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Diseases |
Work |
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(a) Any work involving the handling of or exposure to any of the following substances emanating from the workplace concerned: |
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Pneumoconiosis-fibrosis of the parenchyma of the lung |
organic or inorganic fibrogenic dust |
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Pleural thickening causing significant impairment of function |
asbestos or asbestos dust |
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Bronchopulmonary disease |
metal carbides (hard metals) |
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Byssinosis |
flax, cotton or sisal |
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Occupational asthma |
the sensitising agents-- |
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(1) isocyanates |
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(2) platinum, nickel, cobalt, vanadium or chromium salts |
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(3) hardening agents, including epoxy resins |
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(4) acrylic acids or derived acrylates |
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(5) soldering or welding fumes |
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(6) substances from animals or insects |
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(7) fungi or spores |
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(8) proteolytic enzymes |
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(9) organic dust |
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(10) vapours or fumes of formaldehyde, anhydrides, amines or diamines |
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Extrinsic allergic alveolitis |
moulds, fungal spores or any other allergenic proteinaceous material, 2,4 toluene-diisocyanates |
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Any disease or pathological manifestations |
beryllium, cadmium, phosphorus, chromium, manganese, arsenic, mercury, lead, fluorine, carbondisulfide, cyanide, halogen derivatives of aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbons, benzene or its homologues, nitroglycerine or other nitric acid esters, hydrocarbons, trinitrotoluol, alcohols, glycols or ketones, acrylamide, or any compounds of the aforementioned substances |
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Erosion of the tissues of the oral cavity or nasal cavity |
irritants, alkalis, acids, or fumes thereof |
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Dysbarism, including decompression sickness, barotrauma or osteonecrosis |
abnormal atmospheric or water pressure |
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Any disease |
ionising radiation from any source |
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Allergic or irritant contact dermatitis |
dust, liquids or other external agents or factors |
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Mesothelioma of the pleura or peritoneum or other malignancy of the lung |
asbestos or asbestos dust |
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Malignancy of the lung, skin, larynx, mouth cavity or bladder |
coal-tar, pitch, asphalt or bitumen or volatiles thereof |
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Malignancy of the lung, mucous membrane of the nose or associated air sinuses |
nickel or its compounds |
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Malignancy of the lung |
hexavalant chromium compounds, or bis chloromenthyl ether |
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Angiosarcoma of the liver |
vinyl chloride monomer |
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Malignancy of the bladder naphthylamine, 4-nitrodiphenyl |
4-amino-diphenyl, benzidine, beta |
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Leukaemia |
benzene |
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Melanoma of the skin |
polychlorinated biphenyls |
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Tuberculosis of the lung |
(1) crystalline silica (alpha quartz) |
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(2) mycobacterium tuberculosis or MOTTS (mycobacterium other than tuberculosis) transmitted to an employee during the performance of health care work from a patient suffering from active open tuberculosis |
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Brucellosis |
brucella abortus, suis or mellitensis transmitted through contact with infected animals or their products |
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Anthrax |
bacillus anthracis transmitted through contact with infected animals or their products |
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Q-fever |
coxiella burneti emanating from infected animals or their products |
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Bovine tuberculosis |
mycobacterium bovis transmitted through contact with infected animals or their products |
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Rift Valley Fever |
virus transmitted by infected animals or their products |
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(b) Any work involving the handling of or exposure to any of the following: |
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Hearing impairment |
excessive noise |
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Hand-arm vibration syndrome (Raynaud's phenomenon) |
vibrating equipment |
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Any disease due to overstraining of muscular tendonous insertions |
repetitive movements |