnamic aldehyde; or (vi) hydroxyisohexyl 3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde; or m. glyceryl monothioglycolate; or (i) tetramethylthiuramdisulfide; or (ii) tetramethylthiuram monosulfide; or (iii) tetraethylthiuram disulfide. |
41. | Occupational vitiligo | Employment for at least 4 weeks (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. hydroquinone; or |
Musculoskeletal diseases | ||
42. | Raynaud’s disease | Employment for at least 12 weeks (whether consecutive or not) involving work with: a. powered equipment that produces vibration; or |
43. | Bursitis at the elbow or knee | Employment for at least 6 months (whether consecutive or not) involving a work activity that: a. for bursitis at the elbow: (i) involves prolonged external friction at or about the elbow; or (ii) involves prolonged external pressure at or about the elbow; or (iii) involves recurrent external friction at or about the elbow; or (iv) involves recurrent external pressure at or about the elbow; or b. for bursitis at the knee: (i) involves prolonged external friction at or about the knee; or (ii) involves prolonged external pressure at or about the knee; or (iii) involves recurrent external friction at or about the knee; or (iv) involves recurrent external friction at or about the knee. |
Acute diseases | ||
44. | Acute poisoning or toxicity affecting the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, nervous system or blood | The same as for item 38. |
Schedule 2—Occupational asthma
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
Item | Class of agent or thing | Specified agent or thing |
1. | Arthropods | a. acarian; or |
2. | Acids | a. dodecanedioic acid; or |
3. | Acrylates | a. acrylic acid; or |
4. | Aldehydes | a. formaldehyde; or |
5. | Amines | a. aminoethyl ethanolamine; or |
6. | Ammonias | a. anhydrous ammonia; or |
7. | Anhydrides | a. hexahydrophthalic anhydride; or |
8. | Bio-aerosols | a. Alternaria; or |
9. | Biological enzymes | a. Bacillus subtilis enzymes; or |
10. | Epoxy | a. epoxy; or |
11. | Ethylene oxide | ethylene oxide. |
12. | Flours | a. buckwheat flour; or |
13. | Flowers | a. baby’s breath; or |
14. | Foods | a. Brazil ginseng; or |
15. | Industrial cleaning and sterilising agents | a. alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride; or |
16. | Isocyanates | a. diisocyanates; or |
17. | Latex | a. latex; or |
18. | Medications | a. ampicillin; or |
19. | Metals | a. aluminium; or |
20. | Other reactive chemicals | a. chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants heated; or |
21. | Pesticides | a. 3-amino-5-mercapto-1;2;4-triazole; or |
22. | Plants and sensitising agents or irritants derived from plants | a. almond dust; or |
23. | Reactive dyes | a. Cibachrome Brilliant Scarlet 32; or |
24. | Sensitising agents or irritants derived from animals | a. bat guano; or |
25. | Sensitising agents or irritants derived from fish or shellfish | a. Anisakis simplex (herring worm) antigens; or |
26. | Soldering fluxes | a. colophony soldering flux; or |
27. | Wood | a. Triplochiton scleroxylon (African maple); or |
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[3] https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2017L01318
[4] https://clik.dva.gov.au/tags/specified-diseases
[5] https://clik.dva.gov.au/tags/deemed-diseases