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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR JAMES J. DAVIS, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ETHELBERT STEWART, Commissioner BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES) BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AND * # * HYGIENE ft SERIES SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN OCTOBER, 1928 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON 1928 ARR Acknowledgment This bulletin was prepared by Mortier W. La Fever, of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. ii CONTENTS Page Introduction and summary. ______ _________ __________- ..........- .................. 1-14 Scope of study___________________________________________ _________ 2, 3 Hypothetic application of compensation law________________________ 3 3-7 Comparative summary____________________________________________ Legal fees_________________________________________________________ 7-14 Provisions of the longshoremen’s act and method of application_________ 14-19 Records fragmentary__________________________________________________ 19-21 Regulations affecting seamen___________________________________________21-28 Reporting injuries and illness______________________________________ 24-31 Injured seaman’s right to wages___________________________________ 32, 33 Provided hospital treatment_____________________________ __________34-37 Records of treatment unsatisfactory____________________________________ 37, 38 Making claims_________________________________________________________ 38-40 Methods of settlement_________________________________________________ 41, 42 Methods of underwriting_______________________________________________ 43, 44 Appendixes Appendix A.— Maritime law___________________________________________ 45-54 Development and adoption________________________________________ 45 Status and rights of seamen suffering injury________________________45-54 Distinctive features___________________________________________ 45, 46 Summary of admiralty rights__________________________________ 46 Employers’ defenses__________________________________________ 46, 47 Maintenance, cure, and wages_________________________________47, 48 Unseaworthiness______________________________________________ 48, 49 Joinder of claims______________________________________________ 49 Procedure____________________________ ________________________ 49 Modification by statute______________________________________ 50 Merchant marine act_________________________________________ 50, 51 Limited liability______________________________________________ 52 “ Death a ct” of 1920__________________________________________52, 53 State laws____________________________________________________ 53, 54 Foreign seamen_______________________________________________ 54 Summary_________________________________________________________ 54 Appendix B.— General Table________________________________________ _ 55-101 Methods used in tabulation________________________________________55-57 Accidents to seamen of the United States merchant marine, by individual cases—---------------------------------------------------- ---------------- 58-101 h i BULLETIN OF THE U. S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS NO. 466 WASHINGTON October, 1928 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Summary and Introduction ARITIME law has long provided that a seaman 1 who is injured on duty or who becomes ill while on duty shall be entitled to maintenance and cure and to wages to the end of the voyage. Aside from these legal provisions, whatever compensation for accident he may receive is obtained through agreement with his employer or through court action. When the longshoremen’s and harbor workers’ compensation bill was introduced in Congress in 1926 it included seamen as well as the designated maritime workers, but before passage the provision relating to seamen was eliminated. The contention was made dur ing the hearings on the bill that the rights of seamen were adequately protected under maritime law, which secured not only a continuation of wages and maintenance and “ cure” in the sense of necessary treatment and reasonable care but also the right to prosecute for indemnity if the ship is liable for the accident through unseaworthiness or negligence. That contention raised the question of how injured seamen actually fare under existing law. Discussions and hearings following the introduction of compensation legislation for maritime workers devel oped the fact that there was a remarkable absence of information regarding accidents to workers of that class. This condition was also brought out in a speech before the marine section of the National Safety Council at Chicago in September, 1927, by Capt. Irving L. Evans, urging shipowners to keep complete records, during which he said: M The marine industry is seriously handicapped in that there is no central source of information, reliable or otherwise, showing even approximately the number of deaths and permanent personal injuries, to say nothing of accidents of a less serious nature occurring aboard ship. * * * The shipowner has complete information or “ statistics,” as to the methods and sources of obtaining cargo and passengers to carry and thereby earn revenue. If they are to compete successfully with foreign-flag vessels they must look not only to increasing the tonnage to be carried in American bottoms but also to the reduction of overhead and operating expenses. This can be done, to some 1 Section 4612 of the Revised Statutes defines master, seaman, vessel, and owner as follows: “ In the con struction of this title, every person having command of any vessel belonging to any citizen of the United States shall be deemed the ‘ master’ thereof; and every person (apprentices excepted) who shall be employed to serve in any capacity on board the same shall be deemed and taken to be a ‘ seaman*; and the term ‘ vessel’ shall be understood to comprehend every description of vessel navigating on any sea or channel, lake, or river, to which the provisions of this title m ay be applicable, and the term ‘ owner’ shall be taken and understood to comprehend all the several persons, if more than one, to whom the vessel shall belong,” 1 2 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN extent at least, by wise and intelligent handling of the information constantlypassing through the office of every shipowner. It is in the form of reports of accidents, damage, and loss, also the payment of many claims. Complete information covering accidents and claims will not only enable the shippwners to reduce the number of accidents and claims, and thereby save through a reduction in the total amount paid for claims, insurance premiums, or assessments under compensation laws, but will place them in a position to deal successfully and intelligently with proposed legislation, whether favorable or adverse. In view of the lack of data the Bureau of Labor Statistics undertook a study to determine the actual status of seamen with regard to injuries and recovery therefor. Its study covered three points: (1) The physical injury, (2) the compensation received therefor through personal settlement or court action, and (3) an estimate of the compensation which would have been payable if the injured seamen had been covered by compensation legislation similar to that enacted by Congress in 1927 for longshoremen and harbor workers. Accident rates and insurance rates were not included in the study. Data were completed for 1,195 cases, of which 899 were direct settle ments and 296 involved legal representatives for the seamen and the consequent payment of legal fees. It was found that the average settlement in the 899 cases not involving legal fees was $262.47 per case as compared with the average estimated settlement of $352.56 under the adaptation of the provisions of the longshoremen’s and harbor workers’ compensation act employed in this study. In the 296 cases involving legai fees the amount of the settlement included the amount paid by the seaman as legal fees. Such informa tion as could be obtained indicated that the cases were taken by the attorney on a contingent fee. This was stipulated as one-half or more than one-half of the amount recovered in 87 per cent of the 62 cases in which the fee was learned. The average of the gross amounts paid by the insurance or shipping company in the 296 cases was $1,317.03 per case. Assuming that the legal fees in these cases were as low as 40 per cent of the settlement, the average net amount received by the seaman would have been $790.22 as com pared with the average estimated settlement of $821.07 under the assumed conditions of this study. Scope of Study The bureau’s study covered all claims settled in the 1926 business year by the more important shipping companies and marine under writers in the New York City area, for which the bureau was able to obtain sufficient information concerning disability and settlement to make a comparison with the provisions of the longshoremen’s compensation act. The 1,195 cases shown are representative of settlements consummated in one year for injury to all classes of Ameri can seamen (except those on the'Great Lakes), even though some of the injuries occurred one, two, or even five years prior to settlement. The initial information obtained from the company records of claims closed was supplemented by data gathered from other sources. No data were collected as to the number of ships operating, the num ber of seamen employed, or the number t)f accidents occurring to seamen. Further, the bureau made no attempt to determine how often injuries result in a claim, or how many injuries there were for INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY 3 which no claim was made, but which were deserving of recompense. There were a considerable number of injuries for which seamen would have been recompensed had claims been filed. This indicates a lack of knowledge on the part of seamen as to their rights when injured, or a feeling of the futility of trying to prosecute a claim because of inexperience in these matters. Hypothetic Application of Compensation Law An estimate was also made of the total amount which would probably have been recovered had the same accident cases been adjudicated according to the provisions of a compensation law such as the longshoremen’s and harbor workers’ compensation act, retain ing, however, the seaman’s present right to maintenance and cure, and wages to the end of the voyage. The longshoremen’s act was made the basis of comparison because the original bill (S. 3170) included seamen and hence is suppositionally the kind of instrument which would cover seamen if they were made subject to such legislation; and, moreover, because longshoremen and seamen often work side by side, and in some cases longshoremen and seamen are injured in the same accident. In estimating the probable amount payable to seamen under a compensation law, the compensation allowed longshoremen for com parable disabilities was applied, as nearly as practicable, to each of the 1,195 cases of injured seamen. Comparative Summary Table 1 shows averages for all cases studied (including 29 cases in which the injury was not followed by an incapacitating disability) as well as for those cases in which the mjury was followed by disability as defined by the longshoremen’s compensation act, viz, “ incapacity because of injury to earn the wages which the employee was receiving at the time of the injury in the same or any other employment.” Another subdivision is made of the latter class for those cases in which the disability continued beyond the duration of the seaman’s contract (articles). The cases in each division are classified according to whether or not their settlement involved the payment of legal fees. Of the 29 cases included in the first division which were followed by no technical disability, the injuries in 14 were not severe enough for the seaman to leave his duties except for first-aid treatment; 8 caused the seaman to be relieved from duty for a short time as, for example, the remainder of the watch; and 7 of the injuries were more severe, but because of the nature of their duties the seamen were able to stand regular watch. In one instance a radio operator sprained his knee, while in another a second engineer was bruised and scalded about the head and face. None of these cases would have received any consideration under a compensation law because there was no incapacity to earn wages. 4 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN T a b l e 1 . — Average amounts paid to injured seamen and estimated amounts payable under adaptation of longshoremen’s act, and average days of total dis ability, by method of settlement Cases involving disability A ll cases s tu died 1 Prob able Aver recov M ethod of settling cases ery un age der Total amount actually com paid pensa tion act Beyond duration of seaman’s articles Prob A v able erage recov P rob Aver days ery un able age of to Total amount der Aver recov tal age ery un actually com dis pensa Total amount der paid abil tion actually com ity act paid pensa tion act Cases Involving no legal fees Settled b y personal agree m ent................................ N o claim filed................... 874 25 Total and average. 899 $269.81 $351.29 6.02 396.94 262.47 352.56 49.4 41.8 856 25 49.1 881 $272.99 $358.67 6.02 396.94 265.41 359.76 712 21 733 $305.27 $410.13 6.85 461.96 296.72 411.62 Cases involving legal fees Settled b y agreement b y attorney.......................... A ction compromised........ Settled b y jury or ju d ge.. Total and average. Grand total and average................. 80 2 $507.40 $497.90 86.5 182 2 1,169.29 844.01 86.0 34 24,012.89 1,458.69 144.9 296 >1,317.03 1,195 a 523.60 821.07 92.9 468.61 60.0 78 2 $518.49 $510.66 173 2 1,222.90 887.92 34 24,012.89 1,458.69 70 2 $565.51 $564.62 148 21,390.05 1,027.48 28 24,745.09 1,75X56 285 21,362.95. 246 2 1,537.30 978.41 3 608.45 554.04 1,166 852.76 3 533.681 480.26 979 * Including 29 in which a settlement was made for injury which caused no disability. * Gross amount; includes seaman’s net recovery and all fees charged b y his attorney. 3, pages 7 and 8, for details of fees charged in some cases. 8 Includes “ gross amounts” of settlements in 296 cases involving legal fees. See Tables 2 and Cases involving no legal fees.—In the cases involving no legal fees the amounts shown as actually paid are the net amounts received by the seamen. The 874 cases settled by personal agreement include all cases settled by agreement between the seamen and a claim adjuster for the shipping company or the underwriter, a comparatively small number referred by mutual agreement to the United States Compensation Commission for adjudication, and a few cases in which the seaman retained an attorney but later personally made a settle ment with the claim adjuster without the knowledge of the attorney. The actual average net settlement in these 874 cases was $269.81. Under the adaptation of the longshoremen’s law as made in this study the average estimated settlement would have been $351.29, or $81.48 more than the seamen actually received. The 25 cases in which no claim was filed are those in which the seamen were disabled and would have been entitled to compensa tion under the adaptation of the longshoremen’s law, or to wages and maintenance under their maritime rights had they presented claims. The wages paid to seaman when put ashore constituted the only settlement in any of these cases. In three cases there were no wages due, as the accident occurred just at the end of the voyage. In one other case no part of the wages due under this right was paid INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY 5 because the seaman was put ashore when his incapacity began and was never heard from in regard to a settlement. In 10 cases the seaman remained aboard and was paid wages up to the time of expiration of his articles. The other 11 seamen were put ashore before the end of the voyage and were paid at that time. They did not receive the additional wages to which they were entitled, in most cases probably because they took no steps to recover such wages. The average actual net payment to the seamen in these cases after being injured was $6.02, while the probable recovery under the compensation act would have averaged $396.94. It is noted that the period of total disability in the cases settled by personal agreement averaged 49.4 days, while in the cases for which no claim was filed total disability lasted 41.8 days. The aver age probable recovery under the compensation act for these two groups of cases would have been $351.29 and $396.94, respectively. The latter average is considerably higher than the former because the latter group includes one case of arm dismemberment and two cases of finger amputation in which the computed compensation is based on the permanent partial disability schedule in the long shoremen’s law, which provides a much longer period of payment than the actual total days of disability. After having received hos pital treatment, the seaman whose arm was dismembered was deported and no action was taken to recover for the injury. Three per cent of all cases settled by personal agreement involved amputation and dismemberment, while 12 per cent of the cases in which no claim was filed were injuries of this type. The average net settlement per case for both groups combined was $262.47, while the probable recovery under a law similar to the longshoremen’s act would have been $352.56, or $90.09 more per case. Cases involving legal fees.—In these cases the bureau secured data regarding the amount of the settlement as paid by the shipowner or the underwriter, but except for a comparatively few cases the amount which the seaman actually received could not be ascertained. All of the amounts shown as settlements in these cases include the amounts later paid by the seaman in legal fees, but do not include court costs. Information as to the amounts of such fees was extremely difficult to obtain. The amount of the legal fee has been verified in 22 cases. In 12 of these the fee formed 50 per cent of the amount recovered, in 3, 40 per cent, and in the other 7 cases 60, 53, 43, 39, 29, 27, and 25 per cent, respectively. The simple average of attorney charges in the 22 cases is a little over 45 per cent. The average actual “ gross” settlement per case in the cases involv ing legal fees was $1,317.03, as compared with a probable “ net” settlement of $821.07 under the longshoremen’s act. Estimating the average fees charged by the attorney in such cases at 40 per cent of the amount of the settlement, the “ net” amount received by the seaman would have averaged $790.22 per case, or $30.85 less than he would have received under the adaptation of the longshoremen’s act. If the lawyer’s fees had averaged as much as 50 per cent of the amount of the settlement, the average net amount received by the seaman would have been $658.52, or $162.55 less per case than the estimate under the compensation law. 6 SETTLEMENT FOE ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN In the 80 cases settled by agreement between a claim adjuster and an attorney acting for the seaman the average gross amount actually paid per case was $507.40, while the estimated recovery under the longshoremen’s act would be $497.90, or 98.1 per cent of the former amount. In the 182 cases settled by compromise between the attorneys of the two parties after legal action to recover damages for injury had been commenced, the settlements shown include the legal fees. The settle ments in these cases averaged $1,169.29, while the probable settle ment under the act would have been $844.01, or 72.2 per cent of the actual settlement. The majority of the 34 cases prosecuted to judgment were tried before a jury, but in a few instances the trial by jury was waived and the settlement was the result of the court’s judgment. The average actual gross settlement in these 34 cases was $4,012.89, while the probable settlement under adaptation of the act would have been $1,458.69. In 1 of these cases the verdict was for $34,000; in 8 cases the verdicts ranged from $7,500 to $14,700; in 1 case the verdict was for $5,000; and in 15 the verdict ranged from $130 to $2,500. In 9 cases the court’s decision was adverse to the seaman, although in each case there was actual disability arising “ out of and in course of the employment, ” and settlement with the seaman to the extent of wages and maintenance would have been made had he chosen to keep his case out of court. In four of the nine cases the seaman began legal action because he thought the ship could be proved liable, but in each case he failed to prove liability and the case was dismissed. In three cases action was started, but when the case came to trial the plaintiff failed to appear and the case was dismissed. In one the sea man sued the wrong party, and in the ninth case the statute of limi tations barred the seaman from proceeding with his case. The high verdicts first mentioned were what might be termed “ sympathy verdicts. ” The reason for the differences in the ratios between the estimated settlement and the average length of the disability shown for the three groups of cases in which legal fees were involved is the difference in the nature of the cases included in the different groups. The ratios are, respectively, an estimated settlement of $497.40, based on 86.5 days’ average diasbility; $844.01, based on 86 days’ average disability; and $1,458.69, based on 144.9 days’ average disability. One per cent of the cases closed by settlement with the attorney, 6 per cent of the cases settled by compromise, and 12 per cent of the cases settled by jury or judge were dismemberments or amputations. For such permanent partial disabilities the longshoremen’s law pro vides a schedule specifying the number of weeks’ compensation to be paid and this schedule raises the basic period for which compen sation was computed far above the actual period of disability. All cases studied.—The average settlement for all cases studied was $523.69. Assuming that legal fees in the 296 cases in which an attor ney was engaged averaged as low as 40 per cent of the settlement in each case, and basing a grand average for all cases on this assumption, the actual net recovery by the seaman in each case would have aver aged $393.19. This average is $75.42, or 16.1 per cent .less than the amount ($468.61) which would probably have been recovered under the longshoremen’s act, as adapted. If the legal fee in the 296 cases 7 INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY had averaged as much as 50 per cent the seamen would have recovered an average of $360.57, which is $108.04, or 23.1 per cent, less than the probable recovery under the longshoremen’s act. Legal Fees Information as to legal fees charged in a number of cases in the study was obtained from legal documents, depositions, reports, at torneys, and also directly from the seamen themselves, through the cooperation of the Seaman’s Church Institute, New York City. Such information indicates that the legal fees charged are almost without exception contingent upon recovery and in most cases are specified as 50 per cent of the settlement, although an occasional case may specify as low as 25 per cent. A very few minor cases are handled by representatives of charitable organizations for a small fee, usually not exceeding 10 per cent. Table 2 shows detailed figures for 22 cases in which the amounts of the fees collected were verified. In reference to case No. 182 for which data are shown in the table, it is necessary to point out that the contract of retainer specified that the fee would be 50 per cent of the settlement. The suit was brought through a representative of the seaman’s widow, the widow at the time being a nonresident alien. The attorney in the case, after collecting 50 per cent of the settlement, also collected the sum of $594.94 to cover “ expenses” said to have been incurred in the prosecution of the case. The fees shown in the table do not cover any of the legitimate fees, court cost, or other expense items usually incurred in the trial of such cases, and all such charges have been eliminated from any of the figures shown as settlements in this study. T able 2 .— Net amount received by seaman or beneficiary in 22 cases Fee M ethod of settlement Agreement b y attorney: Case N o. 45_____ _______ _______________ _____ Case N o. 53__ ______ _________________________ Case N o. 56__ ________ _______________________ Case N o. 70____ ____ _________________________ Action compromised: Case No. 9................................... . . . ......................... Case No. 13____________ _______ ______________ Case No. 27___________ ____________ ______ ___ Case N o. 76-.............................................................. Case N o. 77.... ....................................... ................... Case No. 81................................. .............................. Case No. 87............................................................... Case No. 89...... .............................. ......... ................ Case No. 9 0 . _______ _________ ______________ Case No. 117_____ _________ _______ ____ _____ Case N o. 166_________ ________________________ Case No. 179______________ ___________________ Case No. 182______________________ ______ ____ Case No. 10_________________________ _____ ___ Case No. 28_____ _____ _________________ _____ Case No. 106_________________ ________________ Case No. 132__________________________________ Case settled b y jury or judge: Case N o. 2 9 ...................... .................... ................. Amount of settlement Net recovery b y benefi ciary Amount Per cent of total recovery $183.00 125.00 100.00 250.00 $133.00 62.50 75.00 150.00 $50.00 62.50 25.00 100.00 27 50 25 40 150.00 100.00 100.00 75.00 1,000.00 1,175.00 300.00 2,750.00 175.00 100.00 2,500.00 150.00 5,000.00 75.00 1,000.00 3,000.00 150.00 75.00 50.00 50.00 37.50 500.00 715.00 180.00 1,375.00 125.00 57.00 1,250 00 75.00 11,905. 06 30.00 500.00 1,795.00 70.00 75.00 50.00 50.00 37.50 500.00 460.00 120.00 1,375.00 50.00 43.00 1,250.00 75.00 2,500.00 45.00 500.00 1,205.00 80.00 50 50 50 50 50 39 40 50 29 43 50 50 50 60 50 40 53 8,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00 50 1 $594.94 was collected b y the attorney to cover “ expenses” said to have been incurred in prosecuting the 8 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Table 3 below shows for 40 cases the amount of the fee specified in the contract of retainer in each case, but the net recovery by the seamen could not be obtained. Some of the cases may be similar to case No. 182 shown above. TabxjE 3 .— Amount of fee specified by contract of retainer in 40 cases Amount Amount M ethod of settlement M ethod of settlement Settle ment Agreement b y attorney Case No. 4 ________ Case No. 6________ Case No. 8___........ . Case No. 11.............. Case No. 15_______ Case No. 20............ . Action compromised: Case No. 3..... .......... Case No. 25_______ Case No. 28.............. Case No. 35_______ Case No. 53_______ Case No. 54__........ . Case No. 56.............. Case N o. 5 8........... Case N o. 63_______ Case N o 65_______ Case No. 66_______ Case No. 67. .......... Case No. 69__........ Case No. 71_______ Settle ment Fee $400.00 225.00 $200.00 3,500.00 125.00 30.00 1.750.00 62.50 15.00 5.000.00 500.00 2.500.00 250.00 500.00 50.00 2.500.00 50.00 50.00 37.50 125.00 50.00 225.00 3.750.00 112. 50 2, 000. 00 112.50 2,000.00 1,000.00 1.000.00 100.00 5.000.00 100.00 100.00 75.00 250.00 100.00 450.00 7, 500. 00 225.00 4.000.00 Action compromised—Con. Case No. 75..................... Case N o. 91___________ Case No. 97...................... Case No. 105.................... Case No. 107___________ Case No. I l l ..... .............. Case N o. 123....... ............ Case N o. 124................... Case N o. 125..... ............. Case N o. 129__________ Case N o. 131......... .......... Case N o. 143..... .............. Case N o . 161__________ Case No. 164__________ Case No. 165......... ......... Case N o. 166__________ Case No. 167....... ............ Case No. 169__________ Case No. 176................... Case No. 181__________ $150. 00 25.00 3,000.00 750.00 500.00 500.00 325.00 1, 650. 00 250. 00 50.00 200.00 46.00 50.00 600.00 50.00 2,500 00 50.00 300. 00 40.00 750.00 $75.00 12.50 1,500.00 375.00 250.00 250.00 162.50 825.00 125.00 25.00 100.00 23.00 25.00 300.00 25. OP 1,250.00 25.00 150.00 20.00 375.00 Some of the types of blank contracts or forms used by attorneys or their runners in signing the injured seamen as clients are printed below. It will be seen that the first form shown specifies “ Fifty (50%) per cent of any sum recovered by way of settlement, verdict, or otherwise.” The agreement as to the amount of the fee in the second form peculiarly states “ that I (the seaman) am to receive--------- of any verdict or settlement and that the said (attorney or attorneys) are to receive the other half thereof, together with taxable costs.” The third form is drawn in somewhat more flexible terms and pro vides that “ Said attorney to receive a reasonable percentage of the net recovery, his fee to be contingent upon recovery.” [Form 1] — , Manhattan, New I hereby retain attorney at law, of York, to institute legal proceedings against -or other such corporations, part nerships, or individuals who may be responsible, to recover damages in behalf of --------------------- , and hereby assign the costs and agree to pay him 50 per cent of any sum recovered by way of settlement, verdict, or otherwise. No charge to be made unless a recovery or settlement to be had. Dated Witness • [Form 2] residing at Street (Avenue), city of New York, i, do hereby retain attorney at law, of • Borough of — Borough of Manhattan, New York City, to prosecute or settle my claim for damages arising from personal injuries received b y ----------on t h e -------- day of -------- , 192-, through the negligence o f------------------ or other persons, and do 9 INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY hereby give the sa id --------------------- the exclusive right to take all legal steps to enforce my said claim. In consideration of the services rendered and to be rendered by the said-------------------it is agreed that I am to receive-----------of any verdict or settlement and that the sa id --------------------- are to receive the other half thereof, together with taxable costs. New Y o rk ----------, 192-. --------------------- . [l . s.] (Signature) W itness;---------------------, [Form 3] --------------------- against---------------------Know all men by these presents that I the undersigned hereby retain-------------------, o f ---------- Street, New York City, as my attorney to prosecute, com promise, or settle my claim f o r ----------against-----------under the following terms: Said attorney to receive a reasonable percentage of the net recovery, his fee to be contingent upon recovery. In case of a disagreement as to the amount of a reasonable percentage as herein described the matter shall be referred to the court or five members of my union for a decision. I by these presents constitute, make, and appoint said---------------------as my true and lawful attorney in fact for me and in my name and give him full power and authority to commence suit or compromise and settle my claim, and to receive for me any moneys that may be due me by way of judgment, compromise or settlement, or in any other manner, and I further give him specific authority to execute a general release or releases and receipts in my name and on my behalf in full settlement or discharge of said claim. I further authorize s a id --------------------- to endorse in my behalf any cheeks or drafts which may be received in settlement, or compromise of my said claim and to hold such funds as may be received by him until I call for same or other wise direct. It is further understood that any funds received by settlement, compromise, or suit shall be delivered to me after deducting said attorney ’&fees, at any place or time I may direct. --------------------- . [l . s.] Name (in fu ll)---------------------address---------- . Capacity---------- . Wages----------. On th is------ day o f ----------- 192-, before me personally appeared---------------------to me known and known to me to be the individual described in and who executed^ the foregoing power of attorney and he duly acknowledged to me that he executed the same. Whenever possible, this paper should be acknowledged before a notary public, commissioner of deeds, magistrate, or attorney. Table 4 shows the average period of total disability, of treatment, and of convalescence; the average period for which the seamen were entitled to wages, the average amounts of wages and maintenance, and wages to which they were entitled, and the average amounts actually paid, as well as the estimated recovery under the adaptation of the longshoremen’s act. The table also shows the number of cases in which the separate items were involved. For example, of the cases settled by personal agreement, the days of treatment on ship in the 555 cases in which such treatment was given averaged 9.9 days per case. Based on the whole number of cases (874) settled by personal agreement, this average was 6.3 days. The table, like Table 1, is divided into two sections. The first section includes figures for cases in which the seamen had no legal fees to pay because the settlement was consummated after agreement between the seaman and the claim adjustor. The second section includes cases 10 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN settled by an attorney acting for the seaman either by agreement with the claim adjustor, compromise after legal action was commenced, or by the prosecution of the case in the courts. The fee of the seaman’s attorney is included in the amount of the settlements in these groups. Totals are shown for each section and for both sections combined. The chief value of the latter totals is that the figures shown represent the actual average amounts paid by the shipowner or the underwriter to the seamen or their attorneys in settlement of the cases covered in this study. T a b l e 4 . — Accidents to seamen of United States merchant marine, summarized by method of settlement Cases involving no legal fees Item All ftASAS . Per sonal agree ment 874 T otal disability: Cases involving_________________ 843 Average days per case having___ 51.2 Average days, all cases__________ 49.4 Treatment: Cases receiving— On ship_____________________ 555 As inpatient________________ 452 As outpatient_______________ 463 Average days per case receiving— On ship____________ ________ 9.9 As inpatient________________ 32.7 As outpatient_______________ 23.4 Average days, all cases— On ship_____________________ 6.3 As inpatient___________ ____ 16.9 As outpatient_______________ 12.4 Convalescence: Cases involving_________________ 429 Average days per case having___ 27.9 Average days, all cases__________ 13.7 Wages: Period to which entitled— Cases involved______________ 787 Average days per case in volved............... ..................... 16.0 14.4 Average days, all cases............ Amount payable— Cases involved.................. ....... 787 Average per case involved— $44.29 Average, all cases___________ $39.88 Maintenance: Period to which entitled— C ases involved......................... 739 Average days per case in volved_____________ ______ 30.1 Average days, all cases............ 25.5 Am ount payable— Cases involved.......................... Average per case involved___ Average, all cases___________ Period from injury to settlement: Cases involved........................ ......... Average days per case involved, _ Average days, all cases____ ______ A m ount actually paid as: Wages— Cases involved.......................... Average per case involved___ Average, all cases ..................... 739 $70. 71 $59.78 866 86.4 85.6 781 $29.85 $26.65 No claim filed i Cases involving legal fees Agree Total ment b y at torney Com pro mised Jury or judge Total Both types of cases 25 899 80 182 34 296 1,195 25 41.8 41.8 868 50.9 49.1 77 89.8 86.5 162 96.6 86.0 32 153.9 144.9 271 101.5 92.9 1,139 62.9 60.0 13 21 7 568 473 470 54 50 40 103 107 69 21 25 11 178 182 120 746 655 590 5.4 35.8 8.6 9.8 32.9 23.2 9.4 57.3 32.8 13.7 82.0 35.1 15.5 136. 