# The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (England) Regulations 2005, Paragraph 1: Extreme

Extent: E+W

(1) A harm is within the extreme class of harm if, as a result of the hazard in question, extreme harm is reasonably foreseeable.
(2) Extreme harm includes—
(a) death from any cause;
(b) lung cancer;
(c) mesothelioma and other malignant tumours;
(d) permanent paralysis below the neck;
(e) regular severe pneumonia;
(f) permanent loss of consciousness;
(g) 80% burn injuries.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3208/schedule/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-health-and-safety-rating-system-england-regulations-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-1
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