9Catastrophic amputation injury

9 Catastrophic amputation injury

An injury is a catastrophic amputation injury if the injury results in:

(a) one or more of the following:

(i) a forequarter amputation;

(ii) a shoulder disarticulation;

(iii) a hindquarter amputation;

(iv) a hip disarticulation;

(v) an amputation involving the loss of 65% or more of the length of the femur; or

(b) the loss of at least two of the following:

(i) 50% or more of the length of the tibia of the left leg;

(ii) 50% or more of the length of the tibia of the right leg;

(iii) the thumb of the left hand at or above the first metacarpophalangeal joint;

(iv) the thumb of the right hand at or above the first metacarpophalangeal joint.