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
FALLS OF PERSONS - falls of persons from heights (trees, building, scaffolds, ladders, machines, vehicles) and into depths (wells, ditches, excavations, holes in the ground); falls of persons on the same level