Definition
Case of Permanent Incapacity for Work - refers to an injured person who was unable to work from the day after the day of the accident and:
- was never able to perform again the normal duties of work in the job or position occupied at the time of the occupational accident causing the injury
- will be able to perform the same job but his/her total absence from work is expected to exceed a year from the day of the accident
Lost Workdays - working days (consecutive or staggered) for which an injured person was not able to work, starting from the day after the day of the accident. If the person is still absent from work by the end of the reference year, his/her days lost cover the period from the day after the day of the accident up to the end of the reference year. Temporary absences from work of less than one day for medical treatment should not be included in days lost.
STRUCK BY FALLING OBJECTS - slides and cave-ins (earth, rocks, stones); collapses (buildings, walls, scaffolds, ladders, piles of goods); struck by falling objects during handling; struck by falling objects , not elsewhere classified
