Below is Schedule 2 of the UAE Labour Law, relating to Chapter 8 – Compensation for occupational injuries and diseases. The below percentages relate to the calculations made by the relevant authorities when assessing a worker’s level of disability.
Total disability
1. Loss of both arms from the shoulder or loss of any two or more limbs – 100 per cent
2. Total loss of sight or loss of both eyes – 100 per cent
3. Total paralysis – 100 per cent
4. Imbecility or total mental deficiency – 100 percent
5. Injuries or accidents to the head or skull causing continuous headache – 100 per cent
6. Total disfigurement of face – 100 per cent
7. Injuries and accidents to the chest and internal organs causing permanent and total inability to function normally – 100 per cent
Partial disability
8. Loss of both legs from the thigh – 90 per cent
9. Loss of both arms from elbow or above – 85 per cent
10. Excessive disfigurement of the face – 80 per cent
11. Total loss of both hands from the elbow – 70 per cent
12. Total loss of right arm from shoulder joint or from the elbow – 70 per cent
13. Loss of both legs from the knee or above – 70 per cent
14. Total loss of left arm from the shoulder joint or from the elbow – 60 per cent
15. Loss of one leg from the knee or above – 60 per cent
16. Loss of right arm from the elbow or below – 60 per cent
17. Loss of one leg from the thigh – 60 per cent
18. Loss of both legs from below the knee – 60 per cent
19. Total loss of tight hand including thumb – 60 per cent
20. Loss of left arm from above or below the elbow – 50 per cent
21. Loss of the left hand fingers including thumb – 50 per cent
22. Loss of one leg below the knee – 50 per cent
23. Total and permanent loss of hearing – 50 per cent
24. Loss of tongue or permanent dumbness – 45 per cent
25. Loss of both feet from the ankle or below – 45 per cent
26. Loss of genital organ – 45 per cent
27. Loss of sight of one eye 45
28. Loss of right hand from the wrist – 38 per cent
29. Loss of thumb or four fingers of the right hand – 35 per cent
30. Loss of left hand from the wrist – 34 per cent
31. Loss of thumb or four of the left hand fingers – 25 per cent
32. Loss of one foot from the ankle or below – 20 per cent
33. Loss of all toes of one foot including the big toe – 20 per cent
34. Loss of three of the right hand fingers excluding the thumb – 15 per cent
35. Loss of the index finger of the right hand – 15 per cent
36. Loss of the phalanges joint of the right hand thumb – 10 per cent
37. Loss of the index finger of the left hand – 10 per cent
38. Loss of three of the left hand fingers excluding the thumb – 10 per cent
39. Loss of all toes foot of one excluding the big toe – 10 per cent
40. Loss of big toe of one foot – 10 per cent
41. Loss of the last phalanges joint of the left foot great toe – 6 per cent
42. Loss of the right hand middle finger – 6 per cent
43. Loss of the left hand middle finger – 6 per cent
44. Loss of the right hand annular finger – 6 per cent
45. Loss of the left hand annular finger – 6 per cent
46. Loss of the right hand auricular finger – 6 per cent
47. Loss of one finger of the left hand – 6 per cent
48. Loss of the phalanges joint of any finger excluding the thumb – 5 per cent
49. Loss of the right hand index finger second joint – 5 per cent
50. Loss of the foot toes excluding the great toe – 5 per cent
51. Loss of one molar tooth – 3 per cent
52. Loss of one canine tooth – 2 per cent
1. Total incapacity to use any organ of the body or part thereof is considered equal to total loss of such organ or part of the body.
2. If the person injured is left-handed the compensation hereinabove provided for the left hand shall be the same as for the right hand.
3. In the case of marring, disfigurement or unnatural alternation of any organ or part of the body or any sense not covered by the above schedule, the rate of disability shall be estimated, in case of dispute, by the medical board referred to in Article 148 hereof which shall take into consideration nearest similar case in the above schedule.