7 14.9 12.6 82.7 32.5 10.5 46.7 25.1 2.8 30.1 2.4 6.2 17.3 12.1 6.4 35.8 16.4 7.8 48.2 13.3 9.6 100.5 4.8 7.6 50.9 13.2 6.5 25.6 12.4 7 23.4 6.6 436 27.9 13.5 41 54.0 27.7 74 67.4 27.4 10 101.8 29.9 125 65.8 27.8 561 36.3 17.1 22 809 68 149 30 247 1,056 16.8 14.8 16.0 14.4 13.8 11.7 20.9 17.1 23.1 20.4 19.2 16.0 16.8 14.8 22 809 68 $45.42 $44.32 $30.91 $39.97 $39.88 $26.27 149 $45.76 $37.47 30 $55.60 $49.06 247 1,056 $42.87 $43.98 $35.77 $38.86 11 750 63 114 18 195 945 20.4 9.0 30.0 25.0 56.0 44.1 64.6 40.5 65.7 34.8 61.9 40.8 36.6 28.9 11 750 63 $47.41 $70.36 $119.15 $20.86 $58, 70 $93.83 114 $139.55 $87.41 18 $136.06 $72.03 80 236.1 236.1 177 652.1 634.2 31 801.5 730.7 21 802 67 $7.17 $29.26 $23.22 $6.02 $26.08 $19.45 144 $24.08 $19.05 30 $36.39 $32.11 11 12.2 5.4 877 85.5 83.4 195 945 $132.64 $83.21 $87.38 $65.80 288 552.7 537.7 1,165 201.0 195.9 241 1,043 $25.37 $28.34 $20.66 $24.74 1 Oases in which injured seamen were paid wages when put ashore and made no further claim, but who would have been entitled to compensation under the adaptation of the longshoremen’s act. 11 INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY T a b le 4 .— Accidents to seamen of United States merchant marine, summarized method of settlement— Continued Cases involving no legal fees Item Per sonal agree ment No claim filed by Cases involving legal fees Agree Com Total bment pro y at torney mised Jury or judge Total Both types of cases Am ount actually paid as— Contd. Maintenance— Cases involved.......................... 620 620 14 21 1 36 656 $51.24 $151.61 $160.00 Average per case involved___ $51.24 $20.00 $152.85 $56.81 Average, all cases___________ $36.37 $35.36 $26.53 $18.46 $0.59 $18.59 $31.20 Other settlement— Cases involved.......................... 749 749 75 177 25 277 1,026 $241.30 $492.18 $1,163.75 $5,413.05 $1,365.43 $544.79 Average per case involved___ $241.30 $201.04 $461.42 $1,131. 78 $3,980.19 $1,277.78 $467.74 Average, all cases ..................... $206.79 Total— Cases involved______________ 872 21 893 80 182 293 1,186 31 Average per case involved___ $270.43 $7.17 $264.24 $507.40 $1,169. 29 $4,401.23 $1, 330.52 $527.66 Average, all cases..................... $269.81 $6.02 $262.47 $507.40 $1,169.29 $4,012.89 $1,317.03 $523.69 Probable recovery under compensa tion act: Cases involved................................. 856 25 34 285 1,166 881 78 173 Average per case involved............. $358.67 $396. $4 $359. 76 $510.66 $887.92 $1,458.69 $852.76 $480.26 Average, all cases— A m ount..................................... $351.29 $396.94 $352.56 $497.90 $844.01 $1,458.69 $821.07 $468.61 Compared with actual recov ery (4th fig. line above)____ 2$81.48 2$390.92 2$90.09 3$9.50 3 $325.28 3$2,552.19 3 $495.72 3$55.08 Period used in computation of com pensation: Cases involved................................. 950 699 21 68 25 230 720 137 Average days per case in volved . _ 70.7 152.0 73.1 140.5 201.6 472.3 213.0 106.9 Average days, all c a s e s ............. 85.0 58.5 119.4 56.5 127.7 347.3 165.5 151.8 2 Greater. 3 Less. Table 5 presents the 1,195 cases covered distributed by principal injury or condition and grouped by the method of settlement. It shows that the largest number of cases grouped by principal injury were the 451 resulting from abrasion, bruise, laceration, or puncture, while the next largest group was the 253 cases falling under concus sion, dislocation, or fracture. In many of these cases there were other injuries in addition to the “ principal injury” indicated, but in making the distribution the bureau has regarded the most serious phase or that part of the injury which primarily caused the disability as the “ principal injury,” 12 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN T a b l e 5 * — Cases covered distributed by principal injury or condition and method of settlement M ethod of settling cases Injury or condition Number of cases Num ber of cases involving no legal fees Personal agree ment N um ber of cases involving legal fees No claim filed Action compro mised 1 10 4 3 8 3 5 4 7 26 5 4 9 4 6 8 20 12 6 13 57 15 3 9 5 3 7 8 1 4 4 1 Jury or judge Amputation or dismemberment__________ Concussion, dislocation, or fracture: Head_________________________________ B o d y ________________________________ Arms and legs________________________ Hands and wrists____________________ Ankles and feet_______ ______________ Burn and scald_______________ ___________ Abrasion, bruise, laceration, or p u n ctu re.. Sprain_________________ ____ ____________ Strain................................................................. Hernia___________________________________ Foreign matter embedded________________ Occupational disease_____________________ T>eatb ............... Other causes. ___________________________ 47 29 24 53 71 70 35 116 451 87 62 83 28 13 22 33 14 33 41 52 25 92 346 66 51 62 18 10 13 22 13 1 3 cases___________________________ 1,195 874 25 • 80 182 34 Followed b y infection____________________ 156 116 7 11 18 4 , ah 3 Agree ment b y attorney 3 1 1 1 4 9 1 3 1 2 Table 6 shows the per cent of the total cases closed by each method of settlement distributed by the principal injury or condition. It shows that 20 per cent of the cases settled by personal agreement and 12 per cent of the cases in which no claim was filed were the result of concussion, dislocation, or fracture, as compared with 29 per cent of the cases in the “ Agreement by attorney” group, 28 per cent in the “ Action compromised” group, and 30 per cent in the “ Jury or judge” group, while 21 per cent of the total cases covered resulted from those causes. The table shows also that 40 per cent of the cases settled by personal agreement and 52 per cent of those in which no claim was filed were caused by abrasion, bruise, laceration, or puncture, as compared with 33 per cent in the “ Agreement by at torney” group, 31 per cent of the “ Action compromised” group, and 26 per cent of the “ Jury or judge” group. It will thus be seen that more than half of the cases covered in which seamen retained legal aid originated from injuries included in the two groups mentioned. 13 INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY T able 6 . — Per cent of total cases settled by each method distributed by principal injury or condition M ethod of settling cases Injury or condition Per cent of all cases Per cent of cases involving no legal fees Personal agree ment Amputation or dismemberment__________ Concussion, dislocation, or fracture: Head____________________________ ___ B od y___________________ ______ _____ Arms and legs________________________ Hands and wrists____________________ Ankles and feet______________________ Burn or scald___________________ ________ Abrasion, bruise, laceration, or pun ctu re.. Sprain______________________________ ____ Strain ________________________________ Hernia____________________ ____ _________ Foreign matter embedded............................ Occupational disease_____________________ Death................................................................. Other causes__________________ _________ _ A ll cases__________________ ______ _ Followed b y infection............. ....................... Per cent of cases involving legal fees No claim filed 12 Agree ment b y attorney Action compro mised 1 6 12 4 10 4 6 5 9 33 6 5 11 5 3 4 11 7 3 7 31 8 2 5 3 2 4 4 3 12 12 3 Jury or judge 4 3 2 4 6 6 3 10 38 7 5 7 2 1 2 3 2 4 5 6 3, 10 40 7 6 7 2 1 1 3 100 100 100 100 100 100 13 8 28 14 10 12 12 52 4 12 4 1 4 12 26 3 9 3 5 Table 7 shows the per cent of total cases in each principal injury or condition group distributed by the method of settlement. The percentages here shown indicate that seamen suffering from injuries caused by concussion, dislocation, or fracture retain legal aid more often than those suffering from other kinds of injuries. In this group 34 per cent of the seamen retained counsel, distributed as follows: 9 per cent in the “ Agreement by attorney” group, 21 per cent in the “ Action compromised” group, and the other 4 per cent in the “ Jury or judge” group. Legal aid was involved in 32 per cent of the cases in each of the groups, “ Amputation or dismemberment” and “ Foreign matter embedded.” In the first of these groups 2 per cent were settled by agreement between the claim adjuster and an attorney acting for the seaman, 21 per cent by compromise after legal action had been commenced, and 9 per cent by a jury or a judge, while in the second group 14 per cent were in the “ Agreement by attorney” group, 18 per cent in the “ Action compromised” group, and none in the group settled by “ Jury or judge.” 105676°—28----- 2 14 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN T a b l e 7 . — Per cerd of total cases under each principal injury or condition distrib uted by method o f settlement M ethod of settling cases Per cent of cases N um involving no legal ber fees of cases Per No sonal claim agree filed ment Injury or condition 47 253 116 451 87 62 83 28 13 22 33 62 65 79 77 76 82 75 64 77 59 67 All cases............................................... 1,195 73 2 Followed b y infection..... .......................... . 156 74 4 Amputation or dismemberment__________ Concussion, dislocation, or fracture_______ Burn and scald__________________________ _ Abrasion, bruise, laceration, or puncture.. Sprain. .......................................................... ..... Strain................................................................ . Hernia............ .................................................. . Foreign matter em bedded................. ............ Occupational disease..... ...................... .......... D eath.................................................................. Other causes____ ________ _____ ___________ 6 1 3 1 5 4 Per cent of cases involving legal fees Total Agree Action com ment pro by attorney mised 2 9 6 6 6 6 11 14 Jury or judge 21 21 11 12 17 5 11 18 23 31 24 9 4 4 2 5 6 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 7 15 3 100 7 12 3 100 5 3 2 3 Tables 5, 6, and 7 also show that 156 injuries out of the 1,195 cases studied or 13 per cent were followed by infection; that 74 per cent of the infected cases were among those settled by personal agreement, 4 per cent among those in which no claim was filed, 7 per cent in the group settled by agreement between a claim adjuster and an attorney for the seaman, 12 per cent in the group settled by compromise after legal action had been commenced, and 3 per cent among those settled by court decision. The tables show that the study covered 22 death cases. Drowning caused 5 deaths; fractures, 4; burns, 3; gas asphyxiation, 2; exposure, 1; explosion, 1; internal injuries, 1; laceration, 1; and collision, 1. The exact nature of the injury in the latter case is unknown. The cases included under “ Other causes” are those resulting from such causes as traumatic arthritis, hydrocele, neurosis, osteitis, thrombosis, hypertrophy, paralysis, and one case of endarteritis obliterans. Provisions of the Longshoremen’s Act and Method of Application 'T ’HE provisions of the longshoremen's and harbor workers' comA pensation act which have been used as the basis for computing estimated compensation for seamen are as follows: * * * * * * * (b) Compensation for disability shall not exceed $25 per week nor be less than $8 per week: Provided, however, That if the employee’s wages at the time of injury are less than $8 per week he shaU receive his fuU weekly wages. Compensation for disability 8. Compensation for disability shall be paid to the employee as follows: (a) Permanent total disability: In case of total disability adjudged to be permanent 66% per centum of the average weekly wages shall be paid to the employee during the continuance of such total disability. Loss of both hands, Sec. PROVISIONS OP ACT AND METHOD OF APPLICATION 15 or both arms, or both feet, or both legs or both eyes, or of any two thereof shall, in the absence of conclusive proof to the contrary, constitute permanent total disability. In all other cases permanent total disability shall be determined in accordance with the facts. (b) Temporary total disability: In case of disability total in character but temporary in quality 66% per centum of the average weekly wages shall be paid to the employee during the continuance thereof. (c) Permanent partial disability: In case of disability partial in character but permanent in quality the compensation shall be 66% per centum of the average weekly wages, and shall be paid to the employee, as follows: (1) Arm lost, three hundred and twelve weeks compensation. (2) Leg lost, two hundred and eighty-eight weeks ’ compensation. (3) Hand lost, two hundred and forty-four weeks7 compensation. (4) Foot lost, two hundred and five weeks’ compensation. (5) Eye lost, one hundred and sixty weeks’ compensation. (6) Thumb lost, seventy-five weeks’ compensation. (7) First finger lost, forty-six weeks ’ compensation. (8) Great toe lost, thirty-eight weeks’ compensation. (9) Second finger lost, thirty weeks’ compensation. (10) Third finger lost, twenty-five weeks’ compensation. (11) Toe other than great toe lost, sixteen weeks’ compensation. (12) Fourth finger lost, fifteen weeks’ compensation. (13) Loss of hearing: Compensation for loss of hearing of one ear, fifty-two weeks. Compensation for loss of hearing of both ears, two hundred weeks. (14) Phalanges: Compensation for loss of more than one phalange of a digit shall be the same as for loss of the entire digit. Compensation for loss of the first phalange shall be one-half of the compensation for loss of the entire digit. (15) Amputated arm or leg: Compensation for an arm or a leg, if amputated at or above the elbow or the knee, shall be the same as for a loss of the arm or leg; but, if amputated between the elbow and the wrist or the knee and the ankle, shall be the same as for loss of a hand or foot. (16) Binocular vision or per centum of vision: Compensation for loss of binocu lar vision or for 80 per centum or more of the vision of an eye shall be the same as for loss of the eye. (17) Two or more digits: Compensation for loss of two or more digits, or one or more phalanges of two or more digits, of a hand or foot may be proportioned to the loss of use of the hand or foot occasioned thereby, but shall not exceed the compensation for loss of a hand or foot. (18) Total loss of use: Compensation for permanent total loss of use of a member shall be the same as for loss of the member. (19) Partial loss or partial loss of use: Compensation for permanent partial loss or loss of use of a member may be for proportionate loss or loss of use of the member. (20) Disfigurement: The deputy commissioner shall award proper and equi table compensation for serious facial or head disfigurement, not to exceed $3,500. (21) Other cases: In all other cases in this class of disability the compensation shall be 66% per centum of the difference between his average weekly wages and his wage-earning capacity thereafter in the same employment or otherwise, payable during the continuance of such partial disability, but subject to reconsideration of the degree of such impairment by the deputy commissioner on his own motion or upon application of any party in interest. (22) In case of temporary total disability and permanent partial disability, both resulting from the same injury, if the temporary total disability continues for a longer period than the number of weeks set forth in the following schedule, the period of temporary total disability in excess of such number of weeks shall be added to the compensation period provided in subdivision (c) of this section: Arm, thirty-two weeks; leg, forty weeks; hand, thirty-two weeks; foot, thirty-two weeks; eye, twenty weeks; thumb, twenty-four weeks; first finger, eighteen weeks; great toe, twelve weeks; second finger, twelve weeks; third finger, eight weeks; fourth finger, eight weeks; toe other than great toe, eight weeks. In any case resulting in loss or partial loss of use of arm, leg, hand, foot, eye, thumb, finger, or toe, where the temporary total disability does not extend beyond the periods above mentioned for such injury, compensation shall be limited to the schedule contained in subdivision (c). (d) Any compensation to which any claimant would be entitled under sub division (c) excepting subdivision (c-21) shall, notwithstanding death arising 16 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN from causes other than the injury, be payable to and for the benefit of the persons following: (1) If there be a surviving wife or dependent husband and no child o f the deceased under the age of eighteen years, to such wife or dependent husband. (2) If there be a surviving wife or dependent husband and surviving child or children of the deceased under the age of eighteen years, one half shall be payable to the surviving wife or dependent husband and the other half to the surviving child or children. (3) The deputy commissioner may in his discretion require the appointment of a guardian for the purpose of receiving the compensation of the minor child. In the absence of such a requirement the appointment for such a purpose shall not be necessary. (4) If there be a surviving child or children of the deceased under the age of eighteen years, but no surviving wife or dependent husband, then to such child or children. (5) An award for disability may be made after the death of the injured em ployee. (e) Temporary partial disability: In case of temporary partial disability resulting in decrease of earning capacity the compensation shall be two-thirds of the difference between the injured employee’s average weekly wages before the injury and his wage-earning capacity after the injury in the same or another em ployment, to be paid during the continuance of such disability, but shall not be paid for a period exceeding five years. (f) Injury increasing disability: (1) If an employee receive an injury which of itself would only cause permanent partial disability but which, combined with a previous disability, does in fact cause permanent total disability, the employer shall provide compensation only for the disability caused by the subsequent in jury: Provided, however, That in addition to compensation for such permanent partial disability, and after the cessation of the payments for the prescribed period of weeks, the employee shall be paid the remainder of the compensation that would be due for permanent total disability. Such additional compensation shall be paid out of the special fund established in section 44. (2) In all other cases in which, following a previous disability, an employee receives an injury which is not covered by (1) of this subdivision, the employer shall provide compensation only for the disability caused by the subsequent injury. In determining compensation for the subsequent injury or for death resulting therefrom, the average weekly wages shall be such sum as will reason ably represent the earning capacity of the employee at the time of the subsequent injury. (g) Maintenance for employees undergoing vocational rehabilitation: An employee who as a result of injury is or may be expected to be totally or partially incapacitated for a remunerative occupation and who, under the direction of the commission as provided by section 39 (c) of this act, is being rendered fit to engage in a remunerative occupation, shall receive additional compensation necessary for his maintenance, but such additional compensation shall not exceed $10 a week. The expense shall be paid out of the special fund established in section 44. Compensation for death S e c . 9. If the injury causes death, the compensation shall be known as a death benefit and shall be payable in the amount and to or for the benefit of the person following: (a) Reasonable funeral expenses not exceeding $200. (b) If there be a surviving wife or dependent husband and no child of the deceased under the age of eighteen years, to such wife or dependent husband 35 per centum of the average wages of the deceased, during widowhood, or dependent widowerhood with two years’ compensation in one sum upon remarriage; and if there be a surviving child or children of the deceased under the age of eighteen years, the additional amount of 10 per centum of such wages for each such child until the age of eighteen years; in case of the death or remarriage of such surviv ing wife or dependent husband any surviving child of the deceased employee, at the time under eighteen years of age, shall have his compensation increased to 15 per centum of such wage, and the same shall be payable until he shall reach the age of eighteen years: Provided, That the total amount payable shall in no case exceed 66% per centum of such wages. The deputy commissioner having juris diction over the claim may, in his discretion, require the appointment of a guard ian for the purpose of receiving the compensation of a minor child. In the PROVISIONS OP ACT AND METHOD OF APPLICATION 17 absence of such a requirement the appointment of a guardian for such purposes shall not be necessary. (c) If there be a surviving child or children of the deceased under the age of eighteen years, but no surviving wife or dependent husband, then for the support of each such child under the age of eighteen years, 15 per centum of the wages of the deceased: Provided, That the aggregate shall in no case exceed 66% per centum of such wages. (d) If there be no surviving wife or dependent husband or child under the age of eighteen years or if the amount payable to a surviving wife or dependent husband and to children under the age of eighteen years shall be less in the aggregate than 66% per centum of the average wages of the deceased; then for the support of grandchildren or brothers and sisters under the age of eighteen years, if dependent upon the deceased at the time of the injury, 15 per centum of such wages for the support of each such person until the age of eighteen years and for the support of each parent, or grandparent, of the deceased if dependent upon him at the time of the injury, 25 per centum of such wages during such de pendency. But in no case shall the aggregate amount payable under this sub division exceed the difference between 66% per centum of such wages, and the amount payable as hereinbefore provided to surviving wife or dependent husband and for the support of surviving child or children. (e) In computing death benefits the average weekly wages of the deceased shall be considered to have been not more than $37.50 nor less than $12, but the total weekly compensation shall not exceed the weekly wages of the deceased. (f) All questions of dependency shall be determined as of the time of the injury (g) Aliens: Compensation under this chapter to aliens not residents (or about to become nonresidents) of the United States or Canada shall be the same in amount as provided for residents, except that dependents in any foreign country shall be limited to surviving wife and child or children, or if there be no surviving wife or child or children, to surviving father or mother whom the employee has supported, either wholly or in part, for the period of one year prior to the date of the injury, and except that the commission may, at its option or upon the applica tion of the insurance carrier shall, commute all future installments of compensa tion to be paid to such aliens by paying or causing to be paid to them one-half of the commuted amount of such future installments of compensation as deter mined by the commission. Payment of compensation S e c . 14. * * * * * * * (j) Whenever the deputy commissioner determines that it is for the best interests of a person entitled to compensation, the liability of the employer for such compensation may be discharged by the payment of a lump sum equal to the present value of all future payments of compensation computed at 4 per centum true discount compounded annually. The probability of the death of the injured employee or other person entitled to compensation before the expira tion of the period during which he is entitled to compensation shall be deter mined in accordance with the American Experience Table of Mortality. The probability of the happening of any other contingency affecting the amount or duration of the compensation shall be disregarded. * * * * * * * (m) The total compensation payable under this act for injury or death shall jn no event exceed the sum of $7,500. In applying other provisons of the longshoremen’s law to the settled claims certain assumptions have been made to make the provisions of the law apply to the conditions obtaining in the shipping industry. Section 12 (a) of the law provides that “ Notice of an injury or a death in respect of which compensation is payable under this act shall be given within thirty days after the date of such injury or death (1) to the deputy commissioner in the compensation district in which the injury occurred, and (2) to the employer.” Under the administration of the longshoremen’s act the “ districts” are limited to the United States, while accidents covered in this study occurred in various other parts of the world. The assumption has been made, therefore, that any injury to an American seaman arising 18 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN out of and in the course of his employment no matter where it occurred, provided the injury resulted in sufficient disability, would be com pensable. Section 12 (b) provides in reference to (a) that “ Such notice shall be in writing, shall contain the name and address of the employee and a statement of the time, place, nature, and cause of the injury, or death, and shall be signed by the employee or by some person in his behalf, or in case of death, by any person claiming to be entitled to compensation for such death or by a person on his behalf.” Obviously many accidents might occur in which it would be im possible for the seaman to make a report within 30 days after the accident occurred. If such notice were not signed by the injured it must be signed by some one in his behalf, which would mean that were a seaman injured on the Indian Ocean in all probability he must have a representative in the United States who will, upon notifica tion, take care of his interests and serve the properly signed notice with the deputy commissioner. Here again the question of what district the accident may have occurred in arises and it is not hard to conceive the difficulties that would follow an effort to apply the above provisions of the longshoremen’s act to seamen. It is assumed that these conditions would be obviated if the law were applied to seamen. In the determination of the average wage the longshoremen’s act specifies the methods to be used in the computations. The applica tion of these provisions in this study have been disregarded and the wage rate as specified for the occupation in which the injured seaman was employed at the time of his injury plus an allowance of $30 for food and $15 for quarters per month have been used in making all computations, except for some seamen employed on harbor craft who do not receive food and quarters in addition to the money rate, and also where the seaman was working as a work-a-way at the time of injury. In the latter case the rate applying to his regular occupa tion, plus the allowances above stated, has been applied. Section 6 (a) of the longshoremen’s act provides that— No compensation shall be allowed for the first seven days of disability, * * * Provided, however, That in case the injury results in disability of more than forty-nine days, the compensation shall be allowed from the date of disability. The waiting period which has a definite function in all compensa tion laws would present a rather unusual problem were it applied to seamen. The provision is designed mainly to lessen the opportunity for malingering and at the same time to develop precaution and safer methods. If the seaman were to receive wages to the end of the voyage, in about 40 per cent of compensable cases the waiting period, if applied, would fall somewhere between the middle and the end of the actual period of disability. Hence, if a waiting period were ap plied at the end of the period for which the seaman receives wages it could not perform a clearly defined function and the bureau has there fore computed compensation from the date that wages ceased to the date the seaman was able to resume work in every case. The only function left the waiting period would be to prevent an award from exceeding the irreducible minimum of expense in the administration of each case adjudicated. Other necessary considerations in applying such an act to seamen would be the requirements for satisfactory evidence, especially in cases where the seaman was left in a hospital in a foreign port and RECORDS FRAGMENTARY 19 the ship upon which he was injured was at sea. At the present time depositions in many cases can not be obtained until long after the accident when the incidents of its occurrence have dimmed in the memory of witnesses and details appearing to be minor in nature at the time but vital in making a just settlement are not available. The agencies through whom settlements are now negotiated often experi ence great difficulty in obtaining unquestionable facts in regard to an accident. One of the marine underwriters in a memorandum to each of their clients in regard to statements of witnesses to accidents said, “ It seems that masters are under the impression that inasmuch as the agency has a representative who boards the vessel on arrival, it is not necessary for the master or his officers to take any action other than to make out a very hasty report.” This statement seems to express the general tendency of reports of accidents as the bureau has found them in this study. There is also the question of limitations. The voyages of some vessels cover a period of a year or more with an indeterminate end ing. Some ships that carry on the trade of the northern seas sail with the intention of an early return, but are often frozen in for the winter in inaccessible locations. Such incidents can never be fore cast and voyages are thus necessarily lengthened. It is obvious that limitations that apply to the laws of the land would in many instances be far too rigid and prejudicial to the interests of injured seamen. Records Fragmentary inauguration of a general system of keeping records of details uf injuries to American seamen would work for the interests of both the shipping companies and the seaman. It is not unusual for accident claims to be filed among those for property damage, cargo shortage, cargo damage, hospitalization of alien seamen, etc. Approx imately 6,000 such cases were consulted to obtain the 1,195 cases of injury used in this report. Approximately 90 per cent of the injury cases in the primary sources were incomplete for the purposes of this study. The bureau therefore proceeded to various other sources for information and in so doing has been able to complete a total of 1,195 cases out of 1,981 cases obtained in the primary sources. Additional information necessary was obtained partly by correspondence and partly by sending representatives of the bureau directly to trace records of ships’ logs, hospital treatment, treatment by private physicians, records of attorneys, shipping commissioners, and the seamen them selves. In this work agents of the bureau visited, in addition to the New York area, 12 ports on the east coast, 5 ports on the Gulf of Mexico, and 6 ports on the west coast; a total of 38 hospitals, 9 physicians, 8 attorneys, 24 shipowners, and many individuals including seamen. In the consideration of data collected in this study no weight could be given the unknown factor in a large number of cases—that is, all the claims covered, with few exceptions, have brought the injured man in direct contact with the claim adjuster of either a shipping company or a marine underwriter during settlement negotiations, while in this study the bureau has had oi5y cold facts to work with and has had no opportunity to appraise the actual disability. 