South Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 699

699—Incident notification—prescribed serious illnesses

For the purposes of section 36 of the Act, each of the following conditions is a serious illness:

            (a)         any infection to which the carrying out of work is a significant contributing factor, including any infection that is reliably attributable to carrying out work—

                  (i)         with micro-organisms; or

                  (ii)         that involves providing treatment or care to a person; or

                  (iii)         that involves contact with human blood or body substances; or

                  (iv)         that involves handling or contact with animals, animal hides, skins, wool or hair, animal carcasses or animal waste products;

            (b)         the following occupational zoonoses contracted in the course of work involving handling or contact with animals, animal hides, skins, wool or hair, animal carcasses or animal waste products:

                  (i)         Q fever;

                  (ii)         Anthrax;

                  (iii)         Leptospirosis;

                  (iv)         Brucellosis;

                  (v)         Hendra Virus;

                  (vi)         Avian Influenza;

                  (vii)         Psittacosis.