Caisson’s disease (decompression illness) Adverse effects related to commercial diving and compressed air work

Cancer (neoplasms) All cancers/malignancies

Cardiac & acute vascular events Myocardial infarction (heart attack); stroke; aneurysm (blood clot); angina (chest pains); mitral valve

Dermatitis All dermatitis claims, including latex sensitization and chemical burns

Environmental sensitivity Conditions Any of following: environmental hypersensitivity, multiple chemical sensitivity, 20th century disease, sick building syndrome, odour intolerance e.g. perfume, mould exposure

Food poisoning/ingestion injuries All food poisoning related illnesses e.g salmonella. Any ingestion of a chemical with toxic or corrosive properties

Hand arm vibration syndrome (havs) Also known as vibration induced white finger disease (VIWFD) or Raynaud’s.

Communicable/ infectious illness All infectious diseases, including: hepatitis, scabies, shingles, TB, histoplasmosis, Legionnaires Disease, Lyme Disease, rabies, H1N1, SARS, etc.

Needlestick injuries & blood bourne pathogens Contact with blood or other bodily fluids via needlestick, transfusion during surgery for compensable injury, etc., involving risk for infectious diseases such as AIDS/HIV, hepatitis

Nervous system disorder - nausea, vomiting, syncope (fainting) - polyneuropathies (e.g. loss of feeling in hands, feet, etc.) - solvent induced neurotoxicity e.g. painter’s syndrome

Noise induced hearing loss All occupational noise induced hearing loss except claims for deafness resulting from traumatic / sudden event (e.g. explosion)

Pneumoconiosis Asbestosis, silicosis, talcosis (exposure to talc)

Reproductive disorders Resulting from occupational exposures Therapeutic abortion or miscarriage in women; impotence or sterility in men

Respiratory disorders related to acute or chronic workplace exposures -Asthma, bronchitis, rhinitis, fibrosis, alveolitis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, emphysema -COPD (chronic obstructive Pulmonary disease, also called chronic obstructive lung disease) -Second hand smoke induced complaints -Metal fumes or chemicals: lead, cadmium, ethylene oxide, PCB’s, vinyl chloride, aluminium, mercury, benzene, acrylonitrile, arsenic, isocynates, platinum, coke oven emissions -Radiation (ionizing and non-ionizing) -Noxious gases: sulphur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ammonia, etc.