20 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN The bureau has taken each case only on the merits of the records, many of which may not have shown a period of convalescence which was actually spent before the seaman could return to work. Prob ably the most difficult record to find was the date the seaman could resume his duties. Disabilities in which the exact date of return to work was obscure have been treated only to the last known date of disability where the seaman was about able to resume work when discharged from the hospital, while others not so definite were rejected entirely. As already stated, the records of facts concerning injured seamen are to a large extent fragmentary. Many cases appearing to be relevant were scheduled at the primary sources—the shipowners* and the underwriters’ records. Additional information from other sources showed that 786 cases, or approximately 40 per cent of the cases covered at the primary sources, could not be used. Two hundred and eight of the 786 rejected cases could have been used had the bureau been able to obtain complete information in each case. One hundred and forty-eight of the 208 cases were injury cases, 28 death cases, 11 were cases in which no time was lost but a money settle ment was made, 5 cases were unproved injury, and 16 were false claims which were settled for small sums by the shipowner or under writer rather than pay legal fees necessary in the case of litigation. In 96 of the 148 injury cases no claims were filed and no money was paid. In 24 the claims totaled $205,759, but were settled with no payments, and in the other 28 cases the claims totaled $56,208.63 and were settled for $11,927.09. In 15 of the 28 death cases no claims were filed. A gratuity of $500 was paid in one of the 15 cases. The claims in the other 13 cases totaled $256,450 and were settled for $22,800. In 175 cases no time was lost by the injured seaman and all were very minor injuries. There was no claim filed in 154 of them. In 10 cases claims totaled $33,787.50 but were settled with no money pay ments. In the other 11 cases the claims totaled $81,963.27 and were settled for $3,921.27. Four claims amounting to $90,000 were found to have been appealed to a higher court which had not yet rendered judgment and they were therefore rejected. Two injuries were found to have arisen “ in the course o f” but not “ out of the employment.” Thirty cases were found probably due to willful misconduct. No claims were filed in any of these. They were of three types: Intoxi cation, venereal diseases, and aggressors in fights. Because of the doubtful nature of these cases with no proof one way or the other, the bureau thought it best not to include them in the report. Ten cases were rejected because the alleged injury was not proved, although it possibly existed. No records could be found in any of them to support the allegation. In five no claims were filed. In the other five the claims amounted to $35,355 and were settled for $205. Twenty-nine claims after thorough investigation were found to be false. In some of these the ship’s articles, the pay rolls, and the ship ping commissioner’s records for the voyage upon which the accidents causing injury were alleged to have occurred gave no evidence of the plaintiff having been employed in any capacity. Thirteen of these claims amounted to $121,000, but were settled with no money pay REGULATIONS AFFECTING SEAMEN 21 ments. The other 16 claims totaled $131,038 and were settled for $417.54. This amount was the aggregate of very small payments which were paid the claimants rather than allow the cases to go into litigation. Fifty-four other cases were found to be for illness other than “ Occupational disease,” making a total of 480 rejected cases involving American seamen. No claims were made in 353 of these. In 53 the claims totaled $460,546.50 and were settled with no money pay ments, while the claims in the remaining 74 cases amounted to $581,014.90 and were settled for $41,270.90. Three hundred and six other cases after further research were rejected because they were not applicable to the study. Thirty were for hospitalization of alien seamen, 57 were seamen on ships of foreign registry, 154 were longshoremen, 27 were passengers, 14 were repair men, 10 were dock employees, 8 were painters, 2 were lightermen, and there was one each of the following: Customs inspector, immigra tion inspector, cattle tender, and a canal employee. Regulations Affecting Seamen T^HE life of a seaman is distinctly different from that of a landsman and is governed by various other factors. The statement is made in Appendix A, page 45, that “ Among the several factors that operate to give to seamen a legal and economic status that differs from that of employed persons generally, two may be noted as especially influential: First, the absolute dependence of the sailor upon his master for the necessaries of life—food, lodging, care in case of sickness or accident, etc., on account of his isolation from other recourse; and second, a like dependence of the master upon the con tinued and constantly available services of his employee till the completion of his undertaking.” To afford a better understanding of the material presented in this report, details of some of the more important factors governing the seaman's life will be explained. The navigation laws of the United States provide that— The master of every vessel bound from a port in the United States to any foreign port other than vessels engaged in trade between the United States and the British North American possessions, or the West India Islands, or the Re public of Mexico, or of any vessel of the burden of seventy-five tons or upward, bound from a port on the Atlantic to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa, shall, before he proceeds on such voyage, make an agreement, in writing or in print, with every seaman whom he carries to sea as one of the crew, * * * . It is not unusual, however, for the masters of ships engaged in trade exempted from the quoted law to sign their crews on articles for their own protection as if it were a legal obligation. The same form is used in coastwise and foreign shipping, differing only by additional inserted stipulations. Such inserted stipulations for coast wise and other trade not subject to the law referred to usually designate the voyage as from one port to the next so that in case of accident or injury the seaman may be released from the articles and put ashore at the next port, and the ship, for this reason, is not liable for wages for any period after the seaman goes ashore. The form of the articles used in the signing of the crew is also specified by the navigation laws and is shown below; 22 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Form of articles of agreement U n it e d States op A m e r ic a . Allotment payable to In what capacity Shipping commissioner’s signature or initials Time at which he is to be on board Place and time of entry Whole wages Wages due Days Tim e of service Months Wages per run Wages per month Hair f1a |Inches Birthplace Age Signature of crew Descrip tion Complexion Height | Amount of allotment || | || (Date and place of first signature of agreement, including name of shipping office.) It is agreed between the master and seamen or mariners of th e --------------------- , of w h ich --------------------- is at present master, or whoever shall go for master, now bound from the port o f ----------, ---------- , t o ---------- , ---------- (here the voyage is to be described and the places named at which the vessel is to touch, or if that can not be done, the general nature and probable length of the voyage is to be stated). And the said crew agree to conduct themselves in an orderly, faithful, honest, and sober manner, and to be at all times diligent in their respective duties, ana to be obedient to the lawful commands of the said master, or of any person who shall lawfully succeed him, and of their superior officers in everything relating to the vessel, and the stores and cargo thereof, whether on board, in boats, or on shore; and in consideration of which service, to be duly performed, the said master hereby agrees to pay the said crew, as wages, the sums against their names res pectively expressed, and to supply them with provisions according to the annexed scale. And it is hereby agreed that any embezzlement or willful or negligent destruction of any part of the vessel's cargo or stores shall be made good to the owner out of the wages of the person guilty of the same; and if any person enters himself as qualified for a duty which he proves himself incompetent to perform, his wages shall be reduced in proportion to his incompetency. And it is also agreed that if any member of the crew considers himself to be aggrieved by any breach of the agreement or otherwise, he shall represent the same to the master or officer in charge of the vessel, in a quiet and orderly manner, who shall there upon take such steps as the case may require. And it is also agreed that (here any other stipulations may be inserted to which the parties agree, and which are not contrary to law). In witness whereof the said parties have subscribed their names hereto on the days against their respective signatures mentioned. Signed b y --------------------- , master, on th e ------ day o f -----------, nineteen hundred a n d ------ . ! I 1 1 1 O Such articles may specify the length of the voyage as one or more round trips, a voyage to any port, or for a voyage not to exceed a specified length of time. Generally only those ships which maintain a regular schedule from an American port to certain foreign ports and return end their voyage at the port of shipment. The common practices of maritime law holding an American ship engaged in foreign trade responsible for the return of its sick or disabled seamen to the port of shipment, unless signed off by mutual consent, have been upheld by the courts, and steamship companies in general provide the necessary transportation as soon as such sea men are able to travel. Under the provisions of the navigation laws, there is also appropriated a special fund “ to provide for the seamen of the United States who may be found destitute” in the various con sular districts of foreign countries ‘ ‘ sufficient subsistence and passage to some port in the United States, in the most reasonable manner, REGULATIONS AFFECTING SEAMEN 23 at the expense of the United States, subject to such instructions as the Secretary of State shall give. The seamen shall, if able, be bound to duty on board the vessels in which they may be transported, accord ing to their several abilities.” This destitute seaman’s fund is avail able for use by the consuls and vice consuls who look after the interests of sick and disabled seamen put ashore in foreign ports and often make complete arrangements for the return of the seamen to the United States either as a “ consular passenger” or, if able to perform duties, as a “ work-a-way.” Reporting Injuries or Illness The routine of events following every case of illness or injury of a seaman begins with the entry in the ship’s log showing the nature of the injury or illness, the medical treatment given, and usually if an injury, the manner in which it occurred. The master then makes up in duplicate or triplicate a report of the occurrence to be forwarded to the offices of the owner and to the underwriter or insurance broker if the owner is not a “ self-insurer.” Although these reports provide space for a complete description of nearly all pertinent matters concerning the seaman and his injury, the bureau found that the reports are seldom filled in completely and often some of the more important items are wanting. Shown below are two types of forms largely used in reporting injuries, and two used for illnesses. 24 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN REPORT OF PERSONAL INJURY as. Managing Agent . Date of Sailing__ Voyage N o .-------Articles N o .. Name. Address ... Occupation . Age ...... Citizen or alien . Color_____ ________ S e x ____________ Mamed or single. . Relationship . Name of nearest relative__ ______ ________ Address________________________________ 2. (a) In whose employment when injured___ (c) Wages per week 1 (6) How long em ployed--------------------------3. (a) Date man signed o n --------------------------- (6) Where (c) Before w h om ________________________ 4. (a) Date when man was paid o f f _____________ (c) Before w h om ___________________________ ... (jb) W here----------------- ... (d) Amount of wages paid . 5. Date crew paid off for voyage, if known__________________________________________:-------------------6. Injury received: (a) D a te______________ (&) H our______________ (c) P la ce--------------------------- (d) To whom first reported___________________________________________ (e) When ------------------- 7. Describe fully what was being done, how the accident happened, and nature of injuries — 8. What machinery or gear was in usefl____ Was it in good order? j 9. Was steamer loading or disc From or to dock or lighter? 10. Name of person in charge of work at time of accident. REGULATIONS AFFECTING SEAMEN 11* (a). Was the man perfectly sober?______ _____ 25 (5) Was he careless? (c) Was any other person at fault? If so, who and in what w a y ? ___ 12. What was done for man after accident, with name and address of attending physician and hospital, if any ? 13. Diagnosis__:_____________________________________________ 14. Was man able to return to d u ty ?____________ If so, when? 15. State probable period of disablement____ .__________________ 16. Give statement, if any, made by injured person_____________ 17. Remarks: Names o f witnesses to accident, persons assisting in work, and those nearby (Signature of Master) (Signature of Surgeon) Addresses (Signature of Department Head) 26 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN REPORT OF PERSONAL INJURY I mportant.—An immediate investigation should be held by ship's officers, of every accident, however slight. Signed statements of witnesses should be attached to this form. Send this report to the owners with* out delay. Report all injuries to crew, stevedores or other persons. S .SFlying what flag..- -Date o f Sailing™ -Voyage N o_ Nanfe— AddressI.—Injured Person A ge- -Color_ -Married?— -H ow many children?— OccupationName o f nearest relative— Address________________ 2.—*Date man signed oa_ -Where— 3.—Date crew paid off for current voyage, if known4.—Date upon which man was paid off_______ _____ -Where . Before whnm -Amount of wages paid... 5.—Wages per month6.— (a) In whose employment(b ) How long employed---7.—Injury received: (a) Date— - ( b ) Hour_ (d ) T o whom first reported&—In what ]port was ship at time of'accident— 9.—Describe fully how and where the accident happened- 10.—Describe as fully as possible nature and extent of injury ___ (c ) Place- ( e ) When___ REGULATIONS AFFECTING SEAMEN ll.—State what was done for the man after the acci dent, with name and address of attending physi cian or hospital, if any________;__________'— 12.—State probable period of disablement--------------13.—-Give statement, if any, made by injured person. 14.—Name of person in charge or superintending work \ at time of accident..... ............... .......... .........J 15.—Was-man able to return to duty?------------------------- If so, when?. 16.—Was steamer loading or discharging? From or t o ) ___________ dock or lighter?------------------------------------------ j ~ 17.—What machinery or gear was in use, and was it in ) ___________ good order?-----------------------------------------------) 18.— (a) Was the man perfectly sober?--------------------(b) Was he careless?-------------------------------------(c) Was any other person at fault? If so, who and in what way?--------------------------------- 19.—Was substitute signed on?---------------------------------On what date-----------------------------20.—Name of substitute......... — -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Signature of Master. Surgeon a t Officer. Date:.. ,,—___ ______________________________ N ames o r W itnesses to A ccident and P ersons A ssisting in W ork H ome A ddresses 27 28 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN REPORT OF ILLNESS s. s._______ Managing Agent. Date of Sailing.. Voyage No. ___ j h J Occupation-------------------- *—________ JA ge --------------- Color---------------------- ----------- Citizen or alien S ex______________ Married or single____ [ Name of nearest relative--------------------------------------------------------- Relationship____ 2. (a) In whose employment when taken ill__ (6) How long employed---------------------------------------- (c) Wages p e r j ^ ^ j 3. (a) Bate man signed on------------------------------------------ (6) W here_________ (c) Before whom------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(d) Physical condition on examination, if any, prior to signing articles ... 4. (a) Date when man was paid off.---------------------------------- (b) Where___________________ (c) Before whom ------------------------------------------------------- (d) Amount of wages paid------ 5. Date crew paid off for voyage, if known_______________________________________________ 6. Illness contracted: (a) Date---------------------------- (b) Hour------------------(d) To whom first reported-------------------------------------------- „-------------- (c) Place______ (e) When_______ (f) What was done for sick person )>y party to whom first reported?________________ ___ 7. Physical signs and symptoms 8. Diagnosis 29 REGULATIONS AFFECTING SEAMEN 9. Treatment, give full details............ 10. Final disposition of patient.. 11. If sent to hospital, state where, when admitted, and at whose request________ 12. Probable period of disability.. 13. Had intoxication or venereal diseases anything to do with illn e s s ? If so, give details.. 14.‘ If ill before embarkation, by whom treated..................................... {a) Where............................................................... 15. Give statement, if any, by sick person. (b) How long- ....................................... . 16. Similar previous illness if any: (a) When .. (jb) Where______ ,______________________ _. 17 . Remarks. ____ (c) Detail.............. - .............................. . ____________________ _____ NAMES OF PERSONS WHO KNEW 0 7 ILLNESS AND TREATMENT AFFORDED (Signature o( Matter) <555f ........................... 105676°—28----- 3 ADDRESSES (Signature of 8urjieon) "owS (Signature of Department Head) ” &m --- 30 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN REPORT OP ILLNESS N otice.— It is extremely important that the following questions be fully answered. Patient should be questioned regarding details not known to person making report. Name of VesseL. ------------------------------------------- Flag____________ -Voyage Number™ Name .. Address .. Age------- ..Married?..— ...U. S. Citizen?- Rating or capacity on vessel™ I.*—The Patient Wages per month__________ Name and address of nearest relative or friend .. Date and hour illness first reported— To whom reported________________ Complaint and statement made by patient™ 2.—The Illness Physical signs and/or symptoms™ Diagnosis----------------------------------------------------------------------D escribe in full all treatment given to patient on board vessel— By whom was patient treated on board vessel... Name and address of attending physician, if any- Was patient able to resume full duties on vessel — Treatment on Board 3.—and Final Disposition o f Patient Was patient sent to hospital on shore-----------------By whom__ _________________ ___ At what port Name and address of hospital---------------------------- Date and hour on which patient was sent to hospital __ If patient was not sent to marine hospital, state reason - ftafl patient suffered similar illness before joining vessel. \ 31 HEGtTLATIONS AFFECTING SEAMEN 4.—On what date did man sign articles_________ 5.—Before whom_______ ____________________ 6.—At_what port_______ _______________ ,______ 7.—Date on which voyage commenced__________ 8.—From what port-------------------- ----_r— .......... 9.—Date on which voyage ended----------------------10.—At what port.-------------------------------- -----------11.—Date on which crew was paid off for voyage. 12.—Date on which patient was paid off._________ 13.—Was substitute signed on 14.—On_what date....__ _____ 15.—Name o f substitute____ 16.—Remarks Signed... . Master. Date............................... ................ ............................ N ames of Crew or P ersons W ho K now F acts C oncerning I l l n e s s a n d T r e a t m e n t on B oard V essel A ddresses 32 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Injured Seaman’s Right to Wages In the case of a seaman injured in the service of a ship, where the injury is of a serious nature, the master is obligated to direct the ship to the nearest port where proper treatment can be obtained. If the injury is not of a serious nature and reasonable medical attention can be given him on board ship the voyage may continue to the next regular port of call. If the seaman is left in the intermediate port or the next regular port of call, the master must pay him at that time the accrued wages up to the time he leaves the ship. This is done before a duly authorized shipping commissioner, or, if the ship is in a foreign port, before a consular officer. The general maritime law, as adopted by the courts of the United States, allows a seaman falling sick or injured during the course of a voyage wages to the end of the voyage, whether he remains on board or is left in a port for medical treatment. Very often—probably in the greater number of cases— when the injury is of a minor nature, the seaman continues the voyage doing less important tasks and receiving full wages to the end of the voyage although his value to the ship is considerably impaired. Injured seamen left in a foreign port are, when practicable, returned to the port of shipment on the same ship or another ship belonging to the same company. If they recuperate sufficiently, they sometimes work their way back aboard other ships, or seek other employment ashore. After a seaman has recovered from an injury or an illness, it is his duty, as expressed in some court opinions, to seek employment to minimize the amount of wages that the vessel owner may be called upon to pay. Wages for the period from the time a seaman is put ashore for medical treatment after being injured to the termination of the ship’s articles are usually a constituent part of the settlement made by the shipowner or the underwriter with the seaman in closing claims for damages, pain and suffering, maintenance, etc., due as a result of the injury. A number of cases were used in the study in which the seamen, left ashore for treatment, were able to go to work prior to the date of the end of the voyage on which the injury occurred. The settle ment in some of the cases was negotiated with the respective seamen at the time a medical examiner pronounced him fit for duty. The bureau could neither establish the date on which the seaman actually went to work, if at all, nor the amount of earnings, if any, earned before the end of the voyage. Hence the amount of wages the seaman was entitled to in such cases was computed to the date the seaman was physically able to work, on the assumption that he did find em ployment immediately and earned an amount equivalent to his former wage plus maintenance. A brief summary of the development and the adoption of maritime law by the United States and a brief outline of court decisions con struing the seaman’s right to wages, prepared by the legal department of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, follows: The present maritime law, which allows a seaman injured in the service of the ship full wages at least to the end of the voyage, is based on the Laws of Oleron but probably has an earlier origin. (Arts. 6, 7 , 1 Pardess 327); the Laws of Wisby (arts. 19, 20, 2 1 ,1 Pardess, REGULATIONS AFFECTING SEAMEN 33 473, 474); and the Laws of the Hanse Towns (arts. 39, 40, 45, 46; 1614, t. 14, arts. 1, 8, 2-2 Pardess 519, 521, 556). He receives full wages for the whole voyage because the disability is supposed to have continued until the termination of the voyage. (See opinion by J. Davis in Natterstrom v. The Hazard, Bee 441, Fed. Case No. 10055.) This principle of general maritime law has been adopted by several countries. (See French Ordinances, liv. 3, tit. 4; Des Loyers des Matelots, art. 11-4, Pardess 366; Code de Commerce, art. 262; L’Ord de la Marine, liv. 3, tit. 4, art. 11; England, Chandler v. Grieves (1792), 2 H. Bl. 606, note (a); see Abbot, Merchant Ship, 14th Ed., London, 1901, p. 250.) This principle of maritime law has been adopted in the United States. The general maritime principle that a seaman injured in the per formance of his duties is entitled to receive full wages at least to the end of the voyage has been construed to include wages to the end of the voyage of the ship whether he remains on board or is left in a foreign port. (See George Ticknor Curtis’s Treatise on the Rights and Duties of Merchant Seamen, Boston, 1841, page 290.) Cases adopting these principles in the United States are as follows: Firfeman injured on outbound trip from New York to Rio de Janeiro, placed in hospital at St. Thomas, picked up on return trip and returned to New York though he was unable to work on the return trip, was entitled to wages for the entire voyage. (The North America (1872), D. C. E. D. N. Y., Fed. Case No. 10314.) Seaman out of Boston was injured and discharged at Melbourne and was shipped home by consul. He was entitled to wages to end of voyage. (Gallon v. Williams (1871), D. C. D. Mass., Fed. Case No. 2324.) Seaman injured on trip from New York to Vera Cruz was cared for at the expense of the ship and wages paid to the end of the voyage. Apparently he continued on board. (The City of Alexandria (1883), D. C. S. D. N. Y., 17 Fed. 390.) Seaman on ship from San Francisco to Australia via Puget Sound was. injured at Puget Sound while loading the ship and was imme diately sent to a hospital and paid off. Held he was entitled to wages from time of accident to the date of the vessel’s return from Australia to an American port. (The Governor Ames (1891), D. C. D. Wash.; N. D. 55, Fed. 327.) Cook was injured while ship was being towed from dock at Seattle to open water on trip to Alaska and was immediately put ashore and caused to be taken to a hospital. Held injured man was entitled to wages to end of voyage. (Wilson v. Manhattan Canning Co. (1914), D. C. W. D. Wash.; N. D. 210, Fed. 898; affirmed on appeal (1914), C. C. A. 9th Circuit, 217 Fed. 41.) Share fisherman, third mate, on trip to Alaskan coast, was injured and may recover wages based on share of catch to end of voyage. (Olsen v. Whitney et al. (1901), D. C. N. D. Cal., 109 Fed. 80.) Seaman was injured on the return trip from New Orleans to New York. Held he was entitled to his wages to end of voyage. (The Cortes (1872), D. C. E. D. N. Y., 6 Fed. Case No. 3258.) Seaman was injured on return trip from Darien, Ga., to New York and put ashore at Wilmington. Held he was entitled to his wages to end of voyage. (The Robert C. McQuillen (1899), D. C. D. Conn., 91 Fed. 688.) 34 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Provided Hospital Treatment In event the ill or injured seaman is put ashore in a foreign port and placed in a hospital, the cost of hospitalization is paid either by the shipowner, or, if discharged by mutual consent, by the consul. If the seaman is kept aboard the ship until it arrives in a port where there is a United States marine hospital, he is given a “ hospital certificate” (a copy of the form is shown below) and placed in the marine hospital, where he receives free treatment. In other ports of the United States he is placed in public hospitals, where the cost is charged to the ship and the seaman is usually transferred to a United States marine hospital as soon as his condition will permit. TREASURY DEPARTMENT U. S. Public Health Sebvicb F o r m 1915 Revised August, 1028 MASTER’S CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE OF SICK OR INJURED SEAMEN ------------------------ ------- ----------------, 19-----M e d ic a l O f f ic e r in U. Charge, S . P u b l ic H e a l t h Se r v ic e . I certify, on honor, th a t_________________________________________________ _ whose signature and description appear below, has been employed on board in the care, preservation, or navigation, or in the service on board of those so employed, of th e............................................................................... (Naim and .class of vessel) of .....______________________________________________________ _ Official Registry N o........................ . (Home port, where permanent document issues) a vessel whose personnel is entitled to medical treatment by the U. S. Public Health Service. His period of service on the above-named vessel was from the_________.....d a y o f______________________ 19----- , to t h e -------------------day o f --------------------------------, 19____ I further certify that the person named herein has, in m y presence, signed his name in the blank space provided below for that purpose.* Master of the above-named vessel. Signature of the person named above........................................................................................ ................. Nativity--------------------------------------------------- , a g e ----------------years, height______fe e t______inches, Color of eyes------------------------------- , color of hair----------------------------------------, distinguishing marks Previous service. Total service on U. S. vessels-------------------years---------------- ... months. * The medical officer, or attending physician, should compare the aeanon’s signature with that given In the certificate, as a means of lndeqtlflcatloa. N o t i c e .— This Certificate is merely for information at Public Health Service officers at Marine Hospitals and other relief stations of the Public Health Service. It does not authorize relief by any private agency. REGULATIONS AFFECTING SEAMEN 35 American seamen were given the right to free treatment in the United States marine hospitals under authority of section 4803 of the Revised Statutes, which provides: S e c . 4803. * * * Such fund is appropriated for the expenses of the marine-hospital service, and shall be employed, under the direction of the Secre tary of the Treasury, for the care and relief of sick and disabled seamen employed in registered, enrolled, and licensed vessels of the United States. This fund was originally raised under authority of legislation providing for hospital dues to be assessed from seamen’s wages. This legislation was repealed by the act of June 26,1884, chapter 121, section 15 (23 S. 57), as follows: S e c . 15. Sections 4585, 4586, and 4587 of the Revised Statutes, and all other acts and parts of acts providing for the assessment and collection of a hospital tax for seamen are hereby repealed, and the expense of maintaining the marine hospital service shall hereafter be borne by the United States out of the receipts for duties on tonnage provided for by this act; and so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for that purpose. The act of March 3,1875, chapter 156, section 3 (18 S. 485) defines— The term “ seaman ” wherever employed in legislation relating to the marine hospital service, shall be held to include any person employed on board in the care, preservation, or navigation of any vessel, or in the service, on board, of those engaged in such care, preservation, or navigation. In practice the treatment of patients in public hospitals differs considerably from that afforded seamen by the Public Health Service in the marine hospitals. Customarily if a seamen is placed in a public hospital he would be discharged as soon as able to care for himself and live at an outside residence. In the marine hospitals, conditions permitting, the seaman may remain and receive food and quarters, until he is fit for duty. It should not be understood, however, that a large percentage of seamen patients remain until they are fit for duty. Many of them are discharged sooner with such notations as “ Granted a pass and did not return,” “ Absent without leave/’ “ Discharged at own re quest,” which is usually followed by “ against advice.” Such dis charges may be due to a large extent to the roving nature of most seamen who are probably somewhat bored at the confinement while not going anywhere. The more legitimate discharges are followed by such notations as “ Recovered,” “ Cured,” “ Fit for duty,” “ Treatment completed,” “ No further hospitalization necessary,” “ Transferred” (to another hospital), etc. The United States Public Health Service publishes figures showing the extent of the services rendered seamen by the Public Health Service in thp marine hospitals and relief stations. The figures are for sea men becoming ill or being injured on American-flag ships. Table 8, drawn from the 1926 Annual Report of the Public Health Service, shows that American seamen constituted 43.2 per cent of the total number of patients treated and 55.4 per cent of the number treated in the hospitals; that of the total number of deaths occurring in the hospitals 75.9 per cent were seamen; that 66.4 per cent of the total number of days of relief furnished in hospital were given seamen; that 40.7 per cent of the number of patients furnished office treatment were seamen; and that 45.5 per cent of the total number of office treatments were given seamen. 36 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN T a b l e 8 . — American seamen as beneficiaries of United States Public Health Service in marine hospitals [Drawn from U. S. Public Health Service Report, 1926] Total number of patients treated Beneficiaries Grand total________________________ 248,889 Number of patients treated in hospitals Died 888 1,321,309 42,290 American seamen: First-class stations___________________ 69,351 18,149 __________________ Other 38,243 relief stations 5,297 Total________ _____________________ Per cent____________________________ Num ber Num ber Number of of days patients of times office relief in furnished relief was hospital office furnished relief 206,599 572,139 511 163 753,720 123,861 51,202 32,946 183,924 76,370 107,594 23,446 674 877,581 84,148 260,294 43.2 55.4 75.9 66.4 40.7 45.5 Table 9, also drawn from the 1926 Annual Report of the Public Health Service, shows by broad groups of complaints the number of American seamen compared with the number of all other patients discharged in the year, the percentage which seamen were of the total number, the number of hospital days spent by American seamen compared with the number spent by all other patients, the percentage of total hospital days spent by American seamen, and the average days of hospitalization for American seamen compared with the average number for all other patients. The figures in the table are based on the records of patients discharged whether the patient was discharged as cured, improved, not improved, or because of death, or for other reasons. T a b l e 9 . — Number and per cent of patients and hospital days and average days of hospitalization for patients discharged from United States marine hospitals ana relief stations during the fiscal year 1926, by groups of conditions [Drawn from annual report, U. S. Public Health Service, 1926] Number of patients Group Abnormalities and congenital mal formations......................................... Blood and blood-forming organs, diseases and injuries of................... Bones and cartilages, diseases and injuries of.......................................... Circulatory system, diseases and injuries of.......................................... Communicable and infectious dis eases, not including tuberculosis and venereal..................................... Dental.................................................... Digestive system, diseases and in juries of.............................................. Ear, nose, and throat, diseases and injuries of.......................................... Endocrines, diseases and injuries of. E ye and annexa, diseases and in juries of.............................................. Genito-urinary system, diseases and injuries of (exclusive of ve nereal)................................................ Number of days in hospital Per cent seamen are of Amer All Amer All total other other ican ican patients seamen patients seamen patients Per cent of total days in hospital spent by seamer* Average days of hospitalization Amer All ican other seamen patients 17 15 53.1 501 180 73.6 29.5 "36 17 67.9 2,221 1,338 62.4 61.7 78.7 1,060 606 63.6 53,005 28,405 65.1 50.0 46.9 805 386 67.6 48,979 15,660 75.8 60.8 40.6 1,159 118 638 91 64.5 56.5 21,252 1,819 9,869 1,185 68.3 60.6 18.3 15.4 15.5 13.0 1,769 977 64.4 39,678 18,718 67.9 22.4 19.2 1,467 96 1,533 59 48.9 61.9 19,443 4,939 16,919 2,767 53.5 64.1 13.3 51.4 11.0 46.9 203 142 58.8 6,767 3,371 66.7 33.3 23.7 777 258 75.1 27,326 6,427 81.0 35.2 24.9 • 12.0 37 REGULATIONS AFFECTING SEAMEN T a b l e 9 . —Number and per cent of patients and hospital days and average days of hospitalization for patients discharged from United States marine hospitals and relief stations during the fiscal year 1926, by groups of conditions— Continued N um ber of days Per in hospitals cent seamen are of All Amer Amer All total other ican other patients ican seamen patients seamen patients N um ber of patients Group Hernia-.................................................. 769 Joints and bursae, diseases and in juries of.............................................. 660 1 Leprosy................................................. Lym phatic system, diseases and injuries of.......................................... 299 Muscles, fasciae, tendons, and ten don sheaths, diseases and injuries 620 of............................................ ........... Nervous system, diseases and in 452 juries of.............................................. Obstetrics and gynecological con 14 ditions................................................ Parasitic diseases. ............................... 78 Poisonings and intoxications............ 218 Psychiatric diseases............................ 193 Respiratory system, diseases and injuries of (exclusive of tubercu 962 losis)............... ......... ........................ Skin and its appendages, diseases 504 and injuries of.................................. Tuberculosis........................................ 828 274 Tum ors—.............................................. Venereal diseases................................. 4,507 Inoculations_______________________ Under observation.............................. 216 Miscellaneous....................................... 3,072 Total cases................................. 