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Reportable Diseases

Conditions due to physical agents and the physical demands of work

1. Inflammation, ulceration or malignant disease of the skin due to ionising radiation.
2. Malignant disease of the bones due to ionising radiation.
3. Blood dyscrasia due to ionising radiation.
4. Cataract due to electromagnetic radiation.
5. Decompression illness.
6. Barotrauma resulting in lung or other organ damage.
7. Dysbaric osteonecrosis.
8. Cramp of the hand or forearm due to repetetive movements.
9. Subcutaneous cellulitis of the hand (beat hand).
10. Bursitis or subcutaneous cellulitis arising at or about the knee due to severe or prolonged external friction or pressure at or about the knee (beat knee).
11. Bursitis or subcutaneous cellulitis arising at or about the elbow due to severe or prolonged external friction or pressure at or about the elbow (beat elbow).
12. Traumatic inflammation of the tendons of the hand or forearm or of the asociated tendon sheaths.
13. Carpel tunnel syndrome.
14. Hand-arm vibration syndrome. Infections due to biological agents
15. Anthrax.
16. Brucellosis.
17. (a) Avian chlamydiosis. (b) Ovine chlamydiosis.
18. Hepatitis.
19. Legionellosis.
20. Leptospirosis.
21. Lyme disease.
22. Q fever.
23. Rabies.
24. Streptococcus suis.
25. Tetanus.
26. Tuberculosis.
27. Any infection reliably attributable to the performance of the work specified here: Work with micro-organisms; work with live or dead human beings in the course of providing any treatment or service or in conducting any investigation involving exposure to blood or body fluids; work with animals or any potentially infected material derived from any of the above.

Conditions due to substances

28. Poisonings by any of the following: acrylamide monomer; arsenic or one of its compounds; benzene or a homologue of benzene; beryllium or one of its compounds; cadmium or one of its compounds; carbon disulphide; diethylene dioxide (dioxan); ethylene oxide; lead or one of its compounds; manganese or one of its compounds; mercury or one of its compounds; methyl bromide, nitrochlorobenzene, or a nitro- or amino- or chloro-derivative of benzene or of a homologue of benzene; oxides of nitrogen; phosphorus or one of its compounds.
29. Cancer of a bronchus or lung.
30. Primary carcinoma of the lung where there is accompanying evidence of silicosis.
31. Cancer of the urinary tract.
32. Bladder Cancer.
33. Angiosarcoma of the liver.
34. Peripheral neuropathy.
35. Chrome ulceration of (a) the nose or throat; or (b) the skin of the hands or forearm.
36. Folliculitis.
37. Acne.
38. Skin cancer.
39. Pneumoconiosis.
40. Byssinosis
41. Mesothelioma.
42. Lung cancer.
43. Asbestosis.
44. Cancer of the nasal cavity or associated air sinuses.
45. Occupational dermatitis.
46. Extrinsic alveolitis (including farmer's lung).
47. Occupational asthma.

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