| Allergic reactions | Allergy provoking substances e.g bee stings |
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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
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| Dermatitis |
All dermatitis claims, including latex sensitization and chemical burns
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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)
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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. |
| Scleroderma | - silica and solvent exposure |
*In addition, all fatalities are adjudicated in Occupational Disease & Survivor Benefits Program.