21,174 Per Average days o f cent of hospitalization total days in hospital Amer A ll spent other ican seamen patients seamen 482 61.5 25,801 13,103 66.3 33.6 27.2 380 65 63.5 1.5 32,286 49 14,389 36,863 69.2 .1 48.9 49.0 37.9 567.1 78 79.3 10,030 1,814 84.7 33.5 23.3 512 54.8 11,121 7,564 59.5 17.9 14.8 266 63.0 42,195 11,659 78.4 93.4 43.8 7 108 113 140 66.7 41.9 65.9 58.0 259 1,909 3,106 9,096 73 4,176 1,155 18,617 78.0 31.4 72.9 32.8 18.5 24.5 14.3 47.1 10.4 38.7 10.2 133.0 556 63.4 27,511 10,676 72.0 28.6 19.2 279 532 90 1,352 36 450 1,933 64.4 60.9 75.3 76.9 16,131 118,406 11,675 175,370 5,203 30,720 1,980 43,626 147 3,534 38,479 7$.6 79.4 85.5 80.1 32.0 143.0 42.6 38.9 37.6 66.0 12,101 63.6 348,617 69.3 9.9 24.3 37.2 18.6 57.7 22.0 32.3 4.1 7.9 19.9 32.4~ "'"2,"i32_ 61.4 74,541 787,548 28.8 The table shows that American seamen constituted 63.6 per cent of the number of beneficiaries discharged from the marine hospitals and relief stations in 1926; that 69.3 per cent of all hospital days were spent by American seamen; and that American seamen averaged 37.2 days of confinement as compared with 28.8 days for all other beneficiaries. The table also shows that more seamen were discharged in each disease group ^except leprosy and parasitic diseases than all other patients combined in the respective group; that except for leprosy, parasitic diseases, and psychiatric diseases, American seamen spent more than half of the total one-man hospital days for each respective disease group; and that excepting diseases of the blood and blood forming organs, leprosy, parasitic and psychiatric diseases, American seamen averaged more days of confinement for each respective complaint than all other beneficiaries combined in each respective disease group. Records of Treatment Unsatisfactory TN THE effort to secure continuous records of seamen’s disabilities A a small percentage, chiefly aliens, was found who used assumed names in signing articles or upon admittance to the marine hospitals. This was determined by the fact that some very serious injuries could not be found under the proper name on the records of the hospital to which the injured man was taken. Such names as “ Joseph Johns” were found to be entered as “ John Josephs,” etc., making the tracing of the records difficult in a number of cases. In some instances the agents of the bureau could find no record of treatment at all, while 38 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN in others the names were substantially different but all other facts concerning the injured man agreed. Company records in an exem plary case showed the seaman as “ Reggio” while the hospital records were “ Roggas. ” Numerous instances were found where a seaman who had received a slight injury had left the ship with no hospital certificate, and later, although the wound was treated properly on the ship, it had become infected and the seaman had gone to the marine hospital for treatment. Several such cases for which data were obtained resulted in the amputation of a member. Making Claims TX/TIILE the seaman is confined in the hospital generally no claim * * is presented and no steps are taken by the shipowner or under writer toward a settlement. There are, on the other hand, a few com panies and agencies who make a practice of starting settlement nego tiations as soon as an opinion can be obtained from their physican on the possible length of the man’s disability. The seaman, however, is more often notified to call on the claim adjuster as soon as he is able to get around. At that time, if an attorney has not been retained, the seaman presents his claim. If an agreement is reached the claim is paid in cash or by voucher as soon as the proper releases have been executed and the case is considered closed by the shipowner or the underwriter. Such settlements are based usually on the amounts which the seaman is entitled to as maintenance and as wages to the end of the voyage. Often the seaman makes demand for wages during disability with no mention of his right to maintenance. The adjuster in these cases usually computes the amount the seaman should receive as maintenance and wages, and limiting his settle ment to that amount proceeds to settle on the basis of “ wages during disability” not to exceed the computed figure. Cases were found where the settlements made under these conditions were more than the amount demanded though the usual aim seemed to be to please the injured seaman without payment of further sums. Many settlements are based on very meager information. The claim adjuster may have a master’s report showing that a seaman was injured aboard a ship on a certain date. No claim is presented immediately, but after a period of possibly three months, six months, or a year, the seaman presents himself and asks for a settlement. The adjuster inquires as to the treatment which the seaman obtained after the accident and then makes an effort to verify what the sea man has related. This can sometimes be done and sometimes it can not. For example, it may be that the seaman was burned and a report was made by the master, but no record of his having obtained treatment after leaving the ship could be found, yet he may have dis played the scars resulting from the bum. The adjuster calls in his examining physician and makes a settlement on the basis of the doctor’s opinion of probable disability and the facts shown in the master’s report of the injury. Should there be any possible chance of the seaman’s going to an attorney on the ground that the ship was unseaworthy the settlement may be for a considerable amount* Such action is taken as a preventive measure on the theory that the costs of litigation would be far more than the amount of the settle ment personally negotiated with the seaman. Settlements negotiated on questionable grounds are usually termed “ nuisance” values. MAKING CLAIMS 39 There is also a class of accidents which results in a known period of disability in which the ship is definitely liable. In these cases the settlement is usually much higher than in a similar case not involving liability. This is, of course, a matter of policy on the part of the shipowner to protect himself against a possible action for damages on the basis of unseaworthiness of the ship. Many cases are entered on the court calendars regardless of the facts as to whether liability exists or not. Usually they are carried up to the point of being ready for trial and then the attorney for the plaintiff, rather than take the case to court, offers a compromise which often results in a settlement by the shipowner on his own terms. In such cases the result is that the final settlement, which may be for approximately the amount first offered by the shipowner, is de layed sometimes for the greater part of a year and sometimes for several years, and from the amount obtained the legal fees of the plaintiff’s attorney have to be deducted. All in all, the seaman who was injured usually gets no more out of the claim than the attorney who was not injured. In claims where there is a bona fide liability on the part of the ship, the settlement is made, if possible, by the shipowner directly with the seaman at the earliest possible opportunity, and usually for a liberal amount to prevent the claim from going into the hands of negligent lawyers for the injured. It is not uncommon in this type of case for the settlement to be made long before the extent of the seaman’s disability can be determined, and before any sort of claim has been presented. For this reason there is an occasional case where the amount of the settlement does not equitably recompense the seaman for the disability sustained. Some cases of this type were found in the course of the study in which the seaman presented further claim even though the usual releases had been signed at the time the original settlement was made, and the claim was reopened. The seaman sometimes refuses the wages due at the time he is put ashore for treatment, probably on the “ theory” that the accept ance of wages might jeopardize his chances of getting a settlement for the injury. At any rate, in several cases where wages were refused, the wages due were never collected and the voucher for the wages as it was originally drawn is still held as “ unclaimed wages.” In one case this was for the amount of $156.61. (Case 371, “ Per sonal agreements.” ) Settlements of claims were found to be delayed in many instances because the seaman signed articles for a voyage before the settle ment was consummated. The lapse of time from the injury to the settlement in these cases was often more than a year. As soon as an agreement is reached between the claim adjuster and an injured man the proper releases are executed and the seaman is paid either in cash or by voucher. The case is considered settled by the shipowner or underwriter as soon as the releases are executed. Two forms used in closing cases, by settlement for injury, are shown below. To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern, greetings: Know ye, that I , --------------------- , for and in consideration of the sum o f ---------dollars, lawful money of the United States of America, to me in hand paid by --------------------- by the hand of its agents,-----------------------the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have remised, released, and forever discharged, and do by these presents for myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, remise, 40 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN release, and forever discharge the said---------------------their successors and assigns, the several steamships of the said companies, their officers and crews, their heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, and in particular the steamship ----------of and from all, and all manner of actions, suits, liens, debts, dues, tres passes, damages, injuries, wages, sums of money, controversies, agreements, claims, and demands whatsoever, in law or in admiralty, which against any one or more of said companies, or against any steamship thereof, or running in said lines, I ever had, now have or may have, for, upon, or by reason of any matter or thing whatsoever, from the beginning of the world to the date of these presents; and particularly, but not exclusively, for all losses, injuries, or damages. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal th e -----day o f ------ in the year one thousand nine hundred a n d --------. Sealed and delivered, in the presence of S t a t e o f ---------------- , County of - -------- , ss: On th e ------ day o f ----------- , in the year one thousand nine hundred a n d -------, before me personally ca m e --------------------- , to me known and known to me to be the individual in and who executed the foregoing instrument a n d ------ ac knowledged th a t------ executed the same. _____________________________ RELEASE_____ _______PAID B Y D R A F T N o. - DISTRIBUTION: — ---------------------------------$------------- ------------------------------------$-------------- OCCUPATION: THIS RELEASE MUST EXPRESS”THE WHOLE CONSIDERATION W hereas , ---------------- , the undersigned--------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- ------- Company o f of_____________________________________ ___ ______ have a claim against th2 for damages growing out o f— ----------------------------------------------- --- ------------ ------------------------------...---------------------- which claim..... ..............have agreed to settle for the sum of * * * * * * * * Now. therefore, in consideration o f said payment, the receipt whereof is herehv acknowledged. *...,— ..— _____...hereby compromise said claim, and acquit, discharge, and release said Company, and any other person or companies that may be liable therefor, their officers, agents, and employe ss, of and from any and all liability for said accident and injury, or any results direct or indirect, arising therefrom, and acknowledge full accord and satisfaction therefor. .And I hereby expressly state that the above'consideration is in fu ’l for this release, and that there is no understanding or agreement o f any kind for any further or future consideration whatsoever, implied, expected, or to come to me, in money, employment. Or otherwise. I further represent and covenant that before signing and sealing this release and receiving' said payment, I was fully informed o f its contents and execute it with full knowledge thereof. Witness my hand and seal, this------------- day o f.... ............................... ........... A. D. 192.---------at— ----- ------------------------ .----- WITNESSES: --------------.-------------------------------------------------------------- _...---------- -------------- -------------.------------------------------------ Seal •Insert here any other .consideration there may he: for example, “ and of the promise of free medical treatment by the Comv pany’s Surgeon___________ - ______________ _______ so long as he may deem it necessary,” or "as well as of payments heretofore made by the Company for my account, and of the promise by the Company to pay physician’s and nurse’s bills already incurred by me. amounting to $_________ . . . . ________” APPROVED AS TO FORM: CORRECT: SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN 41 Methods of Settlement T 1NDER the present methods of settling claims for injuries the sea^ man may be compensated in each of the following manners: 1. He may be paid wages through the period of his disability not exceeding the remainder of the voyage during which the injury was received. 2. He is customarily paid a sum as maintenance at a specified rate per day or week through that portion of his disability during which he may be forced to pay for food and quarters, i. e., during out patient hospital treatment and convalescence. 3. If he is entitled to an additional amount as indemnity, it is secured either through agreement with the claim adjuster of the shipping company or of the underwriter, or by direct litigation. Generally there is a difference in the policy of steamship companies in settling the claims of their licensed officers as compared with the unlicensed personnel. Some continue the wages of the officer throughout his period of disability even though he is entitled to wages only to the end of the voyage. Others pay their officers wages only to the end of the voyage and pay in addition a liberal amount as indemnity, while still others give no special consideration, except that the rate paid for maintenance is usually somewhat higher than for the unlicensed seamen. In many cases an attorney negotiates the settlement for the seaman even though it is made by agreement and is never taken into the courts. An interesting sidelight on this phase of settlements is a practice which the bureau found operating in the following manner: The arrival of an injured seaman in the port of New York, especially if he stops at the places frequented by seamen instead of the hospital, kindles a spontaneous desire on the part of his friends, and seamen in general, to help him—usually in the way of free advice. A novel method of capitalizing on this practice has been developed by a few seamen who have been injured and are experienced in the methods used by certain agencies in making settlements. One of these sea men makes a bargain with the injured man to show him for a stipulated fee how he can realize a cash settlement immediately. The injured man is then escorted to the proper claim adjuster for the purpose of making an agreement and getting a settlement. If it is negotiated, the “ adviser ” gets his fee from the seaman and the case is a closed incident. No information could be obtained on the extent of this practice nor the amounts of the fees charged except that the fee is usually a nominal sum. The business of soliciting clientele among injured seamen has become well established not only among the so-called “ sea lawyers” but also among a certain class of admiralty lawyers who have built up an organization by means of which they get injured seamen to sign their retainer contract in almost any part of the world. This practice is carried on usually through “ runners,” seamen and others, who have at all times a supply of blank retainers. In case of accident they make it their business immediately to approach the injured with promises of prompt action and a lucrative settlement. The runner in turn usually receives a fee from the attorney for each retainer contract which he may secure. One example of the methods used may be cited in connection with case No. 106 (in the “ Personal-agreement” tabulation). In 42 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN this instance the widow was approached by the runner of a New York attorney and offered $1,000 in advance if she would give the attorney in question “ powers of attorney” in the case. It is not uncommon for an injured seaman remaining aboard ship to be approached in several ports by these runners, and neither is it uncommon for a seaman to sign a number of these retainer contracts. In one instance the seaman had retained three attorneys, each in a different port, to look after his interests. The attorney last retained negotiated a settlement for the seaman under a contract to receive a fee of 50 per cent contingent upon any recovery. Not long after the settlement was completed it was found that each of the first two attorneys had also secured a signed contract entitling each to 50 per cent of any settlement, also contingent on recovery. In another case (No. 177, tabulated under “ Compromised actions” ) the injured seaman was treated on the west coast by a physician who in turn depended upon the attorney retained in the same locality by the sea man for his medical fees, amounting to between two and three hundred dollars. The seaman, however, proceeded to the east coast, where he retained another attorney. The last-mentioned attorney com pleted the settlement for the seaman and neither the physician nor the attorney on the west coast received any remuneration. Many methods of obtaining information or gaining access to the confidence of the injured seaman are resorted to by attorneys and their runners. Several cases were investigated, one where the injured seaman was taken to a hospital. The seaman was of Spanish nation ality. A visitor who represented himself as a cousin (but obviously not of the same nationality) was later found to be a runner for certain attorneys. In another instance correspondence was shown by rela tives of the injured seaman in which an attorney had appealed to them to be informed concerning the injured man in his interest and behalf. Information which would be held vitally pertinent to an unprej udiced settlement, especially in legal cases, is usually available to the plaintiff’s attorney while considerable “ red tape” has to be re sorted to by the shipowner to obtain the same information. The record of treatment given by the Public Health Service in the marine hospitals, for instance, is extremely important in many cases. Present regulations, however, prohibit the use of such records without the signed approval of the seaman. The shipowner has to make appli cation for this information on a form supplied by the Surgeon Gener al’s Office. If the seaman signs the form the record is then made available to the shipowner, but in legal cases the seaman is often advised by his attorney not to give any information. In such cases the hospital record becomes available only after an order of a court in the proper jurisdiction has been secured. On the whole, infor mation concerning injured seamen is probably more available to to attorneys specializing in such cases and less available to the em ployer than similar information in any other industry. Certain hospital authorities informed the representatives of the bureau in substance that “ we have suspected some employees at times of aiding runners by notifying them of the arrival of injured seamen, but because of the ease of stepping into a telephone booth and calling such people without proof of the act, such suspicions could not be proved as fact,” SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN 43 Methods of Underwriting COME shipping companies underwrite their own claims and are ^ known as “ self-insurers.” Others insure with .protective and in demnity companies. Some companies are managing operators for Shipping Board vessels in addition to operating ships of their own. Claims arising from the operation of the Shipping Board ships, whether the claim is for property damage, personal injury, cargo shortage, etc., become the business of the United States Protective and Indemnity Agency (Inc.). This organization was incorporated for the purpose of settling all claims arising against vessels owned by the United States Shipping Board. The premium charged for such coverage is a flat rate per gross ton of each ship. The claims arising from the operation of ships owned by the manag ing operator are sometimes only partially covered by their underwriter; that is, such companies have an agreement with the underwriter known as a “ deductible franchise.” As applied to injury claims the franchise operates in the following manner. A minimum amount is specified in the franchise, for instance, $500 and all claims for amounts under this sum are settled by the shipowner and such claims do not become the business of the underwriter. For claims in excess of the stated figure, the excess is paid by the underwriter. The premium for such coverage is inverse to the amount of the franchise; that is, the premium for coverage in a $50 deductible franchise would be somewhat higher than in the example given above. A unique method of covering injury claims is employed in one instance. An insurance company has issued an accident policy to which is attached what is termed a “ Voluntary compensation in dorsement/’ This indorsement obligates the insurance company to pay injured employees of the insured an award in the amount that would be payable were the accident legally covered by the New York State compensation law. The indorsement is shown below. Voluntary compensation indorsement (New York) In consideration of the premium provided for in the policy, the company hereby agrees to voluntarily pay to employees injured in the course of their employment and covered by said policy, or to their dependents in fatal cases, such amounts as would be payable according to the New York workmen’s com pensation law, including the cost of such medical, surgical, and hospital treatment as is provided in said law, even though such persons may not have a legal claim under said compensation law against this employer; provided, however, that such payment shall be made only on condition that the employee or dependents shall execute a full legal release of all claims against this employer as may be required by the company and shall in addition execute an assignment to the company of any right of action which may exist in behalf of the injured employee or any person claiming by, through, or under him against any person, firm, corporation, or estate other than this employer which is or may be legally liable for such injury. If the company proceeds upon such assignment and recovers and collects a judgment against the party at fault in excess of the amount of compensation voluntarily paid and incurred under this policy, the company shall first take the necessary expenses of the procedure and shall pay any remain ing balance of such excess so obtained to the person or persons executing the assignment. The company shall have full power and discretion to proceed against the party at fault or to settle with such party upon such terms as may seem desirable to the company, either without litigation or during the pendency thereof. If the injured employee or any person claiming by, through or under him shall refuse to accept the voluntary compensation payments offered under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, then the company shall be permitted at 44 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN any time in its discretion to withdraw such proposal to pay compensation without notice, under which circumstances the company will be no longer bound by the undertakings expressed in the preceding paragraph. If thereafter any claim, suit or demand is made upon this employer for damages, for such injuries, the obligations of the company as expressed in paragraph 1 (B) of the policy, as well as all parts of the policy having reference thereto, shall be available to this employer and shall be and remain the obligations of the company as fully and completely as if this indorsement had not been written. This indorsement is effective as of policy date. Nothing herein contained shall waive, vary, alter or extend any provision or condition of the undermentioned policy other than as above stated. There remains considerable room for conjecture as to how a com pensation law for seamen would effect the premium rates for injury insurance. Compensation, if the same as the longshoremen’s, would limit settlements for injury and death to a maximum of $7,500, all of which is payable to the beneficiary. Litigation under present methods occasionally results in verdicts for the seamen of $25,000 or $30,000 and cases are on record as high as $50,000. Out of all court verdicts however must come attorneys’ fees and other expenses, possibly reducing the net compensation to one half of the verdict. APPENDIXES APPENDIX A.—MARITIME LAW B y L in d l e y D . C l a r k Development and Adoption T^HE maritime law of the United States at present is a composite of court decisions of varying degrees of modernness, and codes and compilations of law running back to the middle ages and beyond. No recent codification of this law has been attempted; and while it is assumed to be of general acceptance by the nations of the world interested in maritime affairs there are considerable local variations. Like international law, maritime law has effect in any country only in so far as it is accepted and enforced therein. Without definition, the Constitution, Article III, declares that the Federal judicial power extends “ to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction.” The only implication can be that a general under standing of the meaning of such language was assumed. What it then signified is of less importance than what its present meaning is, as indicated by the decisions of courts and modified in measure by congressional enactment. A brief summary of its provisions and of the acts affecting the older constructions is submitted as of interest in a study of accidents and recoveries therefor, and especially in view of the great difference between admiralty and the widely prevalent idea of compensation. Status and Rights of Seamen Suffering Injury Distinctive Features Among the several factors that operate to give to seamen a legal and an economic status that differs from that of employed persons generally, two may be noted as especially influential: First, the absoute dependence of the sailor upon his master for the necessaries of life—food, lodging, care in case of sickness or accident, etc., on account of his isolation from other recourse; and second, a like de pendence of the master upon the continued and constantly avail able services of his employee until the completion of his undertak ing. These facts alone are sufficient to go far toward explaining the peculiarities evident on the one hand in the rules of liability for care and cure, and the application of the fellow-service rule, and the doc trines of assumed risks and contributory negligence, all of which are differently developed in admiralty from the more familiar forms of the common law; and on the other hand, in the methods of enforcing the performance of contracts (e. g., by fines, imprisonment, or fiog105676° 28 i 45 ! — -------------- 46 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN ging) which, although now modified by statute, led the Supreme Court of the United States so recently as 1897 to say of seamen (one justice dissenting): “ It can not be open to doubt that the provision [of the United States Constitution] against involuntary servitude was never intended to apply to their contracts.” (Robertson v. Baldwin (1897), 165 U. S. 275, 17 Sup. Ct. 326.) Another element in the situation is the persistence from very early times of rules and customs that grew up under conditions and rested on theories that long since lost influence in every other field of em ployment, but whose dominance in this field has only comparatively recently been modified and is yet far from complete abrogation. Summary of Admiralty Rights Passing by the incidents of wage payments, penalties for desertion, the methods of seeming employment, the use of the log book, etc., all of which are distinctly maritime in form and effect, the rights of recovery for personal injury to seamen may be concisely stated in the words of the Supreme Court: 1. That the vessel and her owners are liable, in case a seaman falls sick, or is wounded, in the service of the ship, to the extent of his maintenance and cure, and to his wages, at least so long as the voyage is continued. 2. That the vessel and her owner are, both by English and American law, liable to an indemnity for injuries received by seamen in consequence of the unseaworthiness of the ship, or a failure to supply and keep in order the proper appliances appurtenant to the ship. 3. That all the members of the crew, except perhaps the master, are as be tween themselves, fellow servants, and hence seamen can not recover for injuries sustained through the negligence of another member of the crew beyond the expense of their maintenance and cure. 4. That the seaman is not allowed to recover an indemnity for the negligence of the master, or any member of the crew, but is entitled to maintenance and cure, whether the injuries were received by negligence or accident. (The Osceola (1903), 189 U. S. 158, 175, 23 Sup. Ct. 483.) No right to recover in fatal cases existed under the maritime law. {The Harrisburg (1886), 119 U. S. 199, 7 Sup. Ct. 140.) Employers’ Defenses While the defense of fellow service is seen to be very broad, that of contributory negligence is modified in admiralty so as to permit a recovery in the measure of the excess of the employer’s negligence over that of the injured employee. This defense may even be barred for the same reasons that operate in connection with that of assumption of risks, as set forth below. (Eldridge v. Atlas S. S. Co. (1892), 134 N. Y. 187, 32 N. E. 66.) As to the third defense so frequently referred to in common-law activities—that of the assumption of risks—it has been broadly said to be “ a long and well-established principle that a seaman does not assume the risks of his employment. The rule is grounded in sound public policy.” (Dopico v. New York Marine Co. (1926), 217 N. Y. Supp. 295.) “ If vessel owners sail their ships with improper appli ances, they must assume the risks; not the seamen.” (Ib.) And this is true even though the seaman knew of the imperfection when sail ing. (Cricket S. S. Co. v. Parry (C. C. A. 1920), 263 Fed. 523.) APPENDIX A .— MARITIME LAW 47 The rule is peculiarly applicable in connection with obedience to orders, though not restricted thereto. As said in Lafourche Packet Co. v. Henderson (1899), 94 Fed. 871, 36 C. C. A. 519: A seaman aboard ship is bound to perform such services as may be required of him in the line of his employment. He can not hold back and refuse prompt obedience because he may deem the appliances faulty or unsafe. Masters of ships exercise large powers, and they may legally compel observance to orders. A seaman necessarily surrenders much of his personal liberty and freedom of action, and he is never at liberty, like the landsman, to quit or make much objec tion to the circumstances surrounding the work commanded. And in Panama R. R. Co. v. Johnson (C. C. A. 1923; 289 Fed. 964), it was held that the Jones Act, incorporating the Federal liability law as to railway service in the seamen’s act of 1915 by the amendment of 1920 (see p. 51), did not thereby fix the rule as to the assumption of risks by seamen, the court saying that, in view of the obligations devolving upon seamen to carry out orders, they can not be said to assume the risks, which must be a voluntary act to oper ate as a defense. However, the rule is not absolute, as appears from a finding that a fireman on a seagoing vessel assumes as an ordinary risk of his employment that of an unsecured ladder being thrown down by the pitching of the boat during a storm (Balleng v. S. S. Co. (1899), 58 N. Y. Supp. 1074, 28 Misc. 238); and that a deck hand on a tugboat assumes the risk of slipping on the deck and being caught in the towline (Direct Nav. Co. v. Anderson (1902), 69 S. W. 174, 29 Tex. Civ. App. 65). Maintenance, Cure, and Wages It is evident from a perusal of the statement in the Osceola case that there is, under the maritime law, a broad general right to main tenance, cure, and wages, but that this right is not enlarged by reason of the negligence of fellow servants, including the master of the vessel. The question of indemnity, or compensatory damages, arises only when unseaworthiness or a failure to supply and maintain proper equipment is proved. The term of the payment of wages is said to be “ at least as long as the voyage is continued.” No fixed rule seems to exist as to the exact duration of wage continuance, or of the period during which maintenance and cure must continue. “ Cure” is not used in the absolute sense, as it may often be impossible, but only as meaning proper care in view of the circumstances. (The Mars (1907), 149 Fed. 729, 79 C. C. A. 435.) What the standard is “ has been the subject of discussion in several cases; but each depends so largely upon its own particular facts that the rule laid down in one may afford little or no aid in determining another.” (The Iroquois (1904), 194 U. S. 240, 24 Sup. Ct. 640.) An indemnity was held recoverable where the treatment given an injured man was evidently the best the ship afforded, but where it was held that the master was negligent in failing to put into harbor at an intermediate port, even at some expense and delay, in order to secure better surgical treatment. (Ib.) That negligence in the attempted treatment, or refusal to treat, entails liability is obvious. And even though the master believes that the injured man was shamming and refuses him treatment or excuse from duty on that 48 SETTLEM ENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN ground, there is still liability. (Morris v. United States (C. C. A. 1924; 3 Fed. (2d) 588.) The compulsion to perform work while the injured man “ was entitled to be maintained in rest for cure” was held to furnish a basis for a compensatory recovery representing wages for the period. Naturally, the term of treatment reasonably required to effect a cure may extend beyond the term of the contract of employment, and it has been held that such continuance is a right. ( The Bouker, No. 2 (1917), 241 Fed. 831, 154 C. C. A. 533; Great Lakes S. S. Co. v. Geiger, C. C. A. 1919; 261 Fed. 275.) But such extension does not carry with it a right to continuance of wages, and a judgment to the contrary was reversed by the court of appeals in the Geiger case, supra, though the judgment for maintenance was held proper. Unseaworthiness The term seaworthiness, the lack of which affords a basis for in demnity, is defined as “ the sufficiency of the vessel in materials, construction, equipment, officers, men and outfit, for the trade or service in which it is employed.” (Bouvier: Rawle’s 3d Revision.) A few cases under this head may be noted by way of illustration. In one of these (Carlisle Packing Co. v. Sandanger (1922), 259 U. S. 247, 42 Sup. Ct. 475), a seaman undertook to start a fire “ according to the prevailing custom in those waters,” using firewood upon which he had poured coal oil, as he supposed. In fact, he had used a can so marked, but it contained gasoline; an explosion occurred and the man was badly burned. He jumped into the water to extinguish his flaming clothes, but delayed in an effort to find a life preserver. None was to be found, and the court ruled that it would have been a proper instruction to say that the vessel was unseaworthy by reason of the gasoline found in a can marked “ coal oil” ; also that it was unseaworthy if no life preservers were on board when the boat left the docks. For both these reasons the injured man “ was entitled to recover compensatory damages.” A second aspect of unseaworthiness entailing indemnity was a case in which, during a storm, an engine cover fell upon a seaman because of insufficient fastening (The Drumelton (1907), 158 Fed. 454); like wise where a skid of known defectiveness was kept in use, causing a barrel being moved thereon to fall upon and seriously injure a seaman. (Lafourche Packet Co. v. Henderson (1899), 94 Fed. 871.) A third phase appeared in a case in which the vessel employed a mate “ with a reputation for ferocity as wide as the seven seas.” He was physically powerful and so maltreated the seamen under him that various ones suffered serious and permanent injuries. The boat was held liable on the assumption of the master’s knowledge of the assaults, a denial of which would be “ simply to trifle with the court.” Since seaworthiness implies that a boat be properly manned, the condition was found wanting in this case, with corresponding lia bility. {The Rolph (1923), 293 Fed. 269.) It will be observed that in none of these cases was there a circum stance affecting the staunchness of the vessel or its fitness for the general purposes of navigation, to which the rule would obviously apply. In a fourth case, unseaworthiness was charged where the master ordered a stick intended for one use to be applied to another use for APPENDIX A .