Work Injury Compensation Act · 2009 Revised Edition · Schedules
Schedule 1 · Injuries Deemed to Result in Permanent Incapacity
Feedback & supportFIRST SCHEDULESections 2(1) and 44(1) and paragraph 3(1) of Third ScheduleInjuries Deemed to Result in Permanent IncapacityItemInjuryPercentage of loss of earning capacity1.Loss of 2 limbs1002.Loss of both hands or of all fingers and both thumbs1003.Loss of both feet1004.Total loss of sight, including the loss of sight to such extent as to render the claimant unable to perform any work for which eyesight is essential1005.Total paralysis1006.Injuries resulting in being permanently bedridden1007.Any other injury causing permanent total incapacity1008.Loss of arm at shoulder759.Loss of arm between elbow and shoulder7510.Loss of arm at elbow7511.Loss of arm between wrist and elbow7012.Loss of hand at wrist7013.Loss of 4 fingers and thumb of one hand7014.Loss of 4 fingers6015.Loss of thumb —
both phalanges30 (b)one phalanx2016.Loss of index finger —
3 phalanges14 (b)2 phalanges11 (c)one phalanx917.Loss of middle finger —
3 phalanges12 (b)2 phalanges9 (c)one phalanx718.Loss of ring finger —
3 phalanges7 (b)2 phalanges6 (c)one phalanx519.Loss of little finger —
3 phalanges7 (b)2 phalanges6 (c)one phalanx520.Loss of metacarpals —
first or second (additional)8 (b)third, fourth or fifth (additional)321.Loss of leg —
at or above knee75 (b)below knee6522.Loss of foot5523.Loss of toes —
all of one foot20 (b)great, both phalanges14 (c)great, one phalanx3 (d)other than great, if more than one toe lost, each324.Loss of sight of one eye5025.Loss of hearing, one ear3026.Total loss of hearing60Note:(1)Total permanent loss of the use of a member shall be treated as loss of that member.
Where there is loss of 2 or more parts of the hand, the percentage shall not be more than the loss of the whole hand.
Loss of remaining arm, leg or eye if one has already been lost, shall be the difference between the compensation for the total incapacity, and compensation already paid or that which would have been paid for the previous loss of limb or eye.[16/90]
total incapacity
“total incapacity” means such incapacity whether of a temporary or permanent nature as incapacitates an employee for all work which he was capable of undertaking at the time of the accident resulting in such incapacity: Provided that permanent total incapacity shall be deemed to result from an injury or from any combination of injuries specified in the First Schedule where the percentage or aggregate percentage of the loss of earning capacity as specified in that Schedule against such injury or injuries amounts to or exceeds 100%;