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SCHEDULE OF PERCENTAGE OF INCAPACITIES
Percentage
Of
Incapacity
Injury
Loss of two
limbs . .
100
Loss of both
hands or of all fingers and thumbs
100
Loss of both
feet
100
Total loss of
sight
100
Total paralysis
100
Injuries resulting
in being permanently bedridden
100
Any other injury
causing permanent total disablement
100
Loss of arm
at shoulder
70
Loss of arm
between elbow and shoulder
60
Loss of arm
at elbow
55
Loss of arm
between wrist and elbow
50
Loss of hand
at wrist
50
Loss of four
fingers and thumb on one hand
50
Loss of four
fingers
35
Loss of thumb-
both phalanges
35
one phalange
35
Loss of index
finger -
three phalanges . .
10
two phalanges
8
one phalange
4
Loss of middle
finger-
three phalanges ..
6
two phalanges
4
one phalange
2
Loss of ring
finger -
three phalanges ..
5
two phalanges
4
one phalange
2
Loss of little
finger-
three phalanges . .
4
two phalanges
3
one phalange
2
Loss of metacarpals-
first or second (additional)
3
third, fourth or fifth (additional) ..
2
Loss of leg
-
at or above knee
70
below knee
60
Loss of foot
40
Loss of toe
-
all of one foot
15
great, both phalanges
5
great, one phalange
2
other than great, if more than one toe lost each
1
Loss of sight
of,one eye
30
Loss of hearing
in one ear
10
Total loss of
hearing
50
Scars from injuries or bums which result in disfigurement shall be treated as resulting in from 0 to 50 per cent permanent incapacity, according to their size and location.
Total permanent loss of the use of a member shall be treated as loss of such member.
The percentage of incapacity of ankylosis of any joint shall be reckoned as from 25 to I 00 per cent of the incapacity for loss of the part at that joint, according to whether the joint is ankylose in a favourable or unfavourable position.
Where there is a loss of two or more parts of the hand, the percentage of incapacity shall not be more than for the loss of the whole hand.
Injuries which result in permanent incapacity but which are not included
in this Schedule shall be assessed in relation to the percentage of incapacity
specified in this Schedule, wherever possible.
SECOND SCHEDULE S. 3 and Part VI
DISEASES
Description of Disease
Name of Occupation
Prescribed Period
and Occupation
involving
1. Anthrax
Work in connexion with
2 weeks
animal carcasses or parts of
such carcasses or of wool,
hair, bristles, hides, skins hoofs
or horns.
2. Byssinosis
Any occupation in any room
1 year
where any process up to and
including the carding process
is performed in factories in
which the spinning or
manipulation of raw or other
waste cotton is carried on.
3. Chrome ulceration or
The use of or handling of
its sequelae
chronic acid, chromate or
bichromate of ammonium,
potassium, sodium or zinc,
or any preparation or solution
containing any of these substances.
1 year
4. Compressed air illness
or its sequelae
Subjection to compressed air.
1 year or in
the case
of arthritis
5 years
5. Glanders
Contact with equine animals
or their carcasses.
6 months
6. (a) Infection by lepto-
Work in places which are or
3 weeks
pira icterohaemo
are not liable to be infested
rrhagiae
with rats.
(b) Infection by lepto
Work at dog kennels or in
sira canicola
the care or handling of dogs.
3 weeks
7. Pathological manifesta-
Exposure to the radioactive
10 years
tions due to radium or
substances or X-rays.
other radioactive sub-
stances or X-rays
8. Primary epithelio-matous
The use or handling of, or
10 years
cancer or ulceration of
exposure to tar, pitch, bitu-
the skin
men or mineral oil (including
paraffin), or any compound,
product or residue of any of
these substances.
9. Tobaccosis
Any occupation involving the
handling of or exposure to
tobacco dust.
2 years
10. Toxic anaernia
The use or handling of, or
2 years
exposure to the fumes or
vapours of tetrachlorethane,
nitro oraminoderivatives of
benzene or its hornologues.
11. Toxicjaundice
The use or handling of, or
3 months
exposure to tetrachlorethane,
carbon tetracloride, arse-
niuretted hydrogen, trinitro-
toluene nitro and amino
derivatives of benzene or its
homologues.