— MARITIME LAW 49 which it was not fitted, injury resulting. The injured man was denied full indemnity, however, inasmuch as the fault lay, not in the equip ment supplied, but in the “ improvident order of the master, for which the owners are not liable. ” (John A. Roebling’s Sons Co. v. Erickson (C. C. A. 1919), 261 Fed. 986.) Joinder of Claims A point of interest in this case was a requirement by the trial court that the seaman elect whether to “ stand upon his right to wages and expenses of maintenance and cure to the end of the voyage,” or to sue for indemnity. The court of appeals ruled that this was error, since he was entitled to the former “ under any and all circumstances, except his own willful misconduct. If he recover indemnity, it will be included; but if he claim indemnity, and fail to get it, he is not for that reason to be deprived of his right to wages and expenses of cure and maintenance to the end of the voyage.” However, since this action was for an indemnity that was denied, with no other claim before the court, a new trial must be had. Procedure Before taking up the statutory changes made by Congress in the rights of recovery, certain differences between the common law and admiralty may be referred to as regards the general subject of actions by an injured employee. Thus, under the maritime law two forms of procedure are possible, one against an individual, as the master, captain, or owners of a vessel, known as an action in personam, and another known as a proceeding in rem, in which the action is brought against a vessel, its cargo, or other such matter as defendant, not naming an individual, and accompanied by a provisional seizure of the article or object against which the action is brought, a form of attachment as by lien being an essential factor. The Federal Con stitution provides that the judicial power of the United States shall extend “ to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction,” assum ing a common understanding of the meaning of such language. The desirability of a certain measure of flexibility in regard to recovery of damages for maritime torts was indicated, however, in the pro vision found in the Judicial Code granting to the courts of the United States jurisdiction over “ all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction,” by a provision “ saving to suitors in all cases the right of a common-law remedy where the common law is competent to give it.” (Judiciary act of 1789, R. S. sec. 563.) This grant relates to “ the right of a common-law remedy,” and this may be prosecuted in the State courts; however, it does not confer common-law rights, but only permits the common-law courts to enforce maritime rights by common-law procedure, and therefore gives them no power to proceed except against individual defendants, by actions in personam. (Chelentis v. Luckenbach S. S. Co. (1918), 247 U. S. 372, 38 Sup. Ct. 501.) Proceedings in rem can be brought only in admiralty courts. (The Moses Taylor (1867), 71 U. S. (4 Wall.) 411, 431; The Glide (1897), 167 U. S. 606, 17 Sup. Ct. 930.) 50 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Modification by Statute The grant given by the Judicial Code enacted in 1789 was the sole provision on the subject until 1915, when the seamen’s act of that year (Ch. 153; 38 Stat. 1164, sec. 20) provided: That in any suit to recover damages for any injury sustained on board vessel or in its service seamen having command shall not be held to be fellow servants with those under their authority. Within the year of this enactment a fireman was injured on the high seas and charged “ negligence and an improvident order of a superior officer. ” A common-1aw action was instituted in the su preme court, New York County, N. Y., demanding full indemnity for injuries sustained. The case was removed to a Federal court on grounds of diversity of citizenship. There was no charge of unsea worthiness, which would base an action for damages under the maritime law; nor was there any claim made for maintenance, cure or wages. In other words, maritime rights were remitted and a common law recovery sought. Both the trial and appeals courts denied such recovery, and the case came to the Supreme Court, where the judgment below was affirmed. (Chelentis v. Luckenbach S. S. Co., supra.) It was pointed out that “ the distinction between rights and remedies is funda mental/J and that while the saving clause of the Judicial Code per mitted any “ right sanctioned by the maritime law” to be enforced “ through any appropriate remedy recognized at common law,” the act of 1915 did not indicate “ an intention to give the complaining party an election” between common law and maritime rights. “ Under the circumstances here presented, without regard to the court where he might ask relief, petitioner’s rights were those recog nized by the law of the sea.” The provision against fellow service as between those in command and those under their authority should be given “ full effect whenever the relationship between such parties becomes important. But the maritime law imposes upon a ship owner liability to a member of the crew injured at sea by reason of another member’s negligence (i. e., for maintenance, wages, and cure) without regard to their relationship; it was of no consequence there fore to petitioner whether or not the alleged negligent order came from a fellow servant; the statute is irrelevant.” Merchant Marine Act Passing over two attempts to amend the Judicial Code so as to permit the application of State compensation laws to localized mari time employments, both of which were held to violate the provisions of the Constitution as to fundamental requirements of uniformity in maritime law, an effective change is found in a provision of the merchant marine act of 1920 (ch. 250; 41 Stat. 1007, sec. 33), amend ing the section of the seamen’s act of 1915 above considered. This amended section applies to “ any seamen who shall suffer personal injury in the course of his employment,” and gives him the option of suing “ for damages at law, with the right of trial by jury, and in such action all statutes of the United States modifying or extending the common law right or remedy in cases of personal injury to rail way employees shall apply.” Injuries causing death are included. APPEN D IX A .— MARITIME LAW 51 This is obviously a modification of the maritime law, since it gives the “ common-1aw right” as well as remedy, the measure being the provisions of the Federal statute of 1908-1910, relating to employees on railways. Naturally, such a departure from the old rule of non liability (beyond the expense of maintenance and cure) for injuries due to negligence of the members of the crew, including the officers, as was involved in this amendment by a substitution of the doctrine of indemnity or compensatory damages gave rise to objections as to its constitutionality. In what appears to be the first case reaching the Supreme Court involving an application of the liability principle of this act (Panama R. R. Co. v. Johnson (1924), 264 U. S. 375, 44 Sup. Ct. 391), the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit had maintained the validity of the law (289 Fed. 964) in this case, which involved an injury suffered at sea by a seaman while ascending a ladder from the deck to the bridge. There was allegation of negligence in regard to the adequacy of the ladder, for which the employer was held responsible, and also the negligence of the officers of the vessel in permitting an unsafe arrangement with regard to it, and in ordering him to go up the ladder. The charge of unseaworthiness was not stressed, but the action was brought on charges of negligence—a common-law basis—but modified by statute. It was held by the Supreme Court that such a modification of the law by act of Congress was within its power, and that no reason appeared why it might not bring maritime rules applicable to injuries to employees “ into relative conformity to the common-law rules or some modification of the latter, if the change be country-wide and uniform in operation.” The law was held not to withdraw “ injuries to seamen from the reach and operation of the maritime law, nor to enable the seaman to do so.” An election between alternatives is granted, making use of the maritime law as modified, if desired, or pursuing maritime remedy according to the old rule. In contrast with the act of 1915, the court held that the amendment of 1920 disclosed a purpose to modify existing law, if the injured person so elected, by extending to maritime cases the common-law right and remedy enjoyed under Federal statutes by railway employ ees. This provision operates only in case of proceedings in personam, as on the common-law side, when there may be a trial by jury; mari time law is not dispensed with, and if the action is in admiralty the issues would still be tried by the court under the new rules embodied in the act. “ So construed, the statute does not encroach on the admiralty jurisdiction intended by the Constitution, but permits that jurisdiction to be invoked and exercised as it has been from the beginning.” The contention that the act is discriminatory and arbitrary in permitting seamen to elect which form of action to employ, while failing to grant such rights to the employer, was rejected. To permit a choice between alternatives was held not to be a denial of due process of law; and “ in the nature of things, the right to choose can not be accorded to both parties, and, if accorded to either, should rest with the one seeking redress rather than the one from whom redress is sought,” 52 SETTLEMENT FOE ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Limited Liability As already stated, the amendment of 1920 gives a right of action in case of death, but it does not affect the shipowner’s right to plead limited liability as that right existed in admiralty prior to the amend ment. The principle is expressed by the Supreme Court in The China (1868), 74 U. S. (7 Wall.) 53, as follows: Originally, the primary liability was upon the vessel, and that of the owner was not personal, but merely incidental to his ownership, from which he was discharged either by the loss of the vessel or by abandoning it to his creditors. Thus, where his administratrix sued under the act of 1920 to recover for the death of the captain of a tug which sank because of the explosion of its boiler, the defendant company pleaded limited liability. The district court denied the plea on the ground of a repeal of this rule so far as applicable to such a case. (In re East River Co., 294 Fed. 686.) The case reached the Supreme Court on this question, where it was held that the owner was entitled to an injunction restraining further prosecution of the suit. (Same case (1924), 266 U. S. 355, 45 Sup. Ct. 114.) Assuming the complete loss of the sunken tug, the basis of recovery was nil, the court saying that while the act of 1920 “ determines the extent of the seaman’s sub stantive rights and the measure of damages,” the source from which the damages could be recovered, in those exceptional cases in which the surrender of the ship is made, is fixed by the earlier law. What this signifies is more fully set forth in an earlier case (The City of Norwich (1886), 118 U. S. 468, 16 Sup. Ct. 1150), where it was held that the value of a surrendered ship and the freight earned, as a basis of recovery of damages, was the value at the termination of the voyage; and if she was lost at sea that would be the termination for the purpose of fixing the owner’s liability, her value as a sunken vessel being the limit. A subsequent raising and repair, giving an increased value, would not affect this limit; nor would any insurance be construed as a part of the owner’s interest or enter into the amount for which he would be liable. Other provisions of law limit an owner’s liability to the interest he has in the vessel attached and provide for the pro rata adjustment of losses where they exceed such value. This limitation operates where the employment relation is in effect, but where the death of a seaman was caused by a collision between two vessels, both being at fault, even though as against his own vessel recovery would be subject to limitation as above indicated, no restrictions would exist in so far as the other vessel was concerned. (The Hamilton (1907), 207 U. S. 398, 28 Sup. Ct. 133.) It may be noted in passing that none of these limitations affects the right to compensation secured by the longshoremen and harbor workers’ compensation act of March 4, 1927. (Public Act No. 803.) This act, by its terms, does not apply to “ a master or member of a crew of any vessel, ” but does apply quite generally to other maritime employments. “ Death Act ” of 1920 A second statute that modifies the maritime law was also enacted in 1920 (Ch. I ll, 41 Stat. 537), providing recovery in case of death “ by wrongful act, neglect, or default occurring on the high seas beyond a marine league from the shore of any State,” This law is APPEND IX A .— MARITIME LAW 53 not applicable to the Great Lakes or other inland waters, and, by its terms, does not in any wise affect any State statute regulating rights of action or remedies for death. The action provided for is “ a suit for damages in the district courts of the United States, in admiralty.” The principle of comparative negligence embodied in maritime law is retained. This statute, like the Lord Campbell’s or “ death acts” of the States generally, is not essentially an employee's act, but is available for seamen on the same terms as other persons exposed to maritime hazards, thus curing the defect of nonrecovery for death which ad miralty shared with the common law until corrected by statute. The act provides that, if a person die of the injury during the pendency of a suit for damages, the personal representative may proceed with the suit. It has been held, however, that where a seaman was injured on the high seas and carried ashore, dying before action is begun, no survival of right exists under this act, as the pro vision of law is for a survival of action and not for a survival of a cause of action, a court of admiralty having no jurisdiction over a cause arising on land. (Pickles v. F. Leyland & Co. (1925), 10 Fed. (2d) 371.) Such a construction is out of harmony with the reason ing in Van Doren v. Pa. R. (C. C. A. 1899, 93 Fed. 260), where it was said: “ The fact of death is not the tort, but its consequence” ; while in an action under the Jones Act (1920; ch. 250, sec. 33), it was said that the fact of a death on land from an injury on board ship did not affect the right of relief accorded his personal repre sentative. (Luckenbach S. S. Co. v. Campbell (C. C. A. 1925), 8 Fed. (2d) 223.) And independently of both statutes, jurisdiction was maintained in a similar case, the court saying that “ it is well settled by the weight of modern authority that the place of the injury is the test of the jurisdiction. (Hamburg-Amerikanische P. A. G. v. Gye (C. C. A. 1913), 207 Fed. 247.) (See also the Greenwaid case below.) State Laws Prior to the enactment of the death statute, recourse could be had to State laws giving damages if a death occurred on waters under the jurisdiction of the State, but subject to the terms of such State laws m respect to limitations, contributory negligence, etc., although differ ing in these regards from the practice in admiralty. (Western Fuel Co. v. Garcia (1921), 257 U. S. 233,42 Sup. Ct. 89; The A. W. Thomp son (1889), 39 Fed. 115; O'Brien v. Luckenbach S. S. Co. (C. C. A. 1923), 293 Fed. 170.) Thus the Supreme Court found it necessary to reverse a judgment in favor of the administrator of a seaman killed in San Francisco Harbor, the case being heard under the death act of California. The district court had held that the limitation of one year therein prescribed, while binding on State courts, was not binding in a proceeding in admiralty, a finding that the Supreme Court rejected. (Garcia case.) A State statute (or to be exact, one of the District of Columbia) was held to be applicable to a case of death in 1919, chargeable to the neglect of the owner of a ship and its agents in respect to the supply of proper food. Though the cause of death was illness occa sioned by food supplied on the vessel, and the death took place in Africa, in a country governed by Great Britain, the liability was held to be fixed by the law of the flag of the vessel on board which 54 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN the injury was suffered, and which was owned in the District of Columbia. ^Recovery was therefore allowed under the death act of that jurisdiction. (United States Shipping Board E. F. Corp. v. Greenwald (C. C. A. 1927), 16 Fed. (2d) 948.) Foreign Seamen Section 33 of the Jones (merchant marine) act of 1920 is held to apply to employees of foreign corporations doing business in the United States (Stewart v. Pacific Steam Nav. Co. (1924), 3 Fed. (2d) 329; and to injuries to seamen on foreign vessels injured while in an American port, The A'purimac (1925), 7 Fed. (2d) 741); for while “ the jurisdiction and laws of a nation accompany her ships not only over the high seas, but into ports and harbors, or wheresoever else they may water borne” (United States v. Rodgers (1893), 150 U. S. 249, 265, 14 Sup. Ct. 109), “ in the present state of international intercourse and commerce, all persons in time of peace have the right to resort to the tribunals of the nation where they may happen to be, for the protection of their rights.” (Benedict Adm. 1925, sec. 82.) For “ where a foreign merchant vessel comes into our ports, like a foreign citizen coming into our territory, it subjects itself to the jurisdiction of this country.” (Patterson v. Bark Eudora (1903), 190 U. S. 169, 23 Sup. Ct. 821.) Summary The early developments of maritime law that controlled recovery for injury to seamen up to the opening of the present decade have been largely modified by the enactment of statutes that affect cases in which the rule of fellow service was formerly excluded. Negligence of the master or other member of the crew is basis for an action for damages, while improper or defective equipment not only give ground for an action in admiralty as for unseaworthiness, but would also base a suit in the forms of the common law in line with the terms of the Federal statute governing railroad employees. No repeal is made by any law of the provision relative to maintenance, cure, and the payment of wages to the end of the voyage; and in case of death, suit may be brought under the railroad act, the death act of 1920, or, locality permitting, under State laws. No redress beyond the maritime allowance of maintenance, etc., is available in any case in the absence of proved negligence or wrongful act, established before the court alone in admiralty proceedings, or by a jury trial in an action at common law. State courts have jurisdiction concurrently with the Federal courts, except as to actions under the death act of 1920, where proceedings can be initiated only in the United States district courts. In the absence of treaty provisions to the contrary, the laws of the United States may be availed of by foreign seamen in American waters seeking redress in courts of the United States. SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN 55 APPENDIX B.— GENERAL TABLE The general table shows in detail for each accident case covered the occupation, age, wage rate, the nature of the injury, the number of days of disability, the number of days of treatment and convalescence, the number of days during which the seaman was entitled to wages and the amount of wages to which he was entitled under the principles of maritime law, the amounts actually paid as wages, maintenance, or other settlement, and the estimated total amount that would have been paid under the adaptation of the longshoremen’s act, with the number of days for which compensation was computed. The cases are grouped by method of settlement as follows: 1. Cases settled by agreement between the seaman and the claim adjuster of the shipping company or the underwriter, also including a small number of cases which were referred to the United States Com pensation Commission for adjudication. 2. Cases in which the injured seamen made no claim but were entitled to some money settlement. 3. Cases in which the seaman retained an attorney to look after his interests, the attorney having settled the case by agreement with the claim adjuster of the shipping company or the underwriter. 4. Cases in which legal action was commenced and settlement reached by compromise before or during trial. 5. Cases in which legal action was taken and the case prosecuted to judgment. Methods Used in Tabulation Occupation.—The occupation as shown in the tabulations of this report is the regular occupation at which the injured seaman was employed and does not necessarily mean the particular occupation at which he was working at the time of the accident. For instance, data are reported for several accidents which occurred while the seaman was returning to the United States as a work-a-way. In such cases the seaman is usually bound to do duty at a very low rate—often at $0.01 per month. The occupation shown in such cases is the customary occupation of the seaman. Wage rate per month.—The wage rate per month as shown in the tabulation, except work-a-ways and those noted otherwise, is the rate per month at which the seaman was signed on articles or per forming service under contract of hiring at the time of his injury. In computing the compensation for disability the bureau has added to the rate shown an allowance of $30 per month for food and $15 per month for quarters in each case where the money rate did not include such allowances. Part of body injured.—If the accident caused injury to more than one part of the body, the entry has been made for each part injured with respect to the nature of injury of the different parts affected. See “ Nature of injury” below. Nature of injury.—Injuries affecting various parts of the body show the nature of the injury entered respectively with the part of the body to which it applies. For instance, “ Second degree burns of the face and comminuted fracture of the right arm” is entered under the above heading in the tabulations as “ Burns; fracture,” 56 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN and under “ Part of body” as “ Face; right arm,” inasmuch as the degree or extent is indicated by the length of the ensuing disability. Disability.—Disability as shown in the tabulations of this report is the time during which the injured man was unable to render any service in his regular occupation, or during which he rendered service in another occupation at a lower wage because of incapacity to work at his regular occupation. Many seamen who are injured continue to render only partial service through the remainder of the voyage for which they are signed and at the same time draw full wages for the partial service. Unless the seaman was unable to render any service in such cases while wages were continued the bureau has not considered any disability during the voyage. If an injured man recovers to a degree which enables him to work at another occupation, but not at his own occupation, the bureau has considered the period at the other occupation as partial disability, provided the wages earned in the second occupation were less than he would have earned in his regular occupation. Compensation for such partial disability was computed on the basis of two-thirds of the difference between the injured seaman’s weekly wage before the injury and the weekly wage at the second occupation, during the continuance of his em ployment in the second occupation. Treatment.—Treatment on ship is the number of days that a sea man was aboard a ship after becoming unable to render service. It includes the days he continued aboard the ship on which he was in jured and the days, if any, aboard another ship while being brought ashore or while being returned to the port of shipment. In-patient treatment is the period of confinement on land during which the seaman was furnished subsistence, either by shipowner, marine hospital service or the consular service. Out-patient treatment is the total number of days during the sea man’s disability that he was maintaining himself while visiting either a hospital, dispensary, or a private physician for treatments. Convalescence.— The period shown as “ convalescence” in this report is that portion of the seaman’s disability after the cessation of treatments during which he obtained board and lodging at his own expense. This is so shown to make the total of the out-patient treatment and the convalescence represent the period during which the seaman is entitled to an allowance for maintenance. Days entitled to wages.—The number of days shown under this heading is the number of days from the beginning of the seaman’s disability to the end of his agreement as practiced under maritime law. (See p. 32.) Days entitled to maintenance.—The number of days a seaman is entitled to maintenance is the total of the days shown as an out patient and as a convalescent. Amount entitled to as wages.—The sum shown as the amount of wages to which the seaman was entitled is wages computed at straight rate from the beginning of his disability to the end of the voyage in accordance with the practice of wage continuance. One thirtieth of the monthly wage was used as the daily wage. (See pp. 18, 32.) Amount entitled to as maintenance.—The sum shown as the amount entitled to as maintenance was computed by allowing each unlicensed seaman (except steward) $2 per day and licensed officer and steward $3.50 per day for each day of out-patient treatment and convalescence APPENDIX B .— GENERAL TABLE 57 shown in the tabulation. If the maintenance allowance was specified in any case as being more or less than the above amounts the specified figure was used and the tabulation noted accordingly. Days from injury to settlement.—The days from the injury to the settlement indicates the lapse of time after the injury before the seaman realized compensation for time lost, pain and suffering, or for indemnity. In cases where payments were made at different times the lapse of time shown is from the date of the injury to the date of the first payment. Amount actually paid as wages.—The amount shown as wages actually paid is the unearned wages at straight rate paid the seaman under his right to wages to the end of the voyage. It does not in clude pay for extra work, overtime, or for any period during which he was rendering service. Such items were due the seaman in some cases and were included in the final settlement but were deducted before entering the amount in the tabulation. For instance, in one case a seaman was entitled to unearned pay for six watches ($15) to the end of the voyage. The wage voucher which the seaman actually received was for $29.80, which included pay for overtime earned before the beginning of disability. The amount shown as wages paid in this case is $15. Amount actually paid as maintenance.—The amount shown as maintenance actually paid includes all sums paid to the seaman as an allowance for maintenance and also any amounts that were paid directly to other parties by the shipowner or the underwriter to satisfy bills for board and lodging which accrued against the seaman during his out-patient or convalescent period of disability. Amount actually paid as other settlement.—The amounts shown as other settlements are sums paid the seaman in settlement of his claim other than for wages and maintenance, except in cases where the sums representing wages to the end of the voyage and mainte nance were obscure and neither indicated nor specified in the records of settlement. In such cases the amount shown is the full amount of the entire settlement. Total amount actually paid.—The total amount actually paid is the amount paid by the shipowner or the underwriter to the seaman or his attorney to satisfy the claim. If the settlement was made by personal agreement, the amount is net to the seaman. If the settle ment is through agreement with the seaman’s attorney, a compro mised action, a jury verdict, or a court decree, the amount shown includes the plaintiff’s attorney’s fee but not court costs. Amount of probable recovery under compensation act.—The amount payable under the adaptation of the longshoremen’s act includes the following items: (1) The amount to which the seaman was entitled as wages shown in the tabulation; (2) The amount to which the seaman was entitled as maintenance as shown by the tabulation; and (3) The lump-sum value of compensation payable by applying the provisions of the longshoremen’s act as discussed in this report. (See pp. 14 to 19.) 58 SETTLEMENT FOE AC ciD EN TS TO AMERICAN SEAMSM Accidents to seamen of the United States No. of Occupation Wage rate Age per month Nature of injury and part of body affected D ays of treat ment received Days of total disa On In Out bility ship pa pa tient tient Days of con vales cence PERSONAL AGREEMENT 1 2 3 4 Oiler...................— Fireman................ Chief mate........... Fireman................ 36 25 0 27 $72.50 65.00 185.00 65.00 5 A ble seaman........ 31 62.50 6 7 8 9 10 Fireman................ W iper.................... Chief mate........... A ble seaman........ Boatswain............ 25 29 49 29 37 65.00 57.50 185.00 62.50 70.00 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Coal passer........... Able seaman........ Messman.............. Ordinary seaman Steward................ Fireman................ A ble seaman........ Oiler...................... 48 33 28 22 26 26 26 20 60.00 62.50 40.00 47.50 105.00 62.50 55.00 65.00 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Able seaman_____ Oiler...................... Ordinary seaman First engineer___ A ble seaman........ Ordinary seaman Mess b o y ........ . Ordinary seaman Second engineer.. Oiler...................... A ble seaman........ ........ d o.................... Ordinary seaman ____ d o .................... ........ d o .................... Oiler...................... Ordinary seaman Second engineer.. Fireman................ A ble seaman........ ____ do................... Second engineer. _ Able seaman........ Boatswain______ Second m ate____ 29 24 24 34 (*) 21 21 23 25 0) 30 33 27 29 21 34 20 27 28 24 22 42 21 42 58 55.00 65.00 40.00 260.00 62.50 47.50 42.00 47.50 165.00 65.00 55.00 62.50 40.00 40.00 47.50 72.50 47.50 130.00 57.50 62.50 62.50 135.00 62.50 70.00 135.00 44 45 Able seaman........ 29 Engineer............... 41 55.00 150.00 46 47 48 Boatswain............ 32 Coal passer........... 38 C ook...................... 37 75.00 60.00 110.00 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 A ble seaman........ Second m ate........ Able seaman........ Second engineer— Radio operator. _. Third engineer. _. Mess b o y .............. W iper.................... Oiler....................... 28 23 28 34 28 23 24 39 39 62.50 165.00 62.50 165.00 105.00 150.00 42.00 57.50 72.50 58 59 60 Coal passer______ 33 First engineer___ 57 W iper.................... 24 60.00 135.00 50.00 Scald, right foot.................................... Burn, right hand and foot.................. Fracture, ribs........................................ Abrasion and laceration, head; frac ture, arm. Laceration, infection, first finger4 right hand. Hernia, left groin................................ . Laceration, right arm.......................... Hernia, left groin.................................. Bruise, left testicle............................... Bruise and laceration, second and third fingers6 left hand. Bruise, left breast; fracture, rib......... Strain, right side.................................. Bruise, groin......................................... Hernia.................................................... Bruise, left knee.........- ........................ Bruise, left hand.................................. Bruise, left foot..................................... Bruise, right shoulder; laceration, left eye. Dislocation, left knee........................... Bruise, left thum b............................... Bruise, foot............................................ Bruise, coccyx....................................... ____d o...................................................... Malaria, developing pneum onia8-~ . Malaria 8....... ....................................... Sprain, left thum b............................... B um , arms and legs............................ Bruise, fourth finger left han d .......... Laceration, forehead............................ Scald, head, neck, and b od y.............. Foreign matter in eye......................... Strain, back........................................... Fracture, first finger left hand........... Bruise, left knee and scapula............. Lacerated right th u m b ...................... Bruise and scald, face and head........ B um , arms and side............................ Bruise, left knee................................... Bruise of m outh.................................... Bruise, right knee................................ Sprain, ankle......................................... Bruise, right knee................................ Bruise, right forearm; laceration, left shin. Laceration, forehead................... Laceration, head; dislocation, infection, thum b right hand. Bruise, head; laceration, face_______ M alaria8_____ _____ ______ _____ _ Laceration, infection, second finger left hand. Strain, back......................................... . M alaria8................................................ Strain, back......................................... . M alaria8............................................... . ____d o.8................................................... ------do.8................................................... Laceration and fracture, second finger left hand. Fracture, great toe left foot............... . Sprain, left shoulder..........................._ Laceration, second finger right hand. * N ot reported. 8 A t $3.50 per day. 9 N o record; left hospital against advice. 31 12 42 59 29 20 <*> *41 30 41 28 6 61 35 4 29 7 10 30 15 125 99 44 15 5 29 41 15 45 44 3 (») (9) 94 13 3 22 25 21 1 (») 20 12 21 (9) (#) 6 52 93 (9) 92 67 58 40 29 38 23 34 70 46 48 48 52 29 56 46 5 _ 20' 37 6 36" 22 * Permanent loss of use. « Partial disability for life. 6 Amputation resulting. ‘ 27’ 59 APPENDIX B .— GENERAL TABLE merchant marine, by individual cases Am ount en titled to as— Days en titled to— W a- Days from in jury M ain to settle te nance ment Maintenance Probable recovery un D ays der compensation act for which compen sation Compared Total was compen Amount with actual com sation recovery puted Am ount actually paid t M ain te nance Other settle ment PERSONAL AGREEMENT 12 29 35 $45.92 $24.00 10.83 135.67 *l6i."50 99.67 2.08 28.00 2.17 78.58 49.33 8.33 11.67 60.00 92.00 2 98.00 50.00 54.17 5.33 55.42 199.50 2.08 18.33 2.17 70.00 ” 8.00 58.00 2 28.00 14.00 18.00 16.00 14.67 13.33 20.00 8.67 *105.00 10.42 69.67 90.00 58.80 69.67 82.50 8.00 88.00 88.00 29 2.08 1.33 16.00 3.17 9.67 1.58 190.00 26.00 50.00 110.00 2.00 72.00 20.00 27.08 1062.50 27.50 2 73.50 2.08 40.00 H102.00 45 140.00 2129.50 58.80 12.00 92.00 16.92 90.00 12.00 130.50 76.67 $52.00 41.00 70.00 116 2.08 46 95 26 64 2.17 78.58 49.33 8.33 2.33 20 56 88 31 36 81 15 49 9 44 30 9 29 22 99 99 120 60 16 14 111 20 10 25 50.00 18.75 5.33 20.58 199.50 2.08 1.83 2.17 14 9 18 123 24 16 52 1.83 60.00 62.08 790.92 +728.84 4 322 60.00 62.17 78.58 154.33 47.91 502.33 224.12 186.35 322.33 53.22 984.62 +161.95 +107.77 +168.00 + 5.31 +482.29 67 7 49 19 6 385 109.02 126.67 55.33 68.08 289.50 102.08 51.83 34.67 260.73 148.68 20.80 174.41 326.41 51.52 36.33 35.09 +151.71 61 40 4 30 30 15 14.67 -1 2 .1 6 -125.00 +7.00 +113.57 -9 .3 7 +194.66 +217.43 +6.09 -352.00 -4 0 .0 0 -5 5 .0 0 -175.84 107.92 7 50.00 47.50 62.00 86.00 7 25.00 7 125.00 58.00 18.00 150.00 429.00 7 40.00 7 55.00 242.00 7 20.00 27.50 75.00 26.00 35.00 99.00 7 260.00 148.50 7 31.25 7 45.00 17.25 4.17 37.50 24.00 21.00 49.50 2143.50 100.00 100.00 ”"§ 3 .3 3 227.24 42.05 324.33 255.83 157.67 82.50 126.24 1.33 16.00 386.29 87.31 100.37 "36.77 4.17 46.00 36.50 37.50 91.00 229.50 78.57 65.20 75.33 339.43 -3 4 .5 3 +106.33 +36.91 -5 0 .5 6 -1 5 .5 0 + .4 2 -20.00 -1 2 .8 3 +308.12 -4 7 .3 6 +63.79 -260.00 -134.98 -3 1 .2 5 -4 5.0 0 -21.43 +27.70 -1 5.6 7 +109.93 13 29 10 81 57 28 95 20 24 22 4 12 41 1.83 5.00 7 25.00 7 150.00 26.83 155.00 3.83 15.00 -2 3.0 0 -140.00 80 556 34 169.20 30.00 50.00 169.20 80.00 130.00 169.20 199.98 164.07 +119.98 +34.07 32 104 32 27 187 115 55 48 41 4.17 27.50 2.08 55.00 73.50 55.00 59.17 101.00 100.00 100.00 150.00 58.80 92.00 106.92 127.39 215.29 94.06 223.43 330.80 293.79 70.80 92.00 223.15 +114.29 +36.98 +133.43 +230.80 +143.79 34 70 46 +116.23 45 42.00 305.50 106.67 65.06 321.43 168.67 +23.06 +15.93 +62.00 27 110.00 20.00 90.00 150.00 58.80 92.00 16.92 90.00 130.50 76.67 30.00 175.00 30.00 ? Nuisance value. 