South Australian Consolidated Acts

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - SCHEDULE 3A

Schedule 3A—No disadvantage—non-economic loss compensation

Disability	Minimum compensation payable under section 43B
Total and incurable paralysis of the limbs	$254 100 (indexed)
Total loss of sight in both eyes	$254 100 (indexed)
Total loss of sight of 1 eye	$75 850 (indexed)
Total loss of sight of 1 eye, the vision in the other eye being less than 6/60 Snellens type with correction or absent	$254 100 (indexed)
Total loss of hearing	$159 300 (indexed)
Total loss of the power of speech	$159 300 (indexed)
Total loss of senses of taste and smell	$75 850 (indexed)
Total loss of sense of taste	$37 930 (indexed)
Total loss of sense of smell	$37 930 (indexed)
Loss of arm at or above elbow	$215 160 (indexed)
Loss of arm below elbow	$178 240 (indexed)
Loss of both hands	$254 100 (indexed)
Loss of thumb	$53 100 (indexed)
Loss of forefinger	$37 930 (indexed)
Loss of middle finger	$30 340 (indexed)
Loss of ring finger	$30 340 (indexed)
Loss of little finger	$21 240 (indexed)
Total loss of movement of joint of thumb	$22 760 (indexed)
Loss of distal phalanx of thumb	$25 780 (indexed)
Loss of portion of terminal segment of thumb involving one-third of its flexor surface without loss of distal phalanx	$22 760 (indexed)
Loss of distal phalanx of forefinger	$16 690 (indexed)
Loss of distal phalanx of other fingers	$13 660 (indexed)
Loss of hand or loss of thumb and 4 fingers	$178 240 (indexed)
Loss of leg at or above knee	$215 160 (indexed)
Loss of leg below knee	$178 240 (indexed)
Loss of both feet	$254 100 (indexed)
Loss of a foot and hand	$254 100 (indexed)
Loss of a foot	$159 300 (indexed)
Loss of great toe	$37 930 (indexed)
Loss of any other toe	$15 170 (indexed)
Loss of 2 phalanges of any other toe	$12 140 (indexed)
Loss of phalanx of great toe	$16 690 (indexed)
Loss of phalanx of any other toe	$10 620 (indexed)
Loss of genital organs	$140 320 (indexed)
Total impairment of the neck and cervical spine	$178 240 (indexed)
Total impairment of the upper back and thoracic spine	$75 850 (indexed)
Total impairment of the lower back and lumbar spine	$178 240 (indexed)
Loss of all teeth	$30 340 (indexed)
Total impairment of the ventilatory function	$215 160 (indexed)
Total impairment of shoulder	$75 850 (indexed)
Total impairment of wrist	$37 930 (indexed)
Total impairment of hip	$68 270 (indexed)
Total impairment of ankle	$45 510 (indexed)
For the purposes of this Schedule—
(a)         a limb or other member will be taken to be lost if it is rendered permanently and wholly useless, and a finger will be taken to be lost if 2 joints are severed from the hand or rendered permanently and wholly useless; and
(b)         for the purpose of determining the extent of a loss, the extent to which the loss, or the effect of the loss, may be reduced or limited by an external removable aid or appliance will be disregarded.