12. Tuberculosis
Close and frequent contact
2 months
with a source or sources of
tuberculosis infection by reason
of employment-
(a) in the medical treatment
or nursing of persons
suffering from tubercu-
losis, or in a service
ancillary to such treat-
ment or nursing;
(b) in attendance upon a
1 person orpersons suffering
from tuberculosis where
the need for such attend-
ance arises by reason of
physical or mental infir-
mity;
(c) as a research worker
engaged in research in
connexion with tubercu-
losis;
(d) as a laboratory worker,
pathologist or post-
mortem worker, where
the occupation involves
working with material
which is a source of
tuberculosis infection or
in an occupation ancillary
to such employment.
13. Any disease con-
tracted as a result
to the fumes, dust or vapour of a
of poisoning by-
nitro or amino-derivative of benzene,
or a hornologue of -benzene.
(a) Aniline com-
pounds
of
benzene
and
its homolo-
gues
2 years
(b) Arsenic or the
sequelae
there-
of
The use or handling of, or exposure
to the fumes, dust or vapour of
arsenic or a compound or arsenic or
a substance containing arsenic.
1 year
(c) Benzene or any
of its
homolo-
gues and
the
sequelae
there-
of or
a nitro or
amino-deriv-
ative
of ben-
zene,
and the
sequelae
there-
of
The use or handling of, or exposure
to the fume of, or vapour containing
benzene or any of its hornologues or
a nitro or amino-derivative of benzene
or of a homologue benzene.
1 year
(d) Carbon bisul-
phide
The use or handling of, or exposure
to, the fumes of, or vapour containing,
carbon bisulphide, or compound of
carbon bisulphide -or a substance
containing carbon bisulphide.
1 year
(e) Leador the se-
quelae thereof
The use or handling of, or exposure
to the fumes, dust or vapour of, lead
or a compound of lead or a substance
containing lead.
2 years
(f) Manganese or a
compound
of
manganese
The use or handling of, or exposure
to the fumes, dust or vapour of,
manganese or a compound of manga-
nese or a substance containing
manganese.
2 years
(g) Mercury or a
compound of
mercury
The use or handling of, or exposure
to the dust or vapour of, mercury or
a compound of mercury or a sub-
stance containing mercury.
2 years
(h) Phosphorus or
phosphine or
poisoning due
to the anticholi-
nesterase action
of organic phos-
phorus com-
pounds
The use or handling of, or exposure
to the fumes, dust vapour of, phos-
phorus or a compound of phosphorus
or a substance containing phosphorus.
3 years
14. Bilharzia
Work in connexion with water-
scheme (irrigation) infested with
fresh water snails of Biompharia or
balimus species.
6 weeks
15. Bagassosis
Work in connexion with molasses
processing.
16. Unconsciousness/
death (carbon
monoxide)
Exposure in mines after explosions
and in iron and steel industry, and
gas plants to carbon monoxide.
mins-few
hours
17. Chronic cadmium
poisoning
Work in connexion with mining
metal lurgy, chemical industry, scrap
metal treatment, and superphosphate
fertilizers.
12 years
18. Dermatoses
The use or handling of organic
substances such as formaldehyde
solvents or inorganic materials,
acids, and alkalis.
3-4 weeks
19. Noise induced
hearing loss
Working in environments with
continuous noise levels beyond 90
decibels without protective hearing
devises.
long-term
20. Mesothelioma (can-
cer of pleura and
peritoneum) The use or exposure to crocidolite,
a
30-40 years
form of asbestos.
21. Mineral-dust pneu-
moconiosis (silico-
sis, asbestosis)
Work in connexion to mining
quarrying, pottery ceramics,masonry
and drilling tunnels.
5-10 years
22. Undulent fever
(Brucellosis)
Work related to animalhusbandry
veterinary, butchery and dairy.
1-3 weeks
23. Viral hepatitis B
Work injuries related to health care
waste, especially sharps.
60-90 days
Passed in Parliament this thirty-first day of March, two thousand.
R.L.GONDWE
Clerk of Parliament