8 Occupational disease. •Alleged further disability could not be verified* 26.83 7 125.00 26.33 113.67 51.42 129.67 38.40 151.58 434.50 7 40.00 7 55.00 302.08 21.33 28.83 78.17 134.67 36.58 7 260.00 165.75 35.42 7 45.00 +22.01 15 20 887 31 12.00 294.50 92.00 +$2.99 —4.74 +102.93 +31.42 50.00 32.50 13.00 13.33 8.67 2105.00 10.42 23.00 69.67 60.00 8.40 30.00 1.58 5.50 2.08 1.33 1.33 3.17 9.67 1.58 $100.91 47.09 308.60 131.09 $59.02 2 28.00 14.00 12 $97.92 51.83 205.67 99.67 105.00 39.58 500.00 10 43.75 12.00 21.00 24.00 49.50 2143.50 169.20 38.00 $45.92 10.83 135.67 99.67 156 58.00 17.25 4.17 1.83 15.00 204 45 57.08 90.00 +68.22 +12.00 » A t $2.50 per day. u A t $3 per day. 10 16 32 22 60 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Accidents to seamen of the United States No. of Occupation Age Wage rate per month Days Nature of and part of body iected Days of treat ment received total disa On bility ship Days of con In Out- vales pa cence tient tient PERSONAL AGREEMENT—Continued 61 A ble seaman . Oiler........... M otorm an. 67 70 100 $55.00 65.00 65.00 W aiter________ Radio operator. W iper___________ Ordinary seaman ____do.................... Oiler................. Third engineer... 35.00 90.00 50.00 40.00 40.00 65.00 125.00 Oiler...................... Radio operator.. 65.00 90.00 Ordinary seaman Oiler...................... Chief cook ______ Third engineer. __ A ble seaman __ Fourth mate - . Chief steward___ Fireman.......... Boatswain___ Third mate, jr___ Boats v a in ___ Ordinary seaman _ M otorm an____ Quartermaster . Ordinary seaman. Quartermaster Fireman.......... A ble seaman. _ Fireman.......... 40.00 65.00 90.00 125.00 62.50 65.00 40.00 65.00 . 60.00 40.00 60.00 57.50 55.00 57.50 Third engineer___ 125.00 A ble seaman----Boatswain.......... Oiler.................... W iper.................. A ble seaman----Radio operator. _ Able seaman___ W iper.................. 55.00 65.00 65.00 50.00 55.00 105.00 55.00 50.00 110.00 120.00 57.50 65.00 110.00 101 102 M essm an. Oiler.......... 45.00 65.00 103 104 ____d o.................. Coal passer......... 65.00 50.00 105 Water tender.. 106 Chief mate___ 107 ____do.................... 108 Boatswain............ 109 ____ do....... ............ Ordinary seaman Second m ate........ 112 Boatswain............ 113 W iper.................... 114 Oiler...................... 115 Ordinary seaman. 116 Third engineer . . . 110 111 65.00 162.50 180.00 75.00 75.00 47.50 165.00 75.00 57.50 72.50 47.50 150.00 Bruise and laceration, head, left hand, and legs. Bruise, third finger right hand.......... Laceration, right ear and shin; in fection of shin wound. Bruise and laceration, back and arm. Strain, left knee..................................... Fracture, third finger........................... Dislocation, first finger left hand___ Laceration, infection, thigh................ Laceration, right cheek....................... Burn, face, neck, left arm, hands, right knee. Bruise and laceration, forearm______ Dismemberment, second finger12left hand; laceration, infection, third finger left hand. Fracture, r i b s . .. ................................... Dismemberment, left thum b6.......... Fracture, right leg....... ......................... Fracture, ankle..................................... Laceration, infection, right arm ........ Hernia, groin-......................................... Foreign body, embedded in left knee. Bruise, part not reported.................... Laceration, fourth finger right hand. Bruise, back and left leg...................... Sprain and strain, left leg................... Bruise, stomach; fracture, rib............ Eyes, irritated b y gas...... .................... Strain, legs and stom ach..................... Sprain and strain, back and s p in e ... Abrasion arid bruise, left foot............. Burn, left arm and shoulder............... Bruise, left foot...................................... Laceration, second and third fingers left hand; swelling, left testicle. Bruise, laceration, lower right jaw, tw o teeth broken. Sprain, ankle.............—......................... Fracture, wrist....................................... Strain, right ankle................................ Abrasion, left temple............................ Fracture and sprain, ankle................. Bruise, knee........................................... Fracture, back....................................... Laceration, fracture, first finger left hand. Fracture, left leg and hip.................... Fracture, left hand, and dismember m ent.1* Foreign matter in eye.......................... Bruise, face; laceration, head; dis location, right shoulder and arm. Foreign matter in right eye................ Burned, death resulting..................... Bruise, finger......................................... Strain, groin........................................... Bruise, right foot................................... Bruise, left leg....................................... Laceration and fracture, right leg___ Bruise, foot.......................... ................. Bruise and laceration, right a n k le ... Laceration, right hand........................ Fracture, arm, head, and jaw ............ Laceration, fourth finger left ha n d ... 1 N ot reported. 2 A t $3.50 per day. « Partial disability for life. • Amputation resulting. 140 117 23 14 38 22 17 19 6 24 8 60 12 16 23 19 46 *26 80 50 19 76 1 1 33 39 22 22 35 10 14 «43 7 7 17 59 8 23 15 149 40 75 46 26 27 24 19 23 14 1 5 31 19 485 64 5 748 64 178 5 92 21 157 92 50 14 70 23 32 132 4 45 40 90 (17> (17> * Nuisance value. • Alleged further disability could not be verified, *» A t $2.50 per day. 18 40 •1 CO 23 1 16 '26’ 61 APPENDIX B .— GENERAL TABLE merchant marine, by individual cases— Continued Days en titled to— Am ount en titled to as— Days from in jury M ain to te settle nance ment Wa- Maintenance Possible recovery un der compensation act Amount actually paid a s- Main te nance Other settle ment Total compen sation Days for which compen Compared sation was Amount with actual com recovery puted PERSONAL AGREEMENT—Continued 24 117 10 $44.00 $234.00 154 $44.00 $400.00 $444.00 +$89.03 116 2.17 2.17 48.00 20.00 25 46 2.17 2.17 $48.00 20.00 22.00 78.00 72.17 100.17 108.18 130.94 +36.01 +30.77 24 45 10.50 10.00 13 60 758 79 140 10.50 10.00 75.50 ^ 175.00 65.00 27.33 64.67 25.00 323.33 29.29 16.00 2122.50 55.00 7175.00 60.00 6.00 50.00 9.00 167.50 103.85 44.54 66.96 35.34 341.54 -4 6.2 1 -175.00 +38.85 +17. 21 +2.29 +10.34 +18.21 52 30.33 6.00 20.00 5.00 55.33 6.00 50.33 401.55 -5 .0 0 +395. 55 24.00 6.50 46.00 79.00 575.00 149.00 581.50 183.33 2.08 29.33 105.83 122.32 1,321. 50 241.67 320.26 47.58 411.01 -2 6.6 8 +740.00 +31.67 +31.10 +15.50 +153.68 53.33 21.33 14.67 38.00 12.00 28.00 16.00 33.33 2122.50 6 31 20.00 84.00 14 46.00 46.00 2.00 183.33 2115.50 8.00 39.58 3136.50 26 6 78 30.33 6.00 24.00 6.50 210.00 21 19 46 59 220.00 88.00 15 44 22 149 27 49 14.00 15.17 25.67 4.33 « 37.50 88.00 1.33 44.00 80.00 298.00 54.00 45.33 150.00 88.17 50.00 50.00 1.83 46.00 38.33 8 17.50 38.50 2.17 108.33 40.00 122.00 62 23 485 55 51.33 224.00 23.83 106.67 124.00 46.00 970.00 18 40 45.00 106.17 36.00 80.00 4.33 21.67 2.00 lOo.OO 110.00 111 30.00 2 31.50 35.00 46.00 57.50 2.00 6.00 50.67 610.50 a 171.50 10 86.25 i«24.00 64.00 96.67 15.83 52.00 5 14 23 32 4 45 40 1 9 7 7 221.00 29.17 10.00 5.00 21.33 14.67 120 96 111 21 77 42 210.00 15.17 25.67 4.33 1.33 80.00 45.33 10.00 88.17 1.83 38.33 8 38.50 2.17 108.33 203 48 15 90 7 62 23 94 105 13 84 71 234 531 34.00 229.00 6.00 -2 3 .3 3 78.50 269.20 238.50 250.08 270.00 6,721.91 216.67 + .6 7 +7.03 +57.33 -125.00 +173.25 +3,920.08 -106.00 ‘ 735 138.00 21.33 35.00 46.00 260.00 72.84 ”7~ 25.50 46.00 125.66 88.00 16 -100.00 -5 7 .5 0 29.17 46.67 78.09 197.71 97.18 629.48 110.54 150.00 138.17 106.79 187.96 -7 .0 0 +36.26 +106.38 +63.18 +320.48 +59.21 15 58 22 109 +2.00 +28.67 +69.96 +11.63 25 46 10 ~5L33 224.00 1.83 106.67 110.00 2,800.00 106.00 3.00 106.17 80.00 1,335.50 203.00 1,521.67 373.83 1,370.57 +170.83 -151.10 148 14 490 2.00 7 73.00 700.00 79.33 721.67 6.33 98.89 -7 3 .0 0 -622.78 37 7 40.00 740.00 r, 500.00 93.64 228.68 59.50 56.67 857.00 -4 0 .0 0 -2,500.00 -2 6.3 6 +43.68 -3 7 .5 0 + 4.42 +94.71 4.33 21.67 30.00 2 31.50 46.00 35.00 57.50 2.00 12.67 590.79 2171.50 12.00 200.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 120.00 58.50 104.00 37.50 39.58 185.00 97.00 52.25 762.29 10.00 10.00 66.17 91.78 750.00 7 150.00 110.25 152.61 751.58 7 HO. 00 110.25 160.67 230.46 10.00 44.08 4.83 1.58 56.00 13 Amputation of distal phalange. ;3 N ot including $50 for dentist s bill which was retained b y seaman. “ Amputation of first finger and half of metacar pal bone. 105676°— 28------ 5 39.17 77.83 262.17 181.17 7 125.00 76.83 282.00 2,801.83 322.67 96.00 12.50 65 19 115 30 51 770 » 62.50 7.00 37.50 10 50.00 14.00 221.00 28 6 525 92.00 100.00 7 57.50 10 45 37.33 8 289.16 32.08 257.33 188.00 7 57.50 29.17 53.67 41.83 91.33 34.00 309.00 51.33 148.00 109.50 36.83 176.33 30.00 190.67 88.00 210.00 13 -12.00 + 8.06 -521.12 -150.00 34 (15) 9 56 21 80 15 Dependent wife 43 years of age; children 7 and 5 years of age. 16 A t $1.50 per day. 17 Continued duties; was treated on ship 20 days to end of voyage; no further disability, 62 SETTLEMENT FOB ACCIDENTS TO AM ERICAN SEAMEN Accidents to seamen of the United States N o. of Occupation Age Wage rate per month Nature of injury and part of body affected D ays of treat m ent received Days of con total disa On In Out vales bility ship pa pa cence tient tient Days PERSONAL AGREEMENT—Continued 117 118 119 120 121 A ble seaman___ Second engineer. Second m ate___ Boatswain.......... 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 Mess b o y .......... . Second m ate___ Fireman............ . Mess b o y .......... . W iper......... ........ Fireman_______ Mess b o y ______ Boatswain_____ Able seaman___ First engineer... Able seaman___ Second cook___ Messman.......... . Third engineer . Second cook___ A ble seaman___ Boatswain_____ A ble seaman___ W iper_________ Fireman............ . A ble seaman___ 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 Oiler................. . Fireman.......... . Water tender.. Fireman.......... . A ble seam an... W iper.............. . Oiler................. . First engineer.. Fireman........ . 151 152 Machinist.. Firem an._. 153 154 155 156 157 M achinist........... Second engineer. D eck b o y ............ Fireman.............. Able seaman___ 122 158 Fireman............ . 159 ........ do.................. 160 ___ do.................. 161 Chief cook........ . 162 A ble seaman— 163 Fireman............ . 164 Third engineer.. 165 ........ d o.................. 166 A ble seaman— 167 Oiler.................... 168 ____do................ . 169 Coal passer____ 170 Chief m ate.____ 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 A ble seaman-----Coal passer......... A ble seaman____ First engineer___ A ble seaman____ Fireman.............. First pum p man 178 ! Chief mate.. $62.50 165.00 165.00 75.00 Strain, groin........ .................................. Burn, face and arms............ ............... Hernia, left groin.................................. Bruise, first and second fingers right hand. 42.00 Bruise, head........................................... 165.00 Hernia, groin......................................... 65.00 Bruise and laceration, left foot.......... 42.00 Strain, back..................... .................... 57.00 Strain, groin.......................................... 65.00 Fracture, rib......................................... 40.00 Laceration, left thum b........................ 75.00 Strain, groin........................................... 62.50 Fracture, nose, upper jaw, and skull19. 185.00 Fracture, left ankle______ _________ 55.00 Mashed third finger, right hand____ 70.00 Laceration, mouth; broken teeth___ 45.00 Laceration, right leg....................... 150.00 Burn, left side.................................. 70.00 Bruise, head and chest................... 55.00 Frozen hands................................... 65.00 Crushed third finger; i2 infection----55.00 Bruise, second finger left hand........... 50.00 Laceration, knee................................... 57.50 Bruise, second finger right hand____ 55.00 Sprain, left knee; laceration and strain, leg. 65.00 Laceration, right forearm.................«. 57.50 Sprain, right ankle............................... 65.00 Burn, face and b od y........................... 57.50 Bruise, right hand................. i ............ 55.00 Bruise, right side and knee................. 50.00 Burn, left hand..................................... 65.00 Rupture, right lower abdom en-------150.00 Fracture, right thum b......................... 57.50 Swelling, infection, first finger8right hand. 80.00 Strain, groin.......................................... 65.00 Bruise, left hip and back; laceration, left elbow. 80.00 Strain, sid e........................................... 165.00 Foreign body in right eye................... 25.00 Fracture, right elbow.......................... 65.00 Burn, thighs.......................................... 62.50 Abrasion and bruise, head; lacera tion, right ear.19 67.50 Hernia, left inguinal....... ..................... 57.50 Dislocation, shoulder........................... 67.50 Strain, left knee.................................... Strain, groin.......................................... 62.50 Sprain, right hand............................... 65.00 Laceration, left arm............................. 150.00 Laceration, wrist.................................. 150.00 Sprain, back.......................................... 62.50 Bruise, left ankle.................................. 72.50 Fracture, knee cap; hernia................ . 72.50 Bruise, first finger left band............... 60.00 Blister, infection, right hand............. . 150.00 Fracture and laceration, first finger« left hand. 62.50 Laceration, tight hand........................ Strain, back and intestines............... . 60.00 55.00 Bruise, left leg..................................... . Bruise, arms, legs, face, and b o d y ... 183.33 62.50 Bruise, right leg............................. 65.00 Bruise, arm, side; fracture, left hip.. 91.00 Fracture, right leg; laceration, head and left eye. 182.00 Bruise, head; fracture, ribs............... 110.00 1 N ot reported. 3 A t $3.50 per day. * Partial disability for life. « Amputation resulting. 72 19 71 22 17 104 W35 22 27 64 14 (18) (18 ) 86 31 17 11 12 61 «262 71 '9 4 ' 64 25 15 29 21) (18) (18 11 10 (5) 34 23 46 41 27 73 53 35 40 21 11 10 10 10 20 “ 8 15" 1 25 58 31 103 5 81 56 60 55 48 63 62 20 *29 28 41 9 61 56 65 51 22 10 17 52 153 21 "96’ 163 9 10 *90 "29” 61 2 27 56 23 “li 11 5 3 29 90 14 35 14 ........ * Nuisance value. 21 63 A PPE N D IX B .— GENERAL TABLE merchant marine, by individual cases— Continued Days en titled to A m ount en titled to as— Main w a Wages te ges nance Possible recovery un Days A mount actually paid as— Days der compensation act for from which in compen jury sation Other M ain M ain Total to Compared was te te compen Amount with actual com settle settle Wages sation ment recovery nance ment nance puted PERSONAL AGREEM ENT-■Continued $149.99 104.50 187.00 n$81.00 2.50 44.00 23.80 28.00 352.00 2 49.00 2.17 8.40 ” 76." 66" 58.90 36.83 ” 34. ' 66" 1.33 24.00 152.50 6.25 188.00 197.33 2 73.50 1.83 70.00 2.33 12.00 22.50 98.00 5.00 2 35.00 7.00 26.00 3.67 42.00 23.83 13.33 9.58 3.67 46.00 32.00 82.00 8 12 102 187 61 106 5 25 8 8 6 29 73 35 5 6 1.40 352.00 2.17 8.40 11.40 36.83 1.33 110.00 6.25 197.33 1.83 2.33 22.50 5.00 7.00 3.67 23.83 13.33 9.58 3.67 28.00 2 49.00 70.00 17.87 24.00 188.00 2 73.50 12.00 98.00 2 35.00 26.00 42.00 32.00 82.00 22.40 1.00 350.00 42.00 100.00 11.0 0 65.82 2,987.75 10.67 140.00 38.00 2.00 10.00 39.00 58.00 150.00 7 50.00 - 35.00 9 43.00 33.00 $149.99 120.50 249.50 46.50 $149.99 104.50 400.14 101.88 51.80 402.00 352.17 120.40 111.40 54.70 36.33 175.82 3,182.00 281.50 141.83 52.33 122.50 50.00 72.00 103.67 173.83 7 50.00 48.33 84.58 118.67 51. £0 543.86 84.35 231.43 58.90 70.83 45.88 152.50 806.23 410.12 148.78 26.97 217.45 75.71 63.33 105.03 235.33 113.60 77.63 182.41 +141.86 -267.82 +111.03 -5 2 .5 0 +16.13 +9.55 -2 3 .3 2 -2,375.77 +128.62 +6.95 -2 5 .3 6 +94.95 +25.71 - 8 .6 7 + 1.36 +61.50 -5 0 .0 0 +65.27 -6 .9 5 +63.74 132.50 111.08 88.00 56.92 101.83 25.67 67.16 170.50 507.67 85.51 277.36 200.59 41.19 78.32 15.33 119.17 730.93 796.75 -4 6 .9 9 +166.28 +112.59 -1 5.7 3 -2 3.5 1 -1 0.3 4 +52.01 +560.43 +289.08 -$16.00 +150.64 +55.38 37 21 40 34 80 35 5 49 10 12 1287y2 27 16 44 12 172 18 37.33 2.17 200.00 237.33 77.17 185.68 289.28 +212.11 -5 1 .6 5 54 65 37.33 82.50 2 168.00 9.17 43.33 60.42 194 48 37.33 82.50 9.17 2.08 237.33 332.50 30.76 20.00 502.08 185.68 421.93 87.64 43.33 60.42 -5 1 . 65 +89.43 +56.88 +23. 33 -441.66 54 48 51 48 200.00 250.00 21.59 20.00 500.00 56.00 106.00 128.00 16.00 30.00 20.00 2 182.00 2 28.00 42.00 180.00 18.00 61 50 44.00 206.84 216.02 287.40 196.26 81.98 41.67 369.14 600.14 91.34 597.02 41.25 42.76 1,251.50 +106.84 +77.82 +219.15 +97. 76 +51.98 + 1.67 +298.14 +199.02 +44.26 +141.82 -8 .7 5 +23.76 +351.50 61 900.00 100.00 138.20 68.25 98.50 30.00 40.00 71.00 401.12 47.08 455.20 50.00 19.00 900.00 102.08 152.00 31.83 136.68 31.25 122.50 1,106.07 67.51 145.66 94.20 72.04 6.25 62.83 269.64 -3 4 .5 7 - 6 .3 4 +62.37 -6 4 .6 4 -2 5 .0 0 -5 9 .6 7 -836.43 26 51 235.93 +59.93 20 10.00 25 66 41 27 41 $129.16 16.00 $62.50 44.00 100.00 2.00 48 61 $20.83 104.50 187.00 2.50 32.50 63.25 47.83 13.00 7.67 ” 26: 66’ 18.33 38.00 11.67 2.00 10.83 20.00 150.50 7.67 32.50 24.00 63.25 124.00 65.00 80.00 7.67 20.00 18.33 38.00 13.33 67.17 52.00 20.00 2339.50 61.33 65 104 16 47 40 37.33 2.17 92.00 13.50 91.67 21.67 5.00 90.00 2.08 58.00 130.00 2.00 20.00 73 55 9 14 8 53 20 84 66 20 21 54 66 17 124 63 30 261 55 11 92.00 13.50 5.00 90.00 2.08 55.20 75.00 56.00 46.20 54.75 2 28.00 10.00 1.83 36.68 6.25 62.83 45.50 91.00 500.00 98.50 30.00 40.00 66.00 283.12 45.00 400.00 50.00 2.00 17.00 4.00 18.00 44.00 2 17.50 2.08 2.00 1.83 36.68 6.25 32.50 45.50 4.00 2 17.50 96.00 150.00 30.00 82.50 7 25. 00 90.00 1,060.57 2 73.50 91.00 2 73.50 11.50 2 101.50 2.08 75.00 29.25 45.50 12.00 56.33 11 A t $3 per day. 12 Amputation of distal phalange. 176.00 ; w N o record of further disability. 19 Resulted in disfigurement; extent not reported. 40 23 6 10 104 #322 8 26 22 51 135 20 139 9 9 22 5 75 64 SETTLEMENT FOB ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Accidents to seamen of the United States No. of Occupation Age Wage rate per month Nature of injury and part of body affected Days of total disa bility Days of treat ment received Days of con vales OutOn j *?pa cence sWPjtfent tient PERSONAL AGREEMENT—Continued 179 Chief cook............ 180 First engineer___ 181 Fireman............... 182 A ble seaman-----183 ____do__________ 184 Second c o o k ...... 185 Steward................ 186 Ordinary seaman. 187 Fireman............... 188 ........ do.................... 189 Able seaman........ 190 Ordinary seaman. 191 Fireman...... ........ 192 Boatswain........... 193 A ble seaman....... 194 Fireman ............. 195 A ble seaman....... 30 $100.00 49 275.00 24 65.00 38 62.50 41 64.35 26 75.00 46 96.00 23 47.50 25 65.00 26 65.00 43 62.50 19 47.50 30 62.50 29 75.00 42 62.50 38 65.00 21 67.50 196 197 198 199 Chief cook.......... A ble seaman-----Boatswain_____ Fireman. ........ A ble seaman----Oiler..................... ....... d o .................. 203 A ble seaman----204 Second engineer. 205 ____ do.................- 29 28 44 27 24 59 38 36 27 39 100.00 62.50 75.00 65.00 62.50 72.50 72.50 62.50 165.00 160.00 206 Oiler..................... 0) 72.50 207 208 209 A ble seaman-----Chief steward___ Fireman________ A ble seaman-----____ do__________ Mess b o y _______ Boatswain______ Oiler-----------------Firem an............... O ile r ................... Fireman............. Able seaman____ Oiler.............. ...... Second cook_____ ____ do........... ........ Second engineer.. Coal passer_____ Third m ate......... Able seaman____ Fireman............... W iper................... Mess b o y ............. Ordinary seaman. Oiler...................... A ble seaman........ 20 0) 27 29 26 38 33 39 27 33 31 24 34 40 41 38 34 36 40 18 30 24 0 33 32 62.50 110.00 65.00 62.50 62.50 42.00 75.00 72.50 67.50 72.50 67.50 62.50 72.50 80.00 80.00 165.00 60.00 150.00 62.50 65.00 57.50 42.00 47.50 72.50 62.50 200 201 202 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 233 234 235 Deck b o y ____ Second cook .. Able seaman. Fireman........ W iper............. 237 Second engineer. 238 A ble seaman----239 ........ do................... 240 Mariner............... 241 A ble seaman___ 24 25.00 32 80.00 21 62.50 26 . 65.00 34 57.50 25 165.00 33 ; 62.50 26 62.50 33 ; 55.00 26 62.50 Strain, right groin................................. B um and scald, left cheek and e y e .. Fracture, little toe right foot..... ......... Laceration, left l e g . ............................ Laceration and abrasion, left h a n d . . Burn, left hand................... ......... ....... Strain, back—........................................ Strain, left side...................................... Laceration, finger................................. Abrasion, infection of foot................... Gassed, death resulting....................... Bruise, left knee................................ . Burn, face, neck, back, hands, arms. D r owned......... ..................................... . Fracture, ribs— ........................... ....... Scald, right foot.................................... Abrasion, bruise, infection, left fore arm. Bruise, strain, right knee.................... Laceration, back and head.................. Bruise, right leg.................. ................. Bruise, left leg and ankle............. ....... Fracture, left arm...... ........................... Fracture, i^rist; hernia........................ Laceration, h e a d ......................... ....... Fracture, right w r is t .......................... Abrasion, elbow; burn, back............. Bruise, infection, third finger left hand. Laceration, second finger» right hand. Fracture, nose........................................ Laceration, infection, finger............... Laceration, left eye............................... Puncture, infection, f o o t - - ................. Fracture, right wrist............................ Fracture, shoulder................................ Strain, left groin. ................................. Sprain, right ankle...................... ......... Sprain, back................................. ......... Bruise, left knee....... ............................ Burn, left arm and face....................... Dislocation, ankle................................. Fracture, right ankle. .......................... Fracture, fingers left hand.................. Scald, left foot................ ...................... Laceration, infection, left knee........... Abrasion, back and hips........ ........... Sprain and fracture, right ankle........ Sprain and strain, left knee................ Sprain and bruise, ankle..................... Sprain, left knee and ankle................. Puncture, infection, left hand............ Strain, groin.......................................... Abrasion, left eye;23 bruise, face......... Abrasion, bruise, laceration, infec tion, first finger left hand. Foreign b od y in right eye, infection. B um , left eye, hands, arms................ Bruise, left hand................................... Bruise, left hand................................... Bruise of right ankle resulting in nicer. Laceration, right eye............................ Bruise, infection, leg............................ Puncture, left foot..................... .......... Bruise, right leg.................. .................. Strain, back......... ............ ..................... 1 N ot reported. 2 A t $3.50 per day. 5 Partial disability for life. 7 Nuisance value. 2 80 20 13 32 18 31 21 ’ 21" 19 54 21 73 2 127 7 110 17 33 45 30 24 119 49 12 43 45 71 22 74 28 38 13 17 21 «47 19 28 4 56 80 40 66 272 42 14 87 128 70 89 40 5 23 23 142 30 60 92 5 30 17 2 ~~2 l 30 " 120" 2 26 55 13 2 91 2 18 43 130 27 18 10 20 11 42 42 30 21 29 10 10 A t $2.50 per day. “ A t $3 per day. « Am putation of distal phalange. » Dependent child 13 years of age. 7 65 APPENDIX B .— GENERAL TABLE merchant marine, by individual cases— Continued Days en titled to— Possible recovery un Days Am ount actually paid as— Days der compensation act for from which in compen jury Other Main Total Compared sation M ain to was compen Amount with actual settle te settle Wages te com sation recovery ment nance nance ment puted 1 Am ount en titled to as— Main W a te Wages ges nance PERSONAL AGREEMENT—Continued 2 16 22 18 25 19 56 2 111 2.17 "~ 2 .l5 5.00 233.60 8 6 .6 7 1 5 .1 7 26.92 2.08 $4. U0 2 5 6 .0 0 4 4 .0 0 3 6 .0 0 5 0 .0 0 3 8 .0 0 a 196.00 4 .0 0 222.00 66.00 93.75 65.00 54.00 31 62.00 253.33 102.08 2.50 "22.OO 93.17 93.75 34.00 113.58 50.75 22.00 29.17 148.00 154.00 11 69.00 2 98.00 ”84"00 53 16 $183.33 2.17 27 6 9 26 79 38 44 89 534 23 4 743 57 47 76 100 81 123 98 54 57 249 82 44 128 54.17 2 3 56 21 " 16* 120 13.00 8.33 62.50 6.00 112.00 "eaoo 110.00 88.00 8.00 38.00 182.00 36.00 36.00 86.00 22.00 30.00 10235.00 56.00 14.00 20.00 2.08 40.00 61.33 18.00 41 100.16 35.42 15.75 253.33 2.08 2.50 41.17 2.08 113.58 33.00 2 143.50 56.25 29.17 12.00 44.00 20.00 13.00 2.08 81 85 82 134 41 14 126 128 52 72 56 5 44 23 142 31 48 61 196 76 23 6 31 35 42 60 26 30 163 12.50 87.00 2.25 29.83 31.50 43.75 4.83 98.67 64.00 66.00 8.00 10.42 69.33 23.00 49.00 44.33 2.42 14.58 29.17 "~45."00 25.00 272.00 7 25.00 110.00 55.33 88.00 22.00 2 87 (20) (21) 59 -4 9 .0 8 +199.05 43 +29.01 -2 .1 6 +91.67 +75.40 -3 8.4 1 +258.94 -6 .0 0 +145. 71 11 12 105 384.78 +231 96 40.00 150.00 22.56 175.00 96.00 40.00 167.45 24.64 175.00 106.17 131.24 70.62 14.33 235.93 195.03 101.78 224.15 912.39 104.83 35.50 330.58 440.27 253.33 330.56 217.50 10.31 82.14 90.95 517.22 99.55 132.82 260.43 2,962.88 60.21 +10.17 +91.24 -9 6 .8 3 -1 0.3 1 +60.93 +95.03 +34.28 +38.43 +310.14 +75.00 -2 0.5 0 +136.83 +235.44 +99.33 +176.56 +102.00 +2.31 +8.64 +38.03 +162.89 +44.55 +53.42 +144.10 +2,760.46 +10.63 62 126 33 65 14 1 23 18 110 18 25 64 231,120 10 255.00 81.00 22.08 40.00 79.33 409.63 86.48 43.35 88.34 101.86 +154.63 +5.48 +21.27 +48.34 +22.53 94 6 9 20 10 159.00 56.25 39.17 42.50 305.07 63.34 45.71 66.99 43.63 +146.07 + 7.09 +6.54 +24.49 +23.63 36 3 7 5 10 55.00 98.72 360.00 20.50 150.00 90.00 2.00 49.50 38.00 182.00 32.00 30.40 72.00 31 18 13 09 88.00 100.00 'T oo* +91.99 +1,208-92 + 2.08 80 152.82 "89.16" 60.00 229.00 4 1 .8 3 240.00 253.33 102.08 24.50 95.33 86.08 134.17 111. 16 60.00 229.00 +$208.97 -7 5.8 4 +43.93 +43.53 +27.09 +63.11 +100.00 -1 6.9 3 +332.13 +13.00 -1,488.92 88.00 20.59 22T 45 121.10 150.40 22.00 54.16 84.00 22.00 $50.00 $258.97 239.33 315.17 77.17 35.00 78.53 124.24 97.15 93.11 30.00 329.60 429.60 7 25.00 8.07 518.96 186.83 15.17 2.17 0 861.08 2,350.00 26.92 26.92 207.49 115.50 908.78 212,117.70 93.75 91.67 65.00 65.00 103.08 54.00 452.38 102.08 53.51 93.17 177.75 209.57 72.75 318.94 223.00 233.71 100.00 30.00 10225.00 56.00 14.00 2.08 20.00 40.00 61.33 18.00 33.00 $46.00 75.84 31.00 2,350.00 17.42 113.42 908.78 56.25 65.00 87.33 9.50 2.08 54.17 52.00 2 66.50 22 4.45 42.00 ’ 67."55' 91.83 2.25 240.00 53.17 4.00 31.50 52.08 132.00 4.83 64.00 98.67 64.00 143.00 2 24.50 10.42 69.33 23.00 49.00 44.33 70.08 14.58 86.67 2.17 44.00 35.00 50.00 2.42 113.58 19 2.15 5.00 57.60 $4.00 2 56.00 73.50 4.50 103.00 200.00 13.00 11.00 126.00 56.25 10.00 42.50 20.00 100.00 67.50 185.72 602.25 29.83 56.00 193.75 204.83 154.00 154.00 115.50 8.00 73.50 52.92 354.33 55.00 79.40 116.33 202.42 49.58 20.00 24 60 38 19 22 26 80 13 28 271 20 81 Dependent mother 55 years of age; 50 per cent of compensation payable, nonresident alien beneficiary. 22 Actual expenses. 23 N inety per cent loss of vision. 66 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN A ceidents to seamen of the United States N o. of Occupation Wage Age rate per month Nature of injury and part of b od y affected Days of total disa bility Days of treat ment received Days of con vales InOut On ship pa pa cence tient tient P E R S O N A L A G R E E M E N T -C o n tin u e d 242 243 244 A ble seaman.. Chief cook___ Fireman........ . $65.00 245 246 247 248 249 ___ d o............... Able seaman. . Second engineer _. Ordinary seaman. Fireman.......... 70.00 65.00 160.00 47.50 67.50 250 251 252 253 Second m a t e ... Second cook___ Oiler................... —do........... 65.00 155.00 70.00 70.00 254 255 Chief mate.. Oiler............. 165.00 70.00 256 257 Messman........ Second engineer.. 50.00 155.00 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 W iper_______ Second mate.. Oiler.............. Boatswain— A ble seaman. ___ d o............. Fireman........ 50.00 165.00 72.50 75.00 55.00 62.50 65.00 265 266 Third m ate_____ Ordinary seaman. 125.00 30.00 267 Fourth m ate. 100.00 First engineer___ Junior engineer... 270 W atchman______ 271 Able seaman-----272 ____do.... ........ — 273 ........do___________ 274 Second engineer.. 275 Oiler ...............— 276 Able seaman____ 277 Chief mate______ 278 Ordinary seaman. 279 Able seaman------ 100.00 70.00 165.00 100.00 45.00 55.00 55.00 55.00 155.00 72.50 62.50 185.00 47.50 62.50 280 Messman. 45.00 281 282 Able seaman. Fireman-------- 62.50 57.50 284 ........ do........... ........ Coal passer___ 285 Fireman.. 286 287 Able seaman___ Second engineer. Able seaman___ ____do__________ Oiler........ - ......... Second steward. Yeom an________ Waiter____ ____ Fireman_______ Able seaman___ 290 291 292 293 294 57.50 50.00 57.50 62.50 140.00 62.50 62.50 72.50 100.00 62.50 50.00 65.00 62.50 1 N ot reported. 2 A t $3.50 per day. * Partial disability for life. 7 Nuisance value. 100 Fracture, left ankle.............................. Sprain, left ankle.......... .................... . Strain, groin; bruise, left testicle (removed). 160 Injury to nerves of right arm............. 23 Sprain and strain, back and arm s... 15 Bruise, right foot................................. 50 Strain, right groin............................... Laceration and fracture, fourth finger left hand. 37 Bruise, left testicle.............................. 72 Hernia, groin................ ........... .......... Laceration, fourth finger left hand 20 Abscess, infection, first finger12right 5 99 hand. 11 Abrasion and bruise, right hand....... 159 Bruise and laceration, right wrist; infection, first finger and thumb. 17 Burn and scald, both feet.......... ........ 51 Bruise, arm and shoulder; fracture of clavicle. Bruise, left leg.......... .......... ................. 30 Foreign matter in right eye.............. 42 37 Strain, groin. -------- --------------------Crushed, second finger left hand — 107 Fracture, l e g . . .................... ................. 136 Laceration, left hand; fracture, wrist. 176 Bruise, infection, right leg; swelling 110 groin. Laceration, elbow and hand............... Bruise and laceration, first finger left hand. Fracture, pelvis, femur, and 2 lum 223 bar vertebrae. Gassed, death resulting____________ Burn, face and eyes------------------------25 Dislocation left wrist; fracture, arm . _ 76 62 Fracture, first finger right hand____ Laceration, left shoulder---------------29 Strain, groin; internal injuries______ 242 Bruise, infection, finger..................... 43 Strain, back......... ................................. 45 12 Scald, back.............. .............................. 108 Fracture, foot........ ............................... Sprain, ankle......................................... 7 Bruise, laceration, infection, first 25 finger left hand. Puncture, infection, th u m b 12 left «123 hand. 12 Laceration, left foot........ ..................... Bruise, infection, thumb right hand— 26 571 91 2 19 5 38 9 13 19 4 16 25 11 15 20 41 28 7 14 3 29 1 1 58 1 28 10 7 18 1 20 1 9 1 12 30 3 17 3 5 20 24 83 74 91 (9) 12 23 14 64 39 102 11 (9) (9) 13 8 9 20 52 18 24 9 127 63 22 9 189 16 44 51 4 5 3 3 120 2 16 10 10 37 43 17 15 8 28 46 14 32 Strain, shoulder...... ........ .............. Strain, hernia, groin....................... Sprain, back____________________ Bruise, laceration, face; bruise, leg— Abrasion, bruise, infection, left ankle. Bruise, legs............................................ Hernia, groin........... .......................... Bruise, left arm................................. Dislocation of lens, left eye............... . Abrasion and fracture, great toe left foot. 36 59 20 26 48 16 22 6 31 16 1 10 28 19 26 20 51 93 46 9 72 28 Strain, knee........... .......................... . Burn, infection, third and fourth fingers left hand. Burn, infection, first finger left hand. 21 28 13 14 96 12 5 31 30 2 7 5 Y 125 8 30 58 17 42 3" 19 14 60 13 25 12 20 " ’ l3‘ 26 10 20 6 1 22 21 ” 65 27 42 9 Alleged further disability could not be verified. 10 A t $2.50 per day. 11 A t $3 per day. 12 Amputation of distal phalange. 67 APPENDIX B .— GENERAL TABLE merchant marine, by individual eases—- Continued D a y s en titled to— W a ges A m o u n t en titled to as— M ain W ages te nance A m o u n t actu ally p aid as— D a ys from in ju ry O ther M a in M a in to T o ta l settle com p en te settle W ages te m ent sation nance nance m ent P ossible reco v e ry u n der com pensation act A m oun t D ays for w h ich com pen sation C om pa red w as w ith actual com recov ery p u te d P E R S O N A L A G R E E M E N T -C on tin u e d 23 25 125 19 15 30 30 $120.00 37 52 44 $6.50 76.67 14.00 250.00 38.00 2 52.50 60.00 60.00 77 27 348 754 47 39.67 10.83 20.00 99.00 60.00 60.00 H174.00 7.00 34.00 140.00 661 226 19 75 39.67 10.83 99.00 15.17 58 17 70 10 $120.00 76.00 50.00 $6.50 76.67 14.00 21 76.00 50.00 102 11 22.00 4.17 20.00 127 18.00 . 88 221 70 63 3.33 2444.50 36.67 9.00 142.00 58.67 44.00 53.17 18.00 1.83 378.00 51.67 2 56.00 4.83 88.00 25.00 185.00 2*216.00 4.75 16.00 37.50 8.00 112 84 23 143 18 15 50 27 147.68 431.14 83.96 546.87 +102.51 + 241.39 + 4 2 .9 6 + 396.87 30 72 17 12 161 8 154 28.83 125.33 41.35 272.90 + 1 2 .5 2 + 147.57 6 43 26.33 23.00 99.67 222.50 301.83 98.33 47.50 110. 51 279. 50 117.42 407. 57 366.78 616. 51 285.63 + 8 4 .1 8 + 2 56.50 + 1 7 .7 5 + 185.07 + 6 4 .9 5 + 518.18 + 238.13 25 42 30.00 50.00 4.17 52.84 - 6 1 .8 3 + 2 .8 4 3,055.50 3,503.33 1,155.38 - 2 ,3 4 7 .9 5 15,000.00 15,000.00 336. 67 300.00 83.00 234.00 142.00 258.67 44.00 156.00 53.07 151.83 150.00 111. 17 2 56.00 3.50 99.83 95.00 15.00 40.00 405.00 19.75 7.00 52.50 15.00 7,500.00 81.29 289.50 168.63 71.17 909. 69 225.53 203.89 25.00 679.57 70.04 - 7 ,5 0 0 .0 0 —255. 38 + 5 5 .5 0 -9 0 .0 4 + 1 8 .1 0 + 757.86 + 114.36 + 104.06 -1 5 .0 0 + 274.57 + 1 .1 3 + 1 7 .5 4 8.33 18.00 89.42 47. 50 51.33 25.00 19.50 10.25 128.00 78.00 73.33 6.00 23.00 28.00 20.00 36.67 9.00 58.67 53.07 1.83 51.67 4.83 25.00 185.00 4.75 37.50 47.00 172.50 766.00 3.33 2444.50 75 32 64 40 28 245 42 114 534 + 591.38 + 46. 51 + 5 3 .5 7 + 101.64 + 6 6 .7 7 + 3 9 .5 7 + 339.18 18.33 16 10.50 41.33 ii 78.00 17 171 36 45 97 651.05 92.34 106.07 161.64 225. 77 75.07 600.85 17 37 28.00 128.00 78.00 204.00 59.67 45.83 52.50 60.00 159.00 35.50 261.67 18.33 810.50 41.33 ii 78.00 50.00 35.00 52.50 60.00 200.00 7 26 2 129.50 97 43 37 10.00 87 8.33 +$224.46 + 9 6 .3 9 + 9 3 .5 0 30.00 50.00 100 89.42 47.50 51.33 25.00 19.50 $360.96 289.72 157.50 45.17 189. 75 41.00 150.00 5.50 11.67 25 37 14 64 39 $136. 50 193. 33 64.00 30.00 189.75 16.50 ii 30.00 11.67 200.00 40.66 34.00 140.00 15.17 7.00 $10.00 8.00 6.00 220.00 20.88 88 108 164 101 9 222 (24) 14 70 241 33 43 78 4 7 162.50 559.88 + 397.38 22 6.25 26 18.00 30.67 20.00 24.25 50.67 45.52 73.20 + 2 1 .2 7 + 2 2 .5 3 32.58 16 30.00 26.67 28 50.00 30 45 32.58 26.67 20.00 i 50.00 52.58 76.67 107.64 133.02 + 5 5 .0 6 + 5 6 .3 5 28.75 10 80.00 24 28.75 37.50 66.25 178.59 + 112.34 31 60.42 312.66 47.50 127.08 103.67 53.33 65.83 178.33 95.17 78.25 116.31 296.33 80.58 113.15 185.32 117.07 162.71 311.91 160.43 240.48 + 5 5 .8 9 -1 6 .3 3 + 3 3 .0 8 -1 3 .9 3 + 8 1 .6 5 + 6 3 .7 4 + 9 6 .8 8 + 133.58 + 6 5 .2 6 + 162.23 19 40.50 126 6.25 26 18.00 30.67 20.00 35.42 275.33 12.50 2.08 38.67 3.33 20.83 48.33 41.17 31.25 26 36.00 2 21.00 io 35.00 52.00 64.00 10 50.00 * 45.00 130.00 54.00 84.00 12 131 20 10 27 12 35. 107. 12. 2. 38. 3. 20. 48. 41. 31. 156.50 25.00 205.33 10 35.00 52.00 64.00 10 50.00 27 45.00 130.00 54.00 47.00 “ A t $1.50 per d a y . 24 D ep en d en t w ife, 35 years o f age, ch ildren 11, 9, and 5 years o f age. 73.00 1.00 2* A t $4.00 per d ay . 