Sch 3ACompensation for maims

Schedule 3A—Compensation for maims **THE TABLE** | *Injury* | *Percentage* | | Total loss of the sight of both eyes | 100 | | Total loss of the sight of an only eye | 100 | | Loss of both hands | 100 | | Loss of both feet | 100 | | Loss of a hand and a foot | 100 | | Permanent brain damage (being an injury which is not or is not wholly an injury otherwise compensable under this Table) | 0–100 | | Total loss of the right arm or of the greater part of the right arm | 80 | | Total loss of the left arm or of the greater part of the left arm | 75 | | Total loss of the right hand or of five fingers of the right hand, or of the lower part of the right arm | 70 | | Total loss of the same for the left hand and arm | 65 | | Total loss of a leg | 75 | | Total loss of a foot | 65 | | Total loss of the lower part of the leg | 70 | | Total loss of the sight of one eye, together with the serious diminution of the sight of the other eye | 75 | | Total loss of hearing | 65 | | Total loss of the sight of one eye | 40 | | Loss of binocular vision | 40 | | Loss of eyeball (in addition to compensation for loss of sight of an eye) | 22 | | Total loss of power of speech | 60 | | Total loss of sense of taste or smell | 17 | | | | | Total loss of senses of both taste and smell | 34 | | Total loss of sexual organs | 47 | | Total loss of both breasts | 47 | | Total loss of one breast | 30 | | Total loss of the thumb of the right hand | 30 | | Total loss of the thumb of the left hand | 26 | | Total loss of the forefinger of the right hand | 21 | | Total loss of the forefinger of the left hand | 18 | | Total loss of two joints of the forefinger of the right hand | 16 | | Total loss of two joints of the forefinger of the left hand | 12 | | Total loss of a joint of the thumb | 16 | | Total loss of the first joint of the forefinger of the right hand | 10 | | Total loss of the first joint of the forefinger of the left hand | 9 | | Total loss of the first joint of the middle or little or ring finger of either hand | 6 | | Total loss of the middle finger of either hand | 12 | | Total loss of the little or ring finger of either hand | 11 | | Total loss of two joints of the middle finger of either hand | 10 | | Total loss of two joints of the little or ring finger of either hand | 9 | | Total loss of the great toe of either foot | 22 | | Total loss of a joint of the great toe of either foot | 10 | | Total loss of any other toe | 6 | | Total loss of a joint of any other toe | 2 | | | | | Partial loss of the sight of both eyes or of an only eye | Such percentage of the maximum amount payable for total loss as is equal to the percentage of the diminution of sight measured without the aid of a correcting lens. | | Partial loss of the sight of one eye | Such percentage of the maximum amount payable for total loss as is equal to the percentage of the diminution of sight measured without the aid of a correcting lens. | | Partial loss of hearing | Such percentage of the maximum amount payable for total loss as is equal to the percentage (being not less than 7) of the diminution of hearing. | | Quadriplegia, paraplegia or total impairment of the spine | 100 | | Impairment of the back | 0–60 | | Impairment of the neck | 0–40 | | Impairment of the pelvis | 0–15 | | Severe facial disfigurement (being an injury which is not or is not wholly an injury otherwise compensable under this Table) | 0–26 | | Severe bodily disfigurement (being an injury which is not or is not wholly an injury otherwise compensable under this Table) | 0–22 | For the purposes of this Table— (a) the total loss of a limb, hand, foot, finger, thumb, toe or joint or any part thereof is deemed to include the permanent total loss of the use of such limb, hand, foot, finger, thumb, toe, joint or part; (b) where a worker habitually uses the left hand and arm to perform work usually performed by a worker with the right hand and arm the compensation payable for the loss of such left arm or the greater part of the arm or for the total loss of the left hand or of five fingers thereof or of the lower part of that arm or of a finger or part of a finger of the left hand is such amount as would have been payable for a similar loss in respect of the right arm or the part or parts thereof, but in any such case the compensation for the loss of the right arm or the greater part of that arm or for the total loss of the right hand or of five fingers thereof or of the lower part of that arm or of a finger or part of a finger of the right hand is such amount as would have been payable for a similar loss in respect of the left arm or the part or parts thereof if the worker did not habitually use the left hand and arm to perform work usually performed by a worker with the right hand and arm; and (c) where, under the heading "Percentage", a range is provided, the highest and lowest percentages are reserved for injuries resulting in maximum or minimal impairment; (d) in the case of loss of sexual organs (subject to the maximum percentage of 47 per cent and without limiting compensation for other losses of sexual organs)— (i) the percentage payable for loss of the penis is 47 per cent; (ii) the percentage payable for loss of 1 testicle is 10 per cent; and (iii) the percentage payable for loss of 2 testicles or an only testicle is 47 per cent; (e) the degree of impairment in the case of injuries to the back, neck or pelvis is to be assessed in accordance with section 91. Sch. 3B inserted by No. 80/2010 s. 76.