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Session Laws, 1951
Volume 603, Page 1261   View pdf image (33K)
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THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1261

OTHER TOES—FOR THE LOSS OF ONE OF THE
TOES, OTHER THAN THE GREAT TOE, TEN WEEKS.

HAND—FOR THE LOSS OF A HAND, ONE HUN-
DRED AND SIXTY-SIX WEEKS.

ARM—FOR THE LOSS OF AN ARM, TWO HUN-
DRED AND TWELVE WEEKS.

FOOT—FOR THE LOSS OF A FOOT, ONE HUN-
DRED AND FIFTY WEEKS.

LEG—FOR THE LOSS OF A LEG, TWO HUNDRED
AND TWELVE WEEKS.

EYE—FOR THE LOSS OF AN EYE, ONE HUNDRED
AND SIXTY WEEKS.

HEARING—FOR THE TOTAL LOSS OF HEARING OF
ONE EAR, FIFTY WEEKS; FOR THE TOTAL LOSS
OF HEARING OF BOTH EARS, ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY WEEKS.

Septum—For a perforated septum, twenty weeks.

(c) Loss of Use—Permanent loss of use of hand, arm,
foot, leg or eye, shall be considered as the equivalent of
the loss of such hand, arm, foot, leg or eye, and for the
loss of the fractional part of the vision of either one or
both eyes, the injured employee shall be compensated in
like proportion to the compensation for total loss of vision,
and in arriving at the fractional part of vision loss regard
shall not be had for the effect that correcting lens or lenses
may have upon the eye or eyes.

(d) Amputations—[Amputations between the elbow
and wrist shall be considered as the equivalent of the loss
of a hand. Amputation between the knee and the ankle
shall be considered as the equivalent of the loss of a foot. ]
Amputations at or above the wrist or ankle may be appor-
tioned to the loss of the use of the arm or loss of use of the
leg, but shall not be less than the compensation for the loss
or loss of use of a hand or foot.
Amputation at or above
the elbow shall be considered as the loss of an arm. Ampu-
tation at or above the knee shall be considered as the loss
of a leg.

(e) In all cases where there has been an amputation of
a part of any member of the body herein specified, or the
loss of the use of any part thereof, for which compensa-
tion is not specifically provided herein the Commission
shall allow compensation for such proportion of the total
number of weeks allowed for the amputation or the loss


 

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