"serious injury"
includes—
| (a) |
a fracture of the skull, spine or pelvis; |
| (b) |
a fracture of any bone other than a bone in the wrist, hand, ankle or foot, or a single rib; |
| (c) |
the amputation of a hand or foot; |
| (d) |
the loss of sight of an eye; |
| (e) |
frost-bite of any bodily extremity which may lead to permanent disfigurement; or |
| (f) |
any impairment of a person's physical condition owing to— |
| (i) |
the use of machinery; |
| (ii) |
an electrical shock; |
| (iii) |
the exposure to hazardous working conditions or hazardous substances or articles; or |
| (iv) |
the exposure to natural or artificial environmental extremes, |
on board a vessel which results in that person being admitted to hospital as a patient for more than 24 consecutive hours, or would have resulted in his being so admitted had he been within reach of a hospital;
[Definition inserted by section 1(l) of Act No. 18 of 1992]
Statistics Act, 1999
