Industrial Relations, Trade Unions, and Labour Legislation, 2nd Edition

Appendix

Appendix 1 Injuries Deemed To Result In Permanent Partial Disablement Under Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923 And Esi Act, 1948

Description of injury	Percentage loss of earning capacity
Amputation cases–Upper limbs (Either arm)
1. Amputation through shoulder joint	90
2. Amputation below shoulder with stumps less than 20.32 cms from tip of acromion	80
3. Amputation from 20.32 cms from tip of acromion to less than 11.43 cms below tip of olecranon	70
4. Loss of a hand or of the thumb and four fingers of one hand and amputation from 11.43 cms below tip of olecranon	60
5. Loss of thumb	30
6. Loss of thumb and its metacarpal bone	40
7. Loss of four fingers of one hand	50
8. Loss of three fingers of one hand	30 ...