26 A t $12.50 per w eek, 27 A t $15 per w eek. 9 10 20 27 14 25 32 20 41 64 27 53 68 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Accidents to seamen of the United States N o. of case Occupation Wage Age rate per month Nature of injury and part of body affected Days of treat ment received Days of total disa On In Outbility ship pa pa tient tient Days of con vales cence P E R S O N A L A G R E E M E N T —Continued W7 300 801 30? 303 Chief mate Able seaman Carpenter__ Fireman „ ... AWe SA»rnan Waiter_________ AMe seaman Carpenter 39 $190.00 25 62.50 31 80.00 65.00 0) 19 62.50 40 50.00 ?4 62.50 80.00 0) 304 Oiler........ ............ . 0) 305 ........ d o .................... 57 72.50 72.50 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 Chief engineer___ 51 49 Able seaman 0) d o . _______ 40 Ordinary seaman. 32 Fireman 37 First engineer----- 4? F i r e m a n . ___ 32 40 FirArrian ,.. 0) Ahie W t n p 30 Fireman________ 47 W iper___________ 26 41 FiremanAble seaman _ _ 36 Mess b o y _______ 38 Able seaman____ 31 Chief cook______ 28 Able seaman 25 Chief mate______ 30 250.00 65.00 62.50 75.00 40.00 55.00 140.00 55.00 62. 50 65.00 62.50 65.00 57. 50 67.50 62.50 42.00 62. 50 100.00 62. 50 185.00 326 327 328 Fireman________ Boatswain______ Fireman________ 38 32 20 65.00 75.00 65.00 29 329 Able seaman _ 330 ____ d o ___________ 28 331 First engineer___ 32 332 W iper___________ 23 39 333 Pum p 334 Oiler................... . 23 22 335 Fireman 336 Chief engineer___ 26 33 337 Chief cook............ 29 338 Pum p man 55.00 62.50 180.00 57.50 102.50 72.50 65.00 275.00 100.00 102.50 339 340 Oiler..................... 22 First engineer----- 52 72.50 185.00 341 342 Third engineer.. . 30 Chief mate______ 56 150.00 185.00 343 Machinist_______ 39 344 Ordinary seaman. 26 345 A ble seaman____ 22 346 ........ d o....... ........... 33 347 Fireman________ 30 348 ____ do.................... 36 349 Able seaman........ 29 350 Fireman________ 26 80.00 47.50 62.50 62.50 65.00 65.00 65.00 65.00 30 25 39 22 72.50 72.50 62.50 45.00 306 307 308 309 310 311 31? 313 351 Oiler...................... 352 ........ d o.................... 353 A ble seaman__ 354 Messman_______ Sprain, back _ _ _ ............. ........... Sprain, left. ankle ........... . . .. ■Rrnisp., finger left h a n d ............ ........ . Burn, eyes............................. ................ Sprain, wrist Laceration, first finger .... ....... Sprain, ankle........... .................... .... Bruise and fracture, great toe left foot. Burn, face and neck........... ................. Fracture, rib; dislocation, bruise, right hip. Scald, left shoulder, arm, and neck .. Spr^in, strain, back Fracture, ribs____ _____ ___________ Sprain, laceration__ _____ _________ Burn, left eye 4________ ____ _______ Fracture, ninth rib left sid e________ 314 Bruise, head; nervous shock_______ Sprain, laceration, infection, ankle.. Fracture, second toe right foot_____ Hernia, groin______________________ Bruise, left ankle___________________ Strain, legs . . _ _________________ Fracture, rib _ _______________ Cellulitis, finger.... ................. .............. Laceration, right hand_____________ Hernia, abdomen _______ _________ Crushed, third finger left hand Fracture, laceration, left foot, infec tion. Hernia, left groin__________________ Bruise, chest_______________________ Scald, face, left side of head, arm, body. Sprain, left ankle ______ _ __ Bruise, head; laceration, right arm Dislocation, right s h o u ld e r ._______ Abrasion, bruise, right foot ............... Bruise, left elbow __ Bruise, laceration, infection, left hand. Burn, infection, right hand and arm.. Fracture, third finger left hand Laceration, infection, finger________ Laceration, fracture, second finger left hand. Hernia, groin......................................... Burn and scald, feet, left shoulder, right elbow, and hip. Scald, back and arms______ _____ _ Sprain, left knee. _________________ Burn and scald, back . . _____ Bruise, h a n d ........................................ Sprain, back_______ __ __________ Strain, back . _ Fracture, collar bone, left side _ . Scald, infection, left hand. . _______ Hernia, groin ____ ______________ Burn and scald, infection, right hand and wrist. Fracture, collar b o n e ______________ Laceration, first finger right hand ___ Fracture, left hand............................... Bruise, infection, thum b and second finger left hand. 1 N ot reported. 2 A t $3.50 per day. * Permanent loss of use. 197 36 33 31 45 34 18 41 13 11 8 18 21 10 6 4 72 18 63 17 13 16 23 58 29 92 2 57 3 41 4 572 17 155 8 1854 91 "~3l‘ 47 1 27 119 55 35 8 55 25 63 7 60 54 66 19 42 177 15 14 29 63 42 104 25 22 1 15 16 7 28 37 4 (18) 9 39 27 (18) 12 11 11 28 54 16 1 119 (18) 22 75 42 10 43 (18) 60 25 26 44 3 30 56 29 21 "33 " 47 42 88 74 56 13 54 5 4 12 40 3 37 8 1 5 1 94 410 7 —. . . 16 65 59 24 19 11 36 52 47 4 26 56 39 10 70 10 12 44 15 5 512 17 27 25 41 60 81 76 18 31 1 24 119 22 25 40 ” 16" 68 16 94 30 186 26 1 20 24 31 2 16 4 20 18 9 21 20 21 42 _~~6~ " 76 1 4 12 22 47 12 5 24 97 18 30 28 14 6 25 7 24 50 56 1 6 * Partial disability for life. 7 Nuisance value. 18 N o record of further disability. 22 39 9 3 39 69 APPENDIX B .— GENERAL TABLE merchant marine, by individual cases— Continued Days en titled to A mount en titled to as— Days from in jury M ain to te settle nance ment wa Main te ges nance Am ount actually paid as— M ain te nance Other settle ment Total compen sation Possible recovery un der compensation act Days for which compen sation Compared was Amount with actual com recovery puted P E R S O N A L A G R E E M E N T -C o n tin u e d 10 8 18 21 11 19 28 37 13 $63.33 2$651.00 16.67 54.00 48.00 30.00 45.50 20.00 22.92 38.00 46.00 8.33 74.00 26.00 197 35 24 29 14 35 27 111. 17 152.25 78.00 54.00 35 448 111. 17 9.67 350.00 25176.00 62.83 8.33 180.00 7.50 84.00 52 00 1.33 38.50 88.00 149.33 28327.25 129 81 92 19 24 141 190 143 56 34 27 118 38 55 32 72 8.33 2.17 8.33 7.50 1.33 18.33 9.33 186 27 15 10 46 42 29 4 3 1 21 32 31 47 27 55 90 42 26 44 119 25 8 25 10.00 64.58 101.83 56.25 119.17 15.33 56.25 14.60 120.00 50 00 52 00 40.00 54.00 60.00 112 do 62 00 54 1 11250 42 41 42 37 1 6 2 20 1 25 1 19 11 18 11 10 19 1 23 25 40 49 56 1 10 6 84.00 2 08 252.83 2«352.00 23 177 14.00 249 42 105.00 47.67 22 19 12000 410 9 22 24 41 60 ” 76 66.00 22 88 5.50 8.00 56.00 74.00 1,151 26 148 114.00 21,435.00 18.00 1.92 44.00 20.50 48.00 4.83 82.00 43.33 9.17 2210.00 83.33 3.42 152.00 8.00 8 12 4 19 8 81 3 $63.33 2$651.00 40.00 16.67 30.00 48.00 45.50 22.92 38.00 20.00 10.00 8.33 64.58 52.17 56.25 m . 17 15.33 56.25 14.60 20.00 20.00 120.00 52 00 70.00 54.00 60 00 112 00 60.00 18.08 112.50 119.67 2.08 84.00 252.83 25352.00 56.00 5.50 114.00 21,435.00 1.92 18.00 44.00 20.50 48.00 4.83 33.84 43.33 9.17 2210.00 83.33 3.42 152.00 245.50 22 90.00 2 77.00 67.83 2164.50 52 46 90.00 67.83 2 77.00 98.00 64 13 24 299 61 44 2.67 30.08 2.08 47.92 2.17 21.67 2.17 67.17 135.33 2.42 20.83 9.00 48.00 100.00 78.00 18.00 84.00 102 95 95 75 18 8 25 A t $4 per day. 88 A t $2.75 per day. 99 50 per cent loss of use of right arm. +136.82 +147.58 26 16 1,034.34 130.58 119.67 86.08 1,639.17 583.14 62.83 386.26 233.91 128.07 2,588.90 915.87 118.72 326.35 151.83 108.25 313.87 130.16 190.44 256.56 176.77 178.50 215.61 182.96 1,090.54 +149.15 +2.07 +2fe2.09 +161.41 +106.74 +1,570.57 +579.29 —46 28 +51.36 +99.66 88.00 433.99 60.76 104.17 82.50 21.33 1,018.33 336.58 165.00 274.99 52.17 103.25 189.17 69.33 116.25 214.60 14.00 105.00 197.67 166.28 113.00 301.88 1,000.00 327 25 165.00 90.41 50.00 14.00 105.00 47.67 45.92 67.83 14.00 256.32 206.25 425.66 58.59 19 12.00 119.50 58.67 62.00 100.00 12.00 95.84 75.00 245.50 60.00 48.00 187 28 15 49.00 45.92 67.83 26.67 30.08 2.08 47.92 54.17 86.67 106.17 186.33 +$884.72 +80.16 +41.21 +24.17 +18.34 +14.44 +141.43 +49. 71 8.33 4 13 47 $795.33 $1,680.05 136.83 56.67 119.21 78.00 89.67 65.50 122.92 141.26 124.44 28.33 169.76 61.71 $81.00 2.42 2.42 4.17 9.00 33.50 48.00 94.00 190.00 190.00 505.00 47.00 31.00 110.00 +124.70 +60.83 +74.19 +41.96 +66.77 +47.92 +95.94 +96.88 -548.63 10 34 28 37 13 54 40 ‘ 1,120 123 54 64 27 30 55 60 “ 30 41 136 +152.28 +8.00 +104.21 90.00 70.00 253.00 105.50 7 90.00 2,054.00 66.92 95.50 54.83 77.17 309.17 153.33 408.42 90.00 3.50 135.92 116.83 157.23 159.76 +21.31 +42.93 40 13 178.00 345.00 165.83 288.43 360.90 -5 6.5 7 +195.07 34 36 80.00 82.67 63.58 51.08 197.92 54.17 86.67 30 177.34 186.42 60.65 114.47 104.43 274.75 68.17 86.67 +50.89 +53.35 +76.83 +14.00 74.92 82.42 129.17 84.00 2.00 1.00 150.00 52.00 65.00 30175.17 119.25 72.50 80.00 125.00 75.00 110.00 12.00 160.85 +55.35 -9 0 .0 0 6,477.57* +4,423.57 55.97 -1 0.9 5 132.57 +37.07 +57.41 112.24 176.09 +98 92 429.88 +120.71 261.81 +108.48 -9 .8 9 398.53 37 2®i, 380 16 21 23 21 59 56 75 -22.02 8 12 23 96 200.10 +22.76" +119.25 19 305.67 135.33 178.57 38.83 219.63 +60.41 +96.15 -9 0.3 4 +135.63 8 64 30 Including duplicate of one month earned wages paid in error. 70 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Accidents to seamen of the United States No. of Occupation Wage Age rate per month Nature of injury and part of body affected Days of treat ment received Days of total disa On In- Outbility ship pa pa tient tient Days of con vales cence PERSONAL AGREEMENT-Continued A ble seam an... $62.50 356 ____ do................ 357 Chief engineer.. 358 Engineer........... Messman.......... Fireman............ 361 Messman.......... 362 Fireman............ 363 Second m a t e ... 62.50 235.00 155.00 45.00 67.50 42.50 65.00 135.00 370 371 Fireman............ Messman.......... Fireman............ Able seaman— Fireman............ Able seaman. Messman.......... A ble seaman— 67.50 45.00 65.00 62.50 65.00 62.50 42.00 62.50 372 Chief cook. 100.00 373 374 375 Second m ate. Fireman........ Oiler............... 130.00 67.50 65.00 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 A ble seaman....... W iper................... Chief mate........... A ble seaman....... Chief mate........... Ordinary seaman. Head waiter......... Surgeon................ Carpenter............. Oiler...................... Dishwasher......... Steerage cook----- 85.00 57.50 180.00 62.50 180.00 47.50 50.00 150.00 70.00 72.50 30.00 75.00 Fireman............... Oiler...................... First engineer___ Bell b o y ............... Chief cook........... W aiter.................. Water tender___ 65.00 72.50 175.00 45.00 138.00 45.00 65.00 Second baker___ Master................ Water tender.... Boatswain.......... 60.00 300.00 72.50 80.00 400 401 402 403 404 — d o.................... W iper............... Storekeeper.......... Ordinary seaman Oiler...................... Third engineer... 80.00 55.00 72.50 47.50 72.50 150.00 405 406 Oiler................. Chief engineer___ 72.50 275.00 407 408 A ble seaman........ 21 W iper.................... 37 409 410 Second engineer.. Ordinary seaman. 355 364 365 366 367 390 391 394 395 396 397 47.50 55.00 170.00 47.50 1 N ot reported. 2 At $3.50 per day. * Permanent loss of use. * Partial disability for life. 6 Amputation resulting. Laceration, second finger * and third finger6 left hand. Strain, back........................................... Sprain, back; fracture, rib, left side... Scald, frozen right arm and w r is t___ Laceration, hand, first finger4........... Hernia, left side.................................... Hernia, groin......................................... ____do...................................................... Bruise, infection, fourth finger left Burn, left hand..................................... Bruise, scald, face and shoulders___ •Laceration, forehead........................... Laceration, fourth finger left hand ... Sprain, right leg.......... Laceration, left elbow Laceration, infection, left hand......... Abrasion head; fracture, arm; sprain, hip. Puncture, infection, second finger right hand. Bruise, right leg.................................... Double rupture, groin......................... Bruise, laceration, third and fourth fingers left hand. Laceration, chin................................... Strain, right groin................................ Fracture, right ankle_______________ Sprain, left foot..................................... Fracture, right leg..... .......................... Abrasion, infection, left leg................ Fracture, left leg.................................. Fracture, rib.......................................... Bruise, infection, right leg.................. Burn, left arm ...................................... Hernia, abdom en................................. Laceration, infection, fourth finger right hand. Burn, scald, face, neck, left arm -----Bruise, right hand............................... Fracture, tw o ribs right s id e ............ Dislocation, left knee........................... Laceration, left hand.......................... . Sprain, back.......................................... Bruised fingers; laceration, right hand. Fracture, wrist...................................Bruise, infection, leg-------- -------------Bruise, left shoulder........................... . Bruise, laceration, fracture, right hand; dismemberment, thum b. Foreign b od y in right eye--------------B um , feet and ankles.......................... Sprain, right knee............................... . Bruise knee; laceration, face and neck Bruise, left leg..................................... . Scald, infection, face, chest, and left arm. Hernia, groin......................................... Compound fracture, infection, left arm .6 Foreign matter, right eye................. . Dismemberment, second finger; lac eration, first and third fingers. Burn, infection, back......................... . Laceration, left hand.......................... *16 16 40 43 44 38 *53 59 62 10 2 44 25 22 28 30 188 44 (18) 2 20 15 12 17 18 23 23 14 63 124 13 ‘ ‘ 2(j‘ 12 36 141 50 35 79 116 29 62 94 52 106 36 16 61 13 62 46 27 35 4 59 28 24 22 61 14 23 54 75 22 49 6 10 19 31 13 93 17 54 *90 (•) 10 38 71 82 42 22 157 34 74 13 40 19 112 *212 3 *74 ” 47' 19 15 163 22 76 25 1 Nuisance value. • Alleged further disability could not be verified, u A t $3 per day. u Amputation of distal phalange, is N o record of further disability. 43 71 APPENDIX B .— GENERAL TABLE merchant marine, by individual cases— Continued Days en titled to Am ount en titled to as— Main wa te Wages ges nance Am ount actually paid as— Days from in jury Other M ain Total M ain to compen settle settle Wages te te sation ment nance nance ment Possible recovery un der compensation act Days for which compen Compared sation was A mount with actual com recovery puted P E R S O N A L A G R E E M E N T —Continued $2.08 4.17 2«$75.00 “ 132.00 25."67* U22.50 4.60 58.00 60.00 17.33 72.00 2 10.50 140 30.00 24.00 36.00 44.00 44.00 2.08 27 30.00 7 5 15 102.00 11.25 7.50 88.20 56.25 23.33 10.00 12.00 6.00 31385 +96.88 +157.14 —66.07 +549.10 +78.90 +125.37 -125.00 +10.50 41 44 34 * 322 59 60 78.34 55.24 79.51 98.06 93.83 62.80 +24.09 -2 .2 6 -2 0 .4 9 +20.98 + 4.00 +30.72 15 12 18 22 $132.00 20.67 2 122.50 4.50 58.00 2.83 17.33 72.00 2 10.50 102.00 11.25 7.50 30.00 24.00 36.00 2.08 44.00 40.00 49.83 2.08 27 30.00 90.00 43.50 21.33 13 101.33 55.00 82 19 97 164.00 38.00 2.42 44.00 450.00 2339.50 63 163 36.25 126.00 531.67 2570.50 4.75 64.17 34.00 1.58 11 44 23 54 27 17 19 31 2.00 86.00 H210.00 48.00 67.00 50.00 125.00 89.50 8.66 49 66 8.50 67.43 38.00 126.21 56.00 174.00 30.00 32.50 2715.00 100.00 88.20 88.20 54.25 57.50 77.08 89.83 32.08 30.00 87. 51 132.00 35.33 +13.66 133.14 455.51 211.85 -442.86 +273.76 +153.19 30 64 46 99.17 109.25 439.93 61.08 372.00 161.04 141.67 345.00 32.33 37.42 250.00 47.50 99.17 212.81 681.86 106.24 372.00 341.20 164.11 579.71 120.78 71.16 222.56 47.50 +103.56 +241.93 +45.16 22 75 28 39.17 55.33 32.42 128.34 213.50 46.00 28.50 56.50 30.33 103.24 394.19 276.09 56.74 60.72 72.92 7 75.00 270.00 82.00 436.00 83.00 270.00 193.50 605.33 160.57 204.48 70.00 350.00 150.00 125.00 925.00 136.67 405.00 150.00 161.42 52.42 930.00 174.00 3,829.50 “ 50.'55" 93.50 107.33 126.50 21.00 84.00 76.00 30.00 5.00 250.00 66.67 55.00 36.42 2.42 5.00 44.00 36.25 126,00 18.33 2570.50 248 31 4.75 64.17 53 28 34.00 1.58 86.00 H210.00 +180." 16* " ' " 72"' +22.44 51 +234.71 87 +88.45 35 +33.74 15 -2 7 .4 4 61 -2 5 .0 0 +70.82 +265.85 +62. 59 +10. 74 +32.22 +16.42 22 47 66 9 13 23 -7 5 .0 0 -109.43 +10.98 +285.13 8 36 12 262H 1,028. 79 -9 .3 4 -257.86 +225.79 -4 8.3 8 +48.24 +98.79 41 82 19 21 67 336.25 4,418.33 412.79 8,602.17 +76.54 +4,183.84 97 2,184 7 100.00 104.75 376.83 4.75 381.02 -100.00 +4.19 12 105 15.00 56.00 259.00 57.58 494.00 98.37 +235.00 +40.79 70 24 68.00 41.40 148.00 13 —872.64" ■ " ' 97’ 21.67 " i9 .50 2.00 68.00 88.20 295.45 28 576.00 181.75 58.66 7 25.00 2.42 40.83 13.50 4.60 9.00 17.33 43.50 21.33 156 73 415 649 7 196 142.33 172.00 13.00 26.00 64.00 31.00 550.00 * A t $12.50 per week. 27 A t $15 per week. * Permanent loss of use of second finger; amputa tion of third finger. 88.00 74.70 821,093.39 821,168.09 6.00 148.00 26.00 "187.50 21.67 2.00 2 42.00 68.00 34 74 43 3 232 126 +$409.70 176.05 289.14 264.60 743.60 203.90 178.20 • 17.33 182.50 5.67 1.92 246.00 38 2.08 372.00 34.83 1.67 95.00 2.33 2.42 20.00 22 2 22 $911.78 79.17 132.00 330.67 194.50 125.00 1,934 99.17 98 54.00 109.25 480 246.00 2 168.00 24 38.00 2.08 62 372.00 53 34.83 160.00 24 56.00 1.67 74 95.00 174.00 2.33 27 30.00 310 2.42 30.00 257 32.50* 2715.00 13 30.33 2.42 44.00 40.83 2185.50 13.50 132.00 4.60 26.00 9.00 17.33 1 43 $502.08 75.00 26.00 173.25 122.00 30 30 3 42 $500.00 4.17 53 81 124.00 92.00 1,403 26.00 173.25 1 12 66 $2.08 6.00 8.00 127.33 147.14 375. 79 113.04 100.66 32 Settlement, $1,250. T he sum of $156.61, earned wages refused b y the seaman upon leaving the ship was deducted. 38 Voucher for this amount still unclaimed. 72 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Accidents to seamen of the United States I N o. of Occupation rate I per j month Nature of injury and part of body affected Days of treat ment received Days of total disa In OutOn pa bility ship pa tient tient Days of con vales cence P E R S O N A L A G R E E M E N T —Continued 411 Able seaman. $62.50 412 Fireman........ 65.00 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 A ble seaman........ Chief mate........ . Fireman................ Second m ate........ Second cook.......... Able seaman........ W ater tender____ Boatswain........ . 421 Engineer........ 422 Deck b o y ____ 423 A ble seaman.. 424 Third m a te.. 425 A ble seaman. 426 ....... d o ............. 62.50 185.00 65.00 165.00 80.00 62.50 72.50 75.00 165.00 25.00 62.50 150.00 62.50 62.50 427 428 Ordinary seaman. Oiler...................... 47.50 72.50 429 430 431 432 A ble seaman Ordinary Oiler....... Fireman. 62.50 47.50 72.50 62.50 433 ____d o .................. 434 A ble seaman___ 435 ___ d o .................. 436 O ile r ................ 437 A ble seaman___ 438 W iper.................. 439 Second engineer. 440 A ble seaman----441 ........ d o .............. 50.00 62.50 62.50 72.50 62.50 50.00 165.00 62.50 60.00 442 443 444 445 65.00 62.50 165.00 72.50 Fireman.............. A ble seaman___ Second engineer. Oiler..................... 446 ------ d o ......... . 447 ....... d o........... 448 Pantrym an. 70.00 72.50 42.00 449 Oiler............. 72.50 450 451 452 Fireman........ . Oiler.............. A ble seaman.. 65.00 65.00 55.00 453 ....... d o .................... 454 Messman_______ 455 Fireman________ 456 Messman............ . 457 A ble seamen____ 458 ....... d o.... ............... 459 W iper.................. . 460 Second m ate____ 55.00 40.00 57.50 40.00 55.00 55.00 .50.00 140.00 461 462 463 464 465 65.00 55.00 65.00 55.00 285.00 Oiler................. A ble seaman___ Oiler............... — A ble seaman___ Chief engineer— 1 N ot reported. 2 A t $3.50 per day. 3 Partial disability for life. 7 Nuisance value. 8 Occupational disease. Fracture, laceration, infection, left thumb. Burn, left arm, left thigh; inguinal hernia. Laceration, right foot........................... Fracture, left arm................................. Burn, arm, face, back; infection____ Sprain, back........................................ . Abrasion, head...................................... Bruise, back............................ .............. Hernia, groin....................................... Fracture, laceration, fourth linger right hand. Abrasion, infection, right leg........ . Fracture, second finger right h a n d ... Laceration, infection, left hand.......... Fracture, leg.......................................... Internal injuries___________________ Bruise, infection, leg; bruise, foot; ulcer, varicose veins on hip. Fracture, right heel........................ . Dismemberment, second and third fingers left hand. Abscess, right h a n d ....................... Bruise, hand...................................... Laceration, fracture, finger_________ Laceration, left arm; burn, elbow and neck. Burn, arms, right shoulder, and ear. Pleurisy, resulting from accident___ Sprain, left ankle.................................. Fracture, great toe, left foot................ Fracture, sprain, ankle........................ Scald, feet............................................... Scald, face, arms, legs, and feet.......... Bruise, back.......................................... Laceration, fracture, right leg; strain, back. Malaria,8 bronchitis, pneumonia___ Fracture, right arm............................ . Fracture, left leg...................... ........... Bruise, laceration, infection, second finger right hand. Laceration, fourth finger left h a n d ... Strain, groin............................... .......... Puncture, infection, fourth finger ™ right hand. Fracture, clavicle; laceration and bruise, head and feet. Burn and scald, hips and legs______ Hernia, abdom en................................. Puncture, infection, first finger left hand. Burn, right foot.................................... Laceration, infection, forehead.......... Sprain, ankle........................................ Burn, legs. . .......................................... Fracture, head and arm................... Bruise left side; laceration, right hand Crushed left hand............................. . Laceration, bruise, infection, right a rm .36 Bruise, first finger37 right hand...... . Bruise, eye........................................... Fracture, wrist...................................... Laceration, bruise, fracture, head___ Fracture, left toe................................... 23 78 59 3<30 102 12 100 33 3 24 1 18 70 56 39 23 28 45 34 141 40 65 ~4A 44 525 10 46 125 31 35 4 4 28 34 60 38 90 2 14 17 21 3 14 39 43 35 44 19 "l9 " 14 30 14 47' ' 10 10 4 21 34 14 41 71 39 55 10 n (5) 32 (9) 57 35 68 60 9 Alleged further disability could not be verified, ii A t $3 per day. w A t $1.50 per day. 23 At $4 per day. ^ A t $12.50 per week. 30 19 16 73 APPENDIX B .— GENERAL TABLE' merchant marine, by individual eases—Continued Days en titled to— Wa- Am ount en titled to as— Possible recovery un Days Amount actually paid a sDays der compensation act for from which in compen jury Other M ain Mainto Total Compared sation was tecompen Amount with actual com te settle Wages settle ment sation recovery nance ment nance puted Maintenance P E R S O N A L A G R E E M E N T -C on tin u e d 11 51 1 59 100 33 12 48 1 24 18 18 49 45 34 / 40 21 92 $47.92 23 1 39 48 38 34 120 44 23.83 $102.00 2.08 118.00 2*400.00 104.00 66.00 5.50 11 36.00 64.00 37.50 2.00 78.00 45.00 96.00 269.50 37.50 76.00 70.83 68.00 35.00 H360.00 83.33 43.75 88.00 25 116 102 35 113 136 0)57 196 365 $6.25 23.83 $102.00 2.08 118.00 2*400.00 104.00 5.50 4.17 5.00 184 92 487 3 10 7.25 20.00 53 24 7.25 46 28 31 1 4 94 30 14 95.83 44.33 74.92 2.08 8.00 188.00 60.00 28.00 26 63 29 25 37.08 44.33 74.92 2.08 212 25 1.67 22.93 29.17 2.42 27 77 47 150 1.67 44.00 2.08 1 21 14 1 43 1 8 1 1 3 19 14 30 1.67 43.75 6.00 29.17 2.42 38.00 89.58 1.67 I* 21.00 44.00 2 105.00 2.08 2.00 14 " 44’ 20.00 280.00 307.25 89.45 1,021.65 +89.45 +714.40 35385 117.25 57.90 28.00 103.83 429.52 134.92 110.42 +66.75 +267.94 97 47.00 37.08 161.58 132.82 77.08 +33.34 "34" 101.67 43.76 79.17 202.42 42.00 22.67 152.50 102.08 1.752.00 35.06 49.75 29.17 138.57 89.58 93.63 277.57 44.61 228.10 -6 6 .6 1 + 5.99 -5 0 .0 0 -6 3 .8 5 +47.58 +70.96 +125.07 *+57.47 -1,523.90 +19.67 -105.87 100.00 38.00 is21.00 20.83 50.00 162.00 42.00 108.50 100.00 1,750.00 +2.10 182.00 276.58 308.96 +32.38 300.00 302.17 80.17 158.00 225.69 80.17 59.17 -7 6 .4 8 138.67 75.00 148.00 151.33 351.83 105.50 111.67 129.05 76.61 256.08 136.34 100.83 18.33 1.67 1,170.00 - 9 .6 2 +1.61 +108.08 -1 4.9 9 -251.00 -8 7 .1 7 793.49 134.76 190.10 142.00 552.50 +578.32 +58.76 -9 1 .0 7 +28.33 +115.50 '28.66" 2.17 80.17 1.83 102.67 120.00 64.00 80 192 73 4 121 24 10 23.00 1.33 1.83 5.50 1.67 68.00 28.00 7 44 68 176 46 64.00 11.00 86.00 100.00 7 110.00 1,100.00 1.100.00 200.00 215.17 350.00 15.17 106.17 3.67 437.00 128.17 36.00 75.00 125.00 233 38.00 87 A t $15 per week. 34 Performed partial duties at full pay 77 days to end of voyage, when he entered hospital to have arm reset. -3 3 .0 0 +76.83 +66.75 +198.57 -4 2 .0 8 +107.97 +40.98 +56.89 -159.08 26.58 30 19 16 33 269.50 113.50 138.83 873.57 83.33 235.72 "+I54.97" 73 15.17 11.00 60.00 106.17 38.00 110.00 32.00 437.00 ,2 115.50 670.00 110.83 84.00 302.50 36.67 72.08 675.00 125.41 127.75 103.31 240.56 511.32 113 37 79 7 6 49 60 46 70 38 62.33 183.67 670.40 14.00 136.08 1.33 100.83 18.33 1.67 —131."33 +198.38 +124.21 190.83 27.00 64.00 166.66 60.42 17.14 137.75 509.00 68.00 60 32 77 130 54 2.33 20 42.86 45.92 15.40 146.00 71.50 80.17 31.17 71 1 55 10 1 +174 94 +464.29 -6 0 .3 0 +48.29 5 164 96 26.58 102.67 302.02 864.29 300.53 80.79 64.00 39.50 258.80 241.21 130.84 146.21 137.50 224.14 7 56 127.08 400.00 360.83 32.50 64.00 170.83 60.42 117.00 111. 17 252.08 137.50 69.17 34 14’ 75 7.00 102.50 250.00 132.00 11 2.33 2« 42.86 111. 17 8.00 119.00 136.00 —66.71 43 51 33 37 17 24 4 68 —$4.16 307.12 70.00 2.00 1 46 85 21 $47.92 373.83 8.67 2.08 5.50 24.17 27 45.00 47 1 25 10 101.83 2.08 137.50 24.17 2745. 00” 112.00 $52.08 248.00 302.50 36.67 2.08 5.00 14.58 43.75 66 66.00 $45.83 65.00 137.00 110.00 76.00 281.17 113.67 437.00 11 134 44 16 34 36 18 12 61 47 8*134 -9 8 .8 3 -110.00 +70.00 12 41 38 36327^ 37322 29 19 ** Amputation of tw o phalanges. 3615 per cent loss of use. 37 Amputation of distal phalange and permanent loss of use. 74 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Accidents to seamen of the United States No. of Occupation Age Wage rate per month Nature of injury and part of body affected Days of treat ment received Days of total disa On In Outbility ship pa pa tient tient Days of con vales cence P E R S O N A L A G R E E M E N T — Continued Messman.......... . 467 Chief steward. _. 468 Quartermaster.. 469 Fireman............ 470 Mess b oy .......... 471 Third m ate____ 472 Oiler................... 473 ____ d o ................ 474 475 476 477 478 479 A ble seaman. ___ do.............. Boatswain___ Fireman........ ___ do.... ........ Boatswain___ $40.00 105.00 55.00 67.50 40.00 125.00 65.00 65.00 55.00 55.00 62.50 67.50 67.50 75.00 480 Mess b o y ______ 481 Able seaman___ 482 Second cook....... 483 Fireman.............. 484 Able seaman___ 485 Oiler..................... 486 Fireman.............. 487 Coal passer......... 488 ........ d o.................. 489 Storekeeper........ 490 Refrig, engineer . 491 Carpenter........... 492 A ble seaman___ 493 Mess m an______ 494 A ble seaman___ 495 Chief engineer. _ 496 Pantrym an____ 497 Third engineer.. 498 Oiler.................... 42.00 62.50 80.00 67.50 62.50 72.50 67.50 65.00 60.00 65.00 90.00 70.00 55.00 50.00 55.00 285.17 50.00 90.00 65.00 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 55.00 55.00 55.00 60.00 55.00 65.00 65.00 55.00 55.00 80.00 90.00 40.00 139.36 139.62 189.80 130.00 130.00 131.04 131.04 183.04 139.10 520 521 522 523 A ble seaman....... . . . . d o ................... ........ d o ................... Firem an............... A ble seaman____ Boatswain........... Oiler...................... A ble seaman____ ........ d o . . ............... C ook..................... Junior engineer... Ordinary seaman. Fireman 40.......... . ____d o .40............... Engineer ......... C aptain40............ ____d o .40............... D eckhand40____ Firem an40.......... . ........ d o .40............... ........ d o .40............... Engineer40.. M a te 40........ Firem an40.. E ngineer40.. 524 F loatm an40_ 525 Engineer 40__. 526 O iler40.......... 527 F loatm an40. 528 ........ d o .40____ 529 . . d o . 40____ 189.80 104.00 85.28 189.80 124.80 189.80 135.20 124.54 124.80 129.48 Hernia, right groin............................... ____do...................................................... Foreign matter in eye........................ . Hernia, abdomen................................ . Puncture, infection, foot..................... Rupture, stom ach.......... .................... Dismemberment, third finger.......... . Bruise, shin; laceration, infection, scalp. Bruise, laceration, left hand............. Fracture, thigh, knee,38left hand____ Bruise, laceration, face, shoulder, legs. Fracture, left th u m b .......................... Strain, back............................................ Abrasion and bruise, left hand, right foot. Hernia, right groin............................... Fracture, wrist...................................... Laceration, forehead.........................— Bruise, second finger right hand_____ Hernia, abdom en............................... Sprain, ankle.......................................... Hernia, right groin............................... Bruise, back......................................... . Burn, right arm, hand, thigh, face___ Laceration, left arm.............................. Foreign matter in eye_____ ________ Abrasion left elbow, right leg—.......... Bruise, finger.....................................— Bruise, chest.......................................... Sprain, left wrist................................... Fracture, left patella.______________ Abrasion, infection, scalp................... Scald, left hand............... ................ Bruise, second and third fingers right hand. Puncture, infection, right hand____ Bruise, infection, right h a n d ............ Hernia, groin............ ........................... Burn, left eye............................. .......... Hernia, abdom en. ...................... ........ Abrasion, left leg.......... ............ .......... Bruise, great toe left foot----------------Bruise, right wrist............................... Bruise, hand______ _______ ________ Bruise, foot.......................................... Abrasion, left rib............................. . Bruise, shoulder................... ............... Burn, infection, hand......................... Bruise, left foot..................... ............... Burn, both legs................. .................. Sprain, left ankle; bruise, leg________ Bruise, right shoulder, thorax............ Bruise, right shoulder......................... Bruise, leg.............................................. Burn, face__.......................................... Concussion, brain; abrasion and bruise, back. Fracture, second finger left hand____ Concussion of brain............................. Puncture, left hand............................. Fracture and laceration, second fin ger left hand. Synovitis, left knee.............................. Bruise, left knee.................................... Laceration, left finger.......................... Sprain, right thigh............................... Bruise, left l e g .................................... . Sprain, infection, left foot................. . i N ot reported. 1 A t $3.50 per day. • Amputation resulting. 7 Nuisance value. 96 58 65 94 46 38 0 58 43 76 16 0) (9 29 15 0)14 72 199 2 63 170 111 8 20 26 80 "77" lo" 60 35 64 14 60 ■ 41’ ‘35' 11 18 32 41 23 42 212 133 23 18 2 20 33 76 91 (175 8) 188 10 A t $2.50 per day. 18 N o record of further disability. 3810 per cent loss of use. (18) 16 25 75 A P P E N D IX B .— GENERAL TABLE merchant marine, by individual canes—Continued Days en titled to— Am ount en titled to as— Main W a Wages te ges nance Possible recovery un Days A m ount actually paid as— Days der compensation act for from which in compen jury M ain M ain to Other Total Compared sation was te settle Wages te compen Amount with actual settle com nance ment nance ment sation recovery puted |M PERSONAL AGREEMENT —Continued 1 43 1 23 2 45 38 15 0) (014 14 $1.33 $116.00 50 49.00 a 150.50 1,147 1.83 130.00 5 420 51.75 2.67 10112.50 17 158.33 2 52.50 23 478 28.00 5 2.17 0) 0) 132.00 170.50 4.17 '36.'55' 2.50 166.67 296.00 111 35 32 41 13 38 133 11 18 (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) 6.25 84.58 144.00 8.67 28.00 23.83 54.00 120.00 70.00* 56.00 180.00 154.00 16.00 40.00 '82.00* 106 255 554 93 41 40 173 84 111 177 63 35 167 16 36 11 64.00 "1.83 82.00 18.33 26.00 76.00 9.17 104.50 2 465.50 21.67 22.00 3.00 3» 40.50 4.33 27.50 10.00 25.67 26.00 14.67 66.00 178.00 4.33 16.50 5.50 5.33 3.00 10.67 22.00 142.00 10.00 16.00 (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) 0°) \°) 18 56 41 23 42 69 23 18 2 20 2 76 91 8 9 13 81 7 9 17 8 22 17 39 31 54 34 13 34 28 $1.33 $116.00 3.50 1.83 130.00 40.50 2.67 154.17 il2:00 2.17 28.00 38.50 14.67 4.17 18.00 2.50 166.67 270.00 77.50 1,250.00 7 30.00 60.00 18.00 75.00 116.00 1,264.67 34.17 60.00 36.00 77.50 132.00 613.73 4.17 268.37 36.00 164.80 +16.00 -650.94 -3 0.0 0 +208.37 50.00 50.00 346.67 270.00 25.00 66.25 84.58 63.00 43.67 73.50 48.83 101.25 25.00 26.83 53.33 69.17 2,523.85 96.67 41.25 44.33 176.51 559.33 450.00 35.78 180.93 84.58 226.00 32.84 204.13 23.83 54.00 144.87 171.77 69.38 166.52 1,287.86 64.54 93.94 4.33 +126.51 +212.66 +180.00 +10.78 +114.68 63.00 35.00 25.00 47.25 10.00 22.00 142.00 10.00 16.00 (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) (40) 9 25 19 26 (40) 25 60 18 14 14 (40) (40) (40) 10 +$168.51 +133.07 -4 .2 9 -113.18 +82.72 +56.66 +73.00 -168.33 45.50 25.67" 66.00 26.00 178.00 14.67 4.33 16.50 5.50 5.33 3.00 10.67 $294.84 344.57 272.54 227.32 197.39 210.83 423.00 68.84 25.00 60.00 25.00 25.00 ” 1.83 26.00 18.33 60.00 9.17 104.50 2 465.50 22.00 21.67 38.25 3.00 4.33 27.50 350.00 207.00 $126.33 211.50 276.83 340.50 114.67 154.17 350.00 237.17 180.00 6.25 84.58 8.67 28.00 23.83 54.00 $9.00 208.00 145.00 300.00 8 (40) :<o) :<°) ;<°) 9.00 1,953.85 53.00 ’ MO.'OO' 15.20 7 £5.00 34.00 102.00 56.00 7 40.00 43.00 104.25 60.00 14.00 200.00 25.00 43.00 40.00 252.00 45.00 152.00 50.00 25.00 50.00 50.00 52.70 48.49 7 55.00 125.67 227.98 306.00 383.96 70.67 14.67 7 40.00 69.33 "" 52.92" 262.75 316.80 75.50 24.29 35.33 40.56 203.00 50.47 35.67 10.67 43.00 49.01 40.00 58.30 252.00 192.86 54.29 45.00 152.00 154.29 50.00 54.72 25.00 40.32 50.00 114.29 50.00 88.66 6 175 16 s201* ""60*” +87.30 +163.00 -1 0.8 3 +130.63 -2 5 .0 0 -4 7.2 5 +119.87 +144.94 +16.05 +97.35 -1,235.99 -3 2.1 3 +52.69 -4 0 .0 0 -4 .2 1 -5 5 .0 0 +102.31 +77.96 -5 6 .0 0 -4 0 .0 0 -1 6.4 1 +54.05 -5 1.2 1 +5.23 -152.53 -2 5.0 0 +6.01 +18.30 -5 9.1 4 +9.29 +2.29 +4.72 +15.32 +64.29 +38.66 45.00 42.00 39.00 85.00 45.00 42.00 39.00 85.00 42.86 50.29 37.49 96.43 -2 .1 4 +8.29 -1 .5 1 +11.43 55.00 91.00 45.00 24.00 24.00 23.00 55.00 91.00 45.00 24.00 24.00 23.00 68.57 125.00 56.46 35.58 35.66 25.61 +13.57 +34.00 +11.46 +11.58 +11.66 +2.61 w A t $2.25 per day. 40 E m ployed on harbor craft six days per week- -in practice not given allowance for maintenance. allow for subsistence ashore. 95 44 64 71 44 90 8 57 10 46 32 40 12 37 201 10 17 62 78 11 72 4 7 16 16 19 54 19 54 19 14 32 29 12 . 21 20 27 25 35 19 13 13 9 Wages 76 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN’ SEAM EN Accidents to seamen of the United States No. of Occupation Wage rate per month Nature of injury and part of body affected Days of treat ment received Days of total disa On In- Out bility ship pa pa tient tient Days of con vales cence P E R S O N A L A G R E E M E N T -C o n tin u e d $72.50 530 Water tender____(») 631 632 633 634 635 536 Able seaman __ . . . . d o . - - ............. ____do.................... Oiler-------------W iper............... O iler................ 62.50 62.50 85.00 72.50 57.50 72.50 537 538 539 Fireman............... Able seaman____ Third engineer... 65.00 62.50 150.00 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 Able seam an.. ____do................ ------do............... Fireman.......... ------ do............... Second engineer.. Able seam an.. Boatswain___ Oiler................. Boatswain___ O iler............ Fireman.......... ____do________ Baker________ Able seam an.. M essman____ Oiler................. ------ do.................... 65.00 62.50 62.50 65.00 65.00 165.00 62.50 75.00 72.50 75.00 60.00 65.00 65.00 90.00 55.00 40.00 72.50 72.50 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 ___ do............. . Boatswain___ A ble seam an.. ___ do............... Fireman.......... ____do.................. O iler................ Steward______ Mess b o y ____ Fireman.......... W iper.............. 72.50 75.00 55.00 55.00 57.50 65.00 72.50 115.00 40.00 65.00 57.50 570 571 O iler.............. Fireman........ A ble seaman . 572 72.50 65.00 45.00 Second engineer.. 145.00 573 Coal passer— 574 ____d o .................... 575 W aiter................. 576 Able seaman-----577 ____ d o ................. . 578 Chief engineer.... 579 W iper........... ........ 580 First engineer___ 581 Chief steward___ 40.00 40.00 45.00 55.00 55.00 275.00 55.00 180.00 110.00 Messman_______ Oiler..................... Fireman.............. A ble seaman____ First engineer___ Third engineer... W iper............... 40.00 57.50 55.00 75.00 185.00 165.00 55.00 583 584 585 586 587 588 Laceration, infection, face, arms, and body. Fracture of skull and scapula........... . Drowned................................................ Bruise, leg and groin........................... Rupture of urethra.............................. Foreign matter in left eye.................. Laceration, first and second fingers left hand. Strain, groin.......................................... Bruise, great toe left foot................. . Laceration, infection right thumb; dislocation, distal sinews. Fracture, 3 ribs; sprain, back......... . Laceration, second finger right hand. Puncture, left foot........................... Laceration, left foot_____ _______ Strain, groin................. ................... Burn, right arm and hand............ Fracture, left thigh; ankylosis, leg 4_. Bruise and laceration, left foot....... Hernia* groin......... ............................. Bruise, stomach___________ _____ Bruise, right leg; fracture, left leg— Laceration, infection, right hand___ Burn, eyes___________________ _____ Bruise, right buttock; sprain, b a ck .. Bruise, ribs right side...... ................... Laceration, infection, left thum b___ Sprain, back; laceration, left leg........ Laceration, sccond and third fingers right hand. Laceration, left foot............................. Fracture, lower jaw ............................. Fracture, leg......................................... Bruise and laceration, knee..... .......... Bruise and laceration, left hand........ Burns, death resulting........................ Burn, right foot........ ............................ Bruise and laceration, right knee___ Burn, right shoulder and arm........... Strain, groin.......... ........... .................. Dismemberment, third finger left hand. Strain, left rib muscles........................ Bruise and laceration, face................. Puncture and fistula, rectal region and urinal channel. Fracture patella tibia; sprain right knee; bruise, arm, thigh. Burn, left foot....................................... Burn, feet.............................................. Laceration, right hand........................ Foreign matter in eye......................... Burn, leg.............................................. Burn, infection, finger......................... Strain, knee........................................... Nervous shock, bladder...................... Abrasion, infection, first finger left hand. Scald, right foot.................................... Bruise, left thum b............................... Bruise, right testicle............................ Fracture, right leg..... .......................... Bruises, death resulting.................... Bruise, infection, left leg................... . Traumatic arthritis, right elbow___ 1 N ot reported. 2 A t $3.50 per day. a N o record; left hospital against advice. 31 75 37 21 34 10 94 81 14 21 26 40 36 7 56 3 46 37 23 15 51 94 42 * 168 15 62 76 117 35 142 39 50 3 41 14 '~2\ 28 98 13 108 0)4 0)29 3 1 21 21 ~‘ §7' 35 113 56 72 59 42 3 62 35 42 10 38 *28 14 ’ 24" (8) (3) 22 42 21 21 11 15 14 251 131 153 76 56 2 264 17 263 1 (3) (3) 16 21 21 “ 26 22 46 18 76 16 28 59 255 4213 47 55 4 13 42 13 31 eo 13 10 * Permanent loss of use. 5 Partial disability for life. 7 Nuisance value. 34 45 77 APPENDIX B .— GENERAL TABLE merchant marine, by individual ca.net,— Continued D a y s en titled to— W a- A raou n t en titled to as— A m o u n t actually pa id as— D ays from in ju r y M a in to settle te nance m ent M aintenance M a in te nance O ther settle m ent T o ta l com pen sation P ossible re co v e ry u n der com pen sation act A m ount D ays for w h ich com pen sation C om pa red w as w ith actual com recovery p u ted P E R S O N A L A G R E E M E N T — C o n tin u e d 68 21 14 $72.60 $136.00 39 2.08 42.00 172.83 55.58 5.75 33.83 20.00 45 150 , 889 28.00 <9 52.00 144 18 17.33 2.08 190.00 2 161.00 35 7 72 52.00 20.00 8.33 38.00 2.08 2.17 203.67 42.00 231.00 2 129.50 147.92 10.00 23.00 149.83 56.00 140.00 2<3.00 196.00 23.00 49.83 216.00 27 51 15 42 93 33 411 14 49 125 52 35 51 3 6.00 13 108 0)33 6.00 1.83 ” 2."42 35 II3.O8 3 6.50 24.17 11 ” 70* 66’ 53." 07 1 1 1 4 13 0) 2.1/ 74 131 357.67 3 3 1 1 13 13 _ 104. 00 2 73. 50 "I4."C7 33 28 1 21 2 1 1 1 14 20 8 44. 00 84. 00 118. 00 1 16 20 22 18 42 25 59 60 34 45 2.42 1.50 1.33 28.00 3.00 1.83 1.83 9.17 25.67 8.00 0 2.00 ” §2.’ 55' 2 70.00 44.00 120.00 2 63.00 29.33 2147.00 4.00 5.75 1.83 2.50 80.17 71.50 120.00 2119.00 90.00 + $105.40 45 52.00 171.67 2,821.23 287.12 233.39 46.30 152.98 + 6 9 .5 9 + 2,0 85.8 7 +114. 29 + 5 5 .5 8 -1 0 9 .4 5 + 6 4 .1 5 54 (41) 33 58 18 26 17.33 2.03 6.00 190.00 2 161.00 75.00 4.00 52.00 92.33 12.08 403.00 85.01 22.26 415.29 - 7 .3 2 + 1 0 .1 8 + 1 2 .2 9 28 5.33 77.33 38.33 17.08 152.17 258.33 205.50 9,014.58 60.00 205.00 285.00 1,523. 00 75.00 279.83 156.00 226.83 25.00 152.42 75.00 103.42 91.22 35.16 123.03 245.67 360.50 4,911.44 65.01 205.83 192.74 461.94 110.60 553.47 115. 78 175.56 11.61 181.73 96.24 + 2 6 .0 9 13 + 5 2 .8 9 19 + 1 8 .0 8 14 - 2 9 .1 4 50 - 1 2 .6 6 + 155.00 - 4 ,1 0 3 .1 4 42, ole + 5 .0 1 11 + .8 3 - 9 2 .2 6 20 -1 ,0 8 4 .0 6 104 + 3 5 .6 0 35 + 273.64 119 - 4 0 . 22 37 - 5 1 .2 7 49 - 1 3 .3 9 3 + 2 9 .3 1 40 + 2 1 .2 4 21 100.00 110.00 352.50 196.83 85.00 191. 33 4,500.00 99.17 75.00 27.67 50.00 101.92 160.40 297.86 155.79 242.30 231.08 7,506. 50 282.48 147. 33 14.67 167.85 152.23 + 5 0 .4 0 - 5 4 .6 4 -4 1 .0 4 + 157.30 + 39. 75 + 3 ,0 0 3 .5 0 + 163.31 + 72.33 -1 3 .0 0 + 117.85 + 50.31 38 44 43% 87.83 55.58 5.75 33.83 42.00 23.00 55.17 49.83 1.83 66.00 " 2."42 76.00 42.00 2.50 56.83 113.03 86 20.00 30.00 196.00 26.00 216.00 6.00 6.00 44.00 85.00 78.25 2.67 "1.92 15.00 150.00 12.66 9,000.00 . 24.00 232.50 1,304. 00 49.00 14.00 150. 00 159.00 19. CO 74.00 33.00 110.00 350.00 90.00 4,500.00 75.00 75.00 25.00 ’ 24." 17 143 75 36 27 50.00 6 18 35 112 25 72 (43) 52 21 2.42 2.17 1.50 23.00 268 150.00 39.00 2,000.00 152.42 67.17 2,001.50 46.58 59.59 496.14 -1 0 5 .8 4 - 7 .5 8 -1 ,5 0 5 .3 6 14 13 250 138 357.67 2458.50 1,188.66 2,004.83 1,098.31 -9 0 6 .5 2 79 141 56 1.33 28.00 3.00 1.83 1.83 9.17 25.67 74.00 13.33 7 31.00 300.00 29.33 2147.00 141.47 93.40 5.00 580.05 69.01 150.60 140.02 186.57 408.02 + 6 6 . 14 + 5 2 .0 7 -3 1 .0 0 + 278.22 + 3 7 .8 5 -6 0 .7 7 + 7 9 .3 5 + 6 0 .5 7 + 5 3 .6 9 75 35 29."33 2 70.00 35.00 75.33 41.33 36.00 301.83 31.16 211.37 60.67 126.00 354.33 24.00 105.75 76.83 302.50 4,638.66 131.50 125.00 28.29 112.07 247.35 792.33 7,580.17 311.93 210.92 + 4 .2 9 + 6 .3 2 + 170.52 +489.83 + 2,9 4 1 .5 1 + 180.43 + 8 5 .9 2 59 1 2 264 17 20 27 125 65 6 32 161 0)32 41 D ep en d en t father 64 years o f age. 42 Before death. 48 D ep en d en t m other 48 years o f age. 105676°—28----- 6 $324.73 102.08 735.36 172.83 177.81 155.75 88.83 10.00 15 50.00 118.00 $219.33 58.00 735.36 85.00 122.23 150.00 3.00 42.00 149.83 52. L0 23.00 48 359 34 30 56 45 26.00 2458.50 $10.83 2.08 52.00 8.33 2.08 2.17 203. 67 205. 50 14.58 21 5 12 76.00 42.00 70.00 2.50 56.83 10 , 60) 6.00 6.00 $72.60 $136.00 6.00 4.00 5.75 1.83 2.50 80.17 71.50 2.00 50.00 75.00 120.00 60.00 90.00 132.20 120.00 178.00 20.00 50.00 180.00 4,558.49 35.66 44 25 per cent loss o f use. 45 D ep en d en t w ife 50 years o f age; 1 c h ild 7 o f age. 263 16 20 32 1 68 13 25 58 254 (45) 34 55 78 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Accidents to seamen of the United, States No. of Occupation Age Wage rate per month Nature of injury and part of body affected Days of treat ment received Days of total disa On In- Out bility ship pa pa tient tient j Days of con vales cence PERSONAL AGREEMENT—Continued 589 590 591 592 Chief cook............ Able seaman........ Oiler...................... Boatswain.......... . 593 594 Fireman................ 23 Oiler...................... 49 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 39 22 37 0) 39 37 42 602 603 Chief engineer___ Able seaman........ Second engineer.. Third engineer. __ Oiler..................... Boatswain........ . S econ d p u m p man. Third engineer. _. A ble seaman........ Fracture, right arm............................ . Abrasion, infection, left thum b......... Laceration, scalp.................................. Laceration, head and face; bruise, ear; fracture, hip and 2 ribs. 65.00 Burn, scalp, face, neck, chest, arms.. 72.50 Dismemberment, second finger12left hand. 250.00 Hernia, abdom en................................. 62.50 ____d o.................. ................. ................. 155.00 Scald, arms, chest, stomach............... 150.00 Scald, left arm ...................................... 72.50 Scald, face, neck, right shoulder....... 80.00 Laceration, right thum b..................... 80.00 Ulcer, leg................................................ 39 52 150.00 62.50 604 Oiler...................... 22 72.50 605 Messman_______ 27 606 A ble seaman........ 37 607 ........ d o .................... 34 50.00 55.00 55.00 37 $105.00 22 62.50 72.50 ( 1) 29 80.00 608 609 Third mate.......... Oiler...................... 35 26 125.00 65.00 610 W iper.................... 18 50.00 611 612 613 614 615 Third engineer... First engineer___ W iper.................... Oiler...... ................ Deck engineer___ 27 44 0) 26 25 125.00 165.00 50.00 65.00 80.00 616 F ir e m a n ............. 42 617 ........ d o .................... 24 618 ........ d o .................... 28 67.50 67.50 67.50 619 ........ d o .................... 35 620 Able seaman........ 49 621 First engineer___ 37 622 Coal passer........... 32 623 Marine engineer. 47 624 Master................... 39 625 Machinist............. 28 67.50 62.50 165.00 60.00 165.00 300.00 90.00 626 627 Ordinary seaman. 21 Chief engineer___ 45 40.00 255.00 628 629 Ordinary seaman. 21 Fireman................ (0 40.00 65.00 630 Ordinary seaman. 28 47.50 631 W iper.................... 24 57.50 632 A ble seaman. 633 ........ d o .................... 634 Ordinary seaman. 635 Fireman................ 29 27 21 20 62.50 65.00 47.50 60.00 636 637 638 639 A ble s e a m a n .:... Marine engineer.. Oiler....................... Chief mate............ 0) 37 29 41 62.50 260.00 72.50 180.00 640 A ble seaman. 28 62.50 Burn, eye.............................................. Bruise, right hand; laceration, left hand. Laceration, right thumb; sprain and bruise, back. Bruise, right elbow............................. . Hernia, groin..... ................................. . Laceration and bruise, first, second, and third fingers. Fracture, finger19........................ ........ Laceration, infection, palm right hand. Laceration, fourth finger left hand; bruise, upper lip. Puncture, left eye............................... Fracture, first finger * right han d .... Bruise, right leg; sprain, right sid e.. Laceration, infection, scalp............... . Laceration, infection, second finger left hand. Burn, foot.............................................. Fracture, great to e ............................... Fracture, third metatarsal bone left foot. B um , infection, right arm.................. Bruise, right leg.................................... Hernia, groin....................................... . Fracture, lower ja w ............................ . Sprain, back........................ .................. Fracture, infection, le g 6.................... . Laceration, infection, first finger left hand. Sprain, left ankle.................................. Laceration and fracture, second and third fingers left hand. Bruise and laceration, left leg.......... . Bruise, infection, second finger left hand. Dismemberment, four fingers left hand. Abrasion, bruise, and laceration,first finger right hand. Bruise, left leg..................................... . Bruise, left side and arm .................... Laceration, first finger right hand___ Laceration, infection, third finger right hand. Foreign matter in eye........................ . D ouble hernia, groins......................... Dismemberment, second toe 12left foot Laceration, hand and face; fracture, arm. Bruise, right knee............................... 1 N ot reported. 2 A t $3.50 per day. * Permanent loss of use. 85 38 29 37 17 14 50 13 112 5 53 21 51 97 10 10 29 31 17 63 64 22 18 .... 34 26 35 28 86 68 13 42 (46) 180 55 21 10 18 *95 19 41 36 13 37 7 12 2 16 44 45 14 33 39 85 60 7 * 138 37 22 67 75 10 13 39 23 93 33 15 18 14 552 40 53 36 15 27 5 49 35 12 9 128 «85 150 33 « Partial disability for life. • Amputation resulting, w A t $2.50 per day. 36 44 150 18 13 79 APPENDIX B — GENERAL TABLE merchant marine, by individual cases— Continued A m o u n t en titled to as— D a y s en titled to— D ays from in ju r y M a in to settle te nance m ent W a - M ainW ages tenance Possible reco v e ry u n der com pen sation act A m o u n t actu ally pa id a s - M ain tenance O ther settle m ent T otal com pen sation A m ount D ays for w h ich com pen sation C om pa red w as w ith actual co m re co ve ry p u ted P E R S O N A L A G R E E M E N T —Continued 6 9 10 25 67 13 16 19 $21.00 $134.00 18.75 26.00 24.17 32.00 66.67 38.00 36 27 15 57 $21.00 $134.00 26.00 18.75 4.92 24.17 10.67 60 3 46 51 130.00 7.25 92.00 102.00 82 39 130.00 7.25 21 2 73.50 10 11 30.00 108 0 20 66 27 48 40 19 5 95.00 12.08 18 36.00 66.00 33 92.00 102.00 $171.00 143.75 29.09 510.67 $415.47 113.27 105.26 137.63 +$244.47 - 3 0 .4 8 + 7 6 .1 7 - 3 7 3 .0 4 321.65 109.25 347.69 244.85 + 2 6 .0 4 + 13 5 .6 0 255.64 229.20 65. 71 130. 71 115.23 46.70 239.07 + 182.14 + 169.20 + 35.71 -3 9 .2 9 - 1 2 .1 9 - 3 .3 0 +139.07 51 97 170.00 79.34 50.00 34.00 73.50 60.00 30.00 170.00 127.42 50.00 100.00 $16.00 99.00 500.00 99.65 2 73.50 60.00 ii 30.00 12.08 36.00 66.00 79 29 19 52 4452^ 10 10 26 17 63 30 10 38 150.00 20.83 2133.00 36 168 150.00 2.08 2133.00 347.00 40.00 630.00 42.08 404.43 49.18 - 2 2 5 . 57 + 7 .1 0 34 5 28 12.08 56.00 8 12.08 56.00 149.00 217.08 145.57 - 7 1 .5 1 30 39 1 28 13 42 36 65.00 1.83 51.33 26.00 84.00 72.00 86 28 44 65.00 1.83 51.33 84.00 16.00 15.00 65.00 101.83 66.33 189.10 233.13 140.92 + 124.10 + 131.33 + 7 4 .5 9 47 67 350.00 417.66 12 8 180 153 390.00 306.00 257 222 58.50 350.00 359.16 696.00 -3 5 0 .0 0 + 278.34 21 10 35.00 20.00 163 1.67 125.00 126.67 55.00 - 7 1 .6 7 2 47 19 9 12 13 73 7 32 9 8.33 2 45.50 258.50 2 255. 50 31.67 14.00 19.50 64.00 32.00 18.00 12 454 18 297 30 8.33 22.00 8.33 19.50 32.00 245.50 139.50 450.00 2.00 75.00 16.00 193.33 472.00 24.33 94.50 48.00 110.98 1,664.00 45.67 160.85 50.00 - 8 2 .3 5 + 1 ,1 9 2 .0 0 + 2 1 .3 4 + 6 6 .3 5 16 4 322 7 2 2 16 45 15.75 4.50 4.00 32.00 90.00 36 22 5 15.75 4.50 4.00 32.00 90.00 46.00 23.00 20.00 65.75 59.50 110.00 91.46 120.58 201.29 + 2 5 .7 1 + 6 1 .0 8 + 91.29 29 34 45 6 1 14 22 67 13.50 2.08 28.00 44.00 2 234.50 18 39 387 60 27 431 57 13.50 2.08 28.00 25.00 3.00 467^50 250.00 45.00 2,959.40 200.00 44.50 27.08 467.50 258.00 83.50 3,059.40 242.00 108.27 135.87 538.07 137.20 38.50 7, 572.50 131.00 + 6 3 .7 7 + 108.79 + 7 0 .5 7 -1 2 0 .8 0 - 4 5 .0 0 + 4 ,5 1 3 .1 0 27 38 85 56 111. 33 47 400.00 182.00 400.00 89.36 - 9 2 .6 4 -4 0 0 .0 0 200.00 65.00 201. 33 97.50 209.24 143.86 + 7 .9 1 + 4 6 .3 6 92 740.00 741.58 1,771.85 + 1,0 3 0 .2 7 6 812 101.92 184.67 + 8 2 .7 5 33 40.00 67.50 22.96 102.00 62.08 69.67 22.96 202.00 55.16 128.01 25.00 210. 74 -6 .9 2 + 5 8 .3 4 + 2 .0 4 + 8 .7 4 14 15.00 15.00 143.33 223.33 456.00 39.27 608.62 500.51 988.14 + 2 4 .2 7 + 465.29 + 2 77.18 + 532.14 22.08 103.69 + 8 1 .6 1 14.00 4 7 31 37 75 10 29 16 38.67 32.00 39 205 38.67 33 18 18 1.33 71.50 36.00 36.00 O49 1.33 32.50 26 40 41.17 80.00 54 1.58 20 36 38.33 72.00 22 38.33 63.59 10 27 3 49 2.08 20.00 41.17 io 67.50 19.00 6.00 2.00 98.00 10 28 92 34 2.08 2.17 20.00 2.00 98.00 9 36 44 150 18.00 43.33 2 126.00 48.33 88.00 6.00 H450.00 28 128 55 176 1 1 19 12 1 5 20 1 1 8.00 38.50 310.00 2262.50 20.00 111.00 13 2.08 26.00 22 8.00 38.50 100.00 42.00 32.00 43.33 100.00 48.33 88.00 6.00 H450.00 2.08 87.00 20.00 A t $3 per day. 18 A m p u ta tio n o f distal phalange. 19 R esu lted in disfigurem ent; extent n o t reported. h +2.00 -111.00 ‘ 44 25 per cent loss o f use. 46 N o tim e lost. 47 G ra tu ity . 32 61,9 10 8 48 9' 123 12 h i 149 32 80 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Accidents to seamen of the United States No. of Occupation Age rate per month Nature of injury and part of body affected Days of treat m ent received Days of total disa On In- Outbility ship pa pa tient tient Days of con vales cence P E R S O N A L A G R E E M E N T -C o n tin u e d 641 642 643 Chief mate___ Able seam an.. Ordinary seaman. 644 First engineer----- 645 646 647 648 649 650 Oiler..................... Able seaman----Third engineer. _ Machinist______ Oiler................... Able seaman___ 651 Oiler- 652 653 654 655 656 657 Chief engineer... Oiler............. ...... ____do.................. Fireman_______ Chief steward___ Able seam an.. 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 670 671 672 673 Coal passer.......... ____do............. ....... Radio operator. . . Coal passer______ Master-at-arms. __ Able seam an.. Scullion......... Fireman_____ ____d o.................... Coal passer___ Fireman........ . ____d o............... Oiler_________ Coal passer___ Deck b o y ........ Oiler............— 674 Able seam an.. 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 ____d o.................... Pantryman__ Fireman.......... Deck b o y ........ W iper............... Messman____ Asst, storekeeper. A ble seaman __ 683 684 685 S cullion.......... Fireman.......... ____d o .------ --------Assistant steward Fireman-------____ do.................... ____d o ............ Able seaman— Oiler..................... Assistant steward Fireman.............. ........d o ................. 667 686 687 ........d o .................. ........d o - ............... $185.00 55.00 47.50 22 Burn, right leg...................................... Fracture, ankle...................................... Fracture second lumbar vertebra* sprain and bruise, ankle. 185.00 Abrasion, bruise and fracture, sec ond and third fingers * left hand. 72.50 Laceration, hand.................................. 62.50 Bruise, infection, right leg.................. 150.00 Bruise, toe._ ............................. ........... 100.00 Bruise, thum b right hand............. . 72.50 Bruise and laceration, left leg............ 62.50 Fracture, metacarpal bone, thumb left hand. 72.50 Bruise and laceration, infection sec ond finger. 330.00 Hernia, groin.................................... 72.50 Fracture, infection, legs............... — 65.00 Hernia, groin......................................... 57.50 Sprain, ankle................... .................... 105.00 Bruise, infection right knee.......... . 55.00 Dismemberment, first finger12 right hand. 60.00 Incised paronychia, great toe left foot. 60.00 Burn, right arm.................................. 135.00 Abscess, right h a n d ............................ 60.00 Bruise, left leg........................ .............. 75.00 Pleurisy, sid e8............... ........ ............. 62.50 Laceration and bruise, right hand— 50.00 Synovitis, knee............................ ........ 62.50 Sprain, right ankle............... — .......... 67.50 Hernia, right groin............................. . 60.00 Sprain, ankle....................................... . 65.00 Hernia, right groin............................. . 67.50 Laceration, forehead.......................... . 72.50 Abrasion, infection, thumb left hand. 60.00 Laceration, great toe left foot............ 35.00 Laceration, left eye and elbow .......... 72.50 Laceration, first, second, third fin gers right hand. 62.50 Fracture, distal phalange second fin ger. 62.50 Laceration, infection, finger-----------110.00 Hernia, groin............................. _____ 65.00 Fracture, hand------ ------------T----------35.00 Fracture, left arm; bruise, b ack ____ 57.50 Strain, groin................... ........... .......... 60.00 Burji, left foot...................................... 65.00 Abrasion, right leg................. ............. 62.50 Abrasion and bruise, face; fracture and bruise, hand.. 50.00 Sprain, ankles....................................... 65.00 Strain, left knee.................................... 65.00 Abrasion, left knee............................. . 50.00 Fracture, second rib right side.......... 65.00 Bruise and laceration, infection, foot. 65.00 Sprain, right wrist . ............................. 65.00 Bruise, right testicle........................... . 62.50 Sprain, a n k l e .................................... . 72.50 Fracture, thum b right hand_______ 50.00 Hernia, right groin. 65.00 Bruise, back and right h ip ............... . 65.00 Laceration and bruise, thumb and first finger right hand. 62.50 Laceration, arm................................... 65.00 Bruise, first finger right hand........... 60 109 48 50 9 18 27 63 21 * 17 95 67 35 5° 61 36 49 45 "ll 14 46 1 ____ 21 53 25 41 73 80 41 36 39 61 48 15 18 4 25 35 12 7 43 40 12 30 4 49 95 9 8 43 ___ 3 1 1 71 16 1 1 15 ” 79’ 5 5 11 7 13 3 1 4 10 27 53 3 35 180 36 44 94 «51 11 28 8 17 23 14 10 50 4 19 3 15 78 33 15 11 197 35 19 14 55 105 53 18 14 20 7 «62 33 9 14 14 127 11 7 49 13 2 4 15 14 4 26 11 2 2 13 20 47 22 5 3 9 3 5 22 16 3 9 8 7 1 7 59 6 77 19 3 1 28 36 28 4 6 80 37 5 8 11 4 4 31 3 33 7 3 4 9 17 1 7 16 7 3 12 22 9 (18) 4 11 43 3 8 4 43 2 "'i< r 7 15 8 2 28 28 30 8 (18) 14 8 10 6 62 26 1 N ot reported. 11A t $3 per day. 2 A t $3.50 per day. 12 Amputation of distal phalange. * Permanent loss of use. 18 N o record of further disability. * Partial disability for life. 85 A t $4 per day. 8 Occupational disease. 87 A t $15 per week. *8 Unable to bend for 6 months while wearing Taylor brace, but able to resume his trade (optician) with no probable loss of earnings. 81 APPEN D IX B .— GENERAL TABLE merchant marinef by individual cases— Continued Days en titled to— W a- Possible recovery un Days Am ount actually paid e Days der compensation act for from which in compen jury Compared sation Other Main Total M ain to was compen Am ount with actual com te settle te settle Wages recovery sation nance ment nance ment puted A m ount en titled to as— MainteWages nance P E R S O N A L A G R E E M E N T -C on tin u e d $98.67 1199.00 74.00 16.50 33.25 16.00 17 259.50 27 55.58 54.00 53 29.17 106.00 22 CO. 00 2 77.00 57 51 90.00 114.00 17 45.92 34.00 46 6.25 92.00 14 14 127 11 17 14 10 103 30 3 14 28 45 28 $98.67 1199.00 25.33 16.50 33.25 220 55.58 29.17 60.00 70 5190.00 32 45.92 5 6.25 82 26 22 54.00 106.00 35.00 71.67 34.00 92.00 $322.90 $520.57 41.83 1,033.25 $354.82 310.36 108.20 -$165.75 +268.53 —925.05 44 100 29 185.00 185.00 1,709.50 +1,524.50 49 462 26.00 69.00 135.58 204.17 95.00 51161.67 95.92 156.25 295.55 260.40 219.14 51 326.29 123.83 206.94 +159.97 +56.23 +124.14 +164.62 +27.91 +50.69 72 53 23 5057 17 46 14 1,000.00 16.00 58.00 28.00 19 2.42 50.00 52.42 66.58 +14.16 385.00 25 56.00 210. 25 254.00 22.00 84.33 3.50 2 70.00 1.83 102.00 187 248 274.00 2.42 167 95 51 7.67 3.50 1.83 56.00 1,500.00 200.00 187.83 15.00 148.00 330.00 1,502.42 200.00 195.50 88.50 251.83 441.00 704.46 109.02 84.33 380.13 457.80 + 111.0 0 -797.96 -9 0 .9 8 -111. 17 +291.63 +205.97 126.00 71.50 140.00 103.50 30.50 37.00 190.00 110.42 23.33 29.08 75.75 103.00 31.50 67.30 27.08 47.00 64.00 252.42 191.65 105.22 100.00 42.00 723.32 141.31 43.55 57.17 194.45 327.95 182.36 68.29 49.33 44.76 26.31 277.97 +51.65 +1.72 +69.50 +5.00 +533.32 +30.89 + 20.22 +28.09 +118.70 +224.95 +150.86 + .9 9 +22.25 -2 .2 4 -3 7 .6 9 +25.55 2.42 2.00 12.00 212 77 32.00 34.00 4.50 52 45.50 76 22.00 18 40.00 206.00 1,113 30.42 60.00 48 8.33 18 28.00 29.17 51 15.75 27 60.00 26 28.00 90.00 71 15.17 56.00 2.25 24.00 14.00 12.08 14 23 33 14.00 118.00 7 100 20.00 6.00 12 7 1 22.00 7 "'2.-42 10.42 68 20 2.00 12.00 160.00 3.67 43.33 10.50 37 51 84 54 24.00 8.67 2.08 16.67 36.83 2.17 11.67 ‘l5.‘l7 10.83 27.08 8.00 62.00 56.00 56.00 74.00 16.00 24 36.00 22.00 86.00 22.00 21 63 36 37 34 11 12.00 2.17 156.00 4.33 27 15.00 19 177 259 34 4 6.25 16.00 34.67 27 (J0.00 24 16 36.00 8.00 2.00 ! 32.00 !. 4.50 ! 26.00 15.00 22.00 40.00 10.42 60.00 8.33 2.08 15.75 27 60.00 75.00 28.00 6.50 2.25 12.08 14.00 22.00 6.00 2.42 10.42 48 41 26 18 49 17 59 4 270.OO 102.00 "li'oo 118.00 12.00 150.00 40.00 9.00 27.00 25.00 65.05 1.00 25.00 50.00 132.00 8.00 160.00 3.67 43.33 10.50 24.00 8.67 2.08 16.67 36.83 2.17 11 67 15.17 10.83 27.08 2.17 4.33 8.00 50.00 56.00 56.00 44.00 4.00 15.00 60.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 30.00 70.00 22.00 8.00 10.00 30.00 12.00 156.00 7 15.00 3.00 24.40 6.25 15.00 34.67 27 60.00 93 36 93 12161 77 17 14 181 30 14 48 91 46 17 9 9 7 61 30.42 36.60 +6.18 6 160.00 11.67 93.33 70.50 56.00 68.00 23.67 62.08 349.04 147.95 144.00 119.26 193.42 181.06 51.26 9.17 +189.04 +136.28 +50.67 +48.76 +137.42 +113.06 +27.59 -5 2.9 1 80 40 16 30 61 36 11 3 46.67 66.83 32.17 41.67 70.00 45.17 20.83 57.08 47.98 116.34 50.76 11.67 189.94 116.94 27.75 103.25 18.33 114.27 385.39 36.25 +1.31 +49.51 +18.59 -3 0.0 0 +119.94 +71.77 + 6.92 +46.17 +18.33 +99.27 +202.82 +16.92 15 18 11 43 33 7 17 4 49 94 7 34.06 159.93 +12.81 +65.26 5 27 15.00 182.57 19.33 21.25 94.67 ! 49 27 per cent loss of use of hand. so Worked 23 days as oiler (at $72.50 per month) because of partial disability while returning to the Uaited si Does not include $55.58 earned while partially disabled. 52 At $3.25 per day, 82 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Accidents to seamen of the United States No. of rate per month Occupation Nature of injury and part of body affected Days of treat Days ment received of total disa On In- Outbility ship pa pa tient tient Days of con vales cence P E R S O N A L A G R E E M E N T -C o n tin u e d 697 700 701 702 703 704 705 Ordinary seaman.. Able seaman____ . I A ble seaman. . ____do............. Carpenter___ A ble seaman. 21 0) 20 45 27 23 $47.50 62.50 47.50 110.00 62.50 65.00 48 30 . 0) 80.00 62.50 62.50 706 Messman____ 707 Able seaman. 708 Messman____ . 709 . 710 711 Oiler. 712 I 713 A ble seaman____ 714 ____ d o .............. . . 715 ____do.................. .. 716 Fireman............... 717 Able seaman - 27 30 21 21 44 48 36 32 27 54 35 0) 50.00 62.50 42.00 62.50 47.50 72.50 50.00 62.50 62.50 62.50 62.50 117.00 718 Fireman.............. 50 719 W a t c h m a n ___ 48 720 Oiler.................... - 0 721 A ble seaman___ 26 722 Machinist______ 43 723 Fireman_______ 27 724 Carpenter........... 42 725 Able seaman___ 29 726 ____d o__________ . 21 727 Fireman_______ 25 728 Chief mate.......... . 34 729 Pum p man_____ . 52 730 Chief steward.. . . 33 731 Able seaman___ 49 732 . 42 733 Second m ate. 51 734 A ble seaman . 25 735 Deck hand—_ 46 736 A ble seaman. 25 62.50 117.00 72.50 60.00 110.00 62.50 80.00 60.00 62.50 62.50 155.00 85.00 115.00 62.50 165.00 140.00 62.50 85.00 62.50 737 ____d o ......... 38 738 M otorm an. - (9 . 24 739 740 Messman . . 30 . 32 741 742 Oiler........ . 21 743 Chief engineer___. 33 744 Fireman____ .. 30 745 Able seaman. 19 746 Oiler........... . 26 747 . 46 748 Captain_____ 51 749 Steward_____ 39 750 Able seaman. - 0) . 21 751 Oiler............... 752 Third engineer—.. 24 60.00 65.00 165.00 45.00 165.00 72.50 260.00 65.00 62.50 72.50 150.00 175.00 120.00 62.50 72.50 125.00 753 Able seaman.. 754 . 755 Fireman. . . 756 Ordinary seaman.. 757 Able seaman 758 Mess b o y ___ 759 Fireman____ 760 ____d o ......... _• 761 Able seaman. . 762 Fireman____ 763 B oatsw ain... 764 W ip e r ....___ 23 32 28 25 20 21 50 0 28 34 23 30 62.50 260.00 65.00 47.50 55.00 55.00 60.00 65.00 55.00 65.00 65.00 67.50 Bruise, foot....................................... Bruise, infection, left wrist and chest. Bruise, neck and shoulder............. Fracture, right foot......................... Sprain, left w rist............................. Laceration, abrasion, and bruise, forehead. Laceration, first finger right ha n d .. Bruise, infection, right leg.................. Abrasion and bruise, second finger left hand. Burn, chest and thigh.................... Sprain, right knee............................ Fracture, rib..................................... Fracture, fourth finger................... Fracture, sixth rib right side........ Bruise, hydrocele, scrotum............ Hernia, groin............ ...................... Bruise, first finger right hand----Burn, right arm and fingers......... Cellulitis, right thum b................... Burn, hands..................................... Fracture and laceration, third finger left hand. Laceration, fourth finger left hand.. Bruise, shoulder; strain, arm........... Bruise, fourth finger right hand-----Fracture, fourth finger left hand-----Abrasion, left thigh, leg, and knee.. Bruise, little toe right foot................. Puncture, left foot.............................. Sprain, left ankle— ............... .......... Sprain, ankle_____________ _______ Fracture, nose................... - ............ — Bruise, left thum b------- -----------------Bruise, right knee............................... Fracture, right ribs................ ............ Bruise, knee------- --------------------------Dislocation, knee cap---------- ---------Hernia, left groin— .......................... Foreign matter in left eye-------------Fracture, leg-------- ------------------------Laceration, infection, first and second fingers6 right hand. Abrasion and bruise, arm and eye— Laceration, left wrist.................. . ____ d o ................................................. Laceration, thum b................. — Fracture, left foot............. ............. Laceration, first finger right hand— Sprain, right hip; strain, back— Burn, hand-------------- -----------------Bruise, right wrist............ ............. Strain, back..................................... Hernia, abdomen................... ......... Bruise...............................- .......... ........ i Bruise, infection, elbow -------------------i Abscess from shock, ear-------------------! Fracture, rib...... .........- ....................... Puncture, infection, first finger right hand. Bruise, left arm; internal shock------Foreign matter in eyes........................ j Scald, stomach—............. — ................i Sprain, ankle......................................... J Bruise, right side....... ........ ............ — J Laceration, hand------ --------------------- ! Strain, back........................................-J Scald, feet, chest, and back....... .........1 L e g ....................... - ..................... ........ i Bruise, infection, thum b right hand.j Bruise lips; sprain, hand__................. Laceration, left foot........ ..................... 1 1 N ot reported. 2 A t $3.50 per day. 3 Partial disability for life. 21 16 62 43 15 2 15 32 13 12 44 38 27 15 23 55 15 13 29 29, 24 10 18 15 28 8 6 14 22 7 34 29 48 30 27 122 56 24 10 241 25 72 18 35 111 40 92 14 18 12 14 18 22 92 20 14 67 10 9 22 29 22 37 67 24 10 32 37 1 3 14 6 Y 1 15 6 13 23 2 2 1 3 7 8 11 12 28 20 24 3 3 1 9 12 8 37 6 1 10 4 14 15 5 10 21 5 4 45 __ 72 22 4 50 6 2 10 ” 46’ 9 __ 1 1 5 7 1 11 5 6 6 3 13 1 2 27 23 __ 19" 10 5 13 1 181 1 45 12 33 16 31 85 8 17 1 19 14 1 13 7 4 2 7 2 2 16 6 29 8 24 45 7 5 7 18 22 80 20 6 55 10 6 9 29 21 35 59 8 22 10 8 2 6 Amputation resulting. 7 Nuisance value, w At $2.50 per day. 12 •7 ..... 3 ..... 3 34 17 12 1 27 3 27 28 28 4 1 1 7 1 10 8 13 1 2 1 9 1 44 11 1 40 37 22 83 APPE N D IX B .— GENERAL TABLE merchant marine, by individual cases— Continued Days en titled to— Days Days Possible recovery un for Amount actually paid as— from der compensation act which in compen jury Main Main Other Compared sation to Total was te compen Amount with actual com settle Wages te settle nance ment nance recovery ment sation puted Am ount en titled to as— Main Wa te Wages ges nance P E R S O N A L A G B E E M E N T -C on tin n e d i 3 14 1 1 2 20 IS 48 37 14 1 $1.58 6.25 22.17 3.67 2.08 4.33 $40.00 26.00 96.00 74.00 28.00 2.00 7 10 30 27 7 267 $1.58 6.25 22.17 3.67 2.08 4.33 23 15 9 13 47.92 30.00 18.00 26.00 20 37 16 47.92 3 34 37 24 15 3.33 4.17 1.40 8.33 6.00 68.00 74.00 48.00 30.00 13 87 21 17 12 41 61 14 12 38 12 6 2 2 1 4 11 3 1 1 1 26.58 27 12 28 29 1 (40) 1 1 1 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 9 19 44 15 1 30 1 27 3 10 9 .... 9 5 14 1 1 1 3 7 10 3 1 1 2 3 1 3 1 3 1 (40) 15 28 7 5 14 21 2 34 23 2 21 26 6 34 13 9 181 25 45 12 33 61 31 92 13 17 54.00 6.25 24.00 2.08 56.00 2.08 2.08 10 72.50 (40) 4.50 2.08 4.50 2.42 ~ 3. 67" 2.08 2.67 2.00 2.08 2.08 10.33 5.67 34.50 39.58 242.00 20.00 (40) 30.00 27 60.00 2 24.50 10.00 28.00 42.00 4.00 68.00 2 80.50 4.00 2 73.50 52.00 2 21.00 2119.00 "31.25" 26.00 2.83 18.00 62.50 362.00 2.00 58.50 4.50 55.00 21.75 50.00 90.00 2 42.00 66.00 2213.50 62.00 2322.00 26.00 34.00 2.17" 18.75 12.08 7 70.00 "2~24."50" 5.83 63.00 18 22 2 77.00 80 " "2.08" 160.00 2.42 40.00 20 12.50 2 21.00 6 55 10 6 9 29 21 35 59 22 10 30 14.58 86.67 6.50 1.58 1.83 3.67 6.00 2.17 5.50 2.17 6.50 2.25 iio.oo 2 35.00 12.00 18.00 58.00 42.00 70.00 118.00 44.00 20.00 60.00 3.33 4.17 1.40 8.33 $40.00 20.00 96.00 70.00 28.00 30.00 15.00 25.00 52.00 50.00 100.00 30.00 75.00 50.00 50.00 2.00 1 58.50 90.00 72 77 35 4750" ” 66:55" 55.00 2213.50 85 21.75 62.00 40 123 14 " "2."l7" " 26.-66" 4.17 35.00 18 12.08 26 14 70.00 15.00 5.83 63.00 18 99 2 77.00 92 2.08 37 2.42 "lo.'oo" 14 12.50 2 21.00 14.58 86.67 6.50 1.58 1.83 3.67 6.00 2.17 5.50 2.17 6.50 2.25 5.00 50.00 25.00 20.00 2.08 10 4.50 25 2.42 30.00 22 27 60.00 13 175 ""§."67" 10.00 2.08 7 2.67 20.00 9 30.00 2.00 5 2.08 28 68.00 2.08 8 10.33 36 5.67 49 34.50 86 39.58 52.00 12 129 242.00 2119.00 105 2.08 40 21 2.83 62.50 139.58 64 69 16 9 22 29 22 37 67 24 10 32 37 7.00 30.00 36.57 65.00 40.00 48.00 30.00 26.58 6.25 2.08 2.08 2.08 4.50 $69.00 100.00 2 35.00 12.00 18.00 58.00 35.00 70.00 118.00 44.00 15.00 60.00 36.00 24.50 10.00 7.00 84.00 75.00 75.00 12.59 225.00 11.00 200.00 7 115.00 7.50 165.00 9.00 529.50 38.00 300.00 4.00 50.00 36.16 11.00 260.00 20.00 4.00 13.38 8.00 22.00 2.39 55766" 23.25 11.00 40.00 15.00 $41.58 26.25 187.17 73.67 37.08 34.33 $82.24 62.97 215.75 220.77 63.16 6.33 35.00 62.92 25.00 71.21 87.19 56.72 +36.21 +24.27 +31.72 15 39.90 69.17 41.40 108.33 30.00 76.58 50.00 31.25 102.08 32.08 77.08 54.50 30.20 171.41 146.18 110.68 00. 50 57.57 168. 79 58.60 30.43 124.24 140.74 63.64 -9 .7 0 +102.24 +104.78 +2.35 +30. 50 -19.01 +118.79 +27.35 -7 1.6 5 +92.16 +63.66 + 9.14 10 42 37 23 15 12 55 12 12 28 28 23 22.08 40.50 32.42 60.00 28.17 12.08 22.67 32.00 12.08 77.08 94.33 80.67 109.50 104.17 467:00 130.00 202.08 117.83 202.08 43.35 48.21 68.58 124.60 52.02 23.89 66.38 92.45 20.26 148.05 182.82 141.10 181.83 110.48 541.57 319.00 78.52 46.54 1, 705.17 +21.27 +7.71 +36.16 +64.60 +23.85 +11.81 +43.71 +60.45 +8.18 +70.97 +88.49 +60.43 +72.33 +6.31 +74.57 +189.00 -123.56 -7 1 .2 9 +1,503.09 17 14 28 7 5 13 21 6 33 27 46 21 8 78 56 9 9 6 542 52.00 156.00 165.00 79.50 798.00 121.75 300.00 32.17 39.17 62.08 85.00 104,99 88.00 262.08 62.42 37.50 107.37 257.27 106.29 133.81 629.21 163.82 650.57 59.59 74.02 30.16 94.50 129.54 155.57 377.10 91.49 72.79 +55.37 +101.27 —58.71 +54.31 -168.79 +42.07 +350.57 +27.42 +34.85 —31.92 +9.50 +24.55 +67.57 +115.02 +29.07 +35.29 24 45 18 32 101 31 92 13 9 7 114.58 135.05 26.50 41.58 62.22 38.67 131.00 143.42 60.50 17.17 106.50 17.25 266.35 121.67 33.00 62.27 121.39 89.64 154.44 279.70 95.67 43.92 136.60 91.27 +151.77 -1 3 .3 8 + 6.50 +20.69 +59.17 +50.97 +23.44 +136.28 +35.17 +26.75 +30.10 +74.02 60 +$40.66 20 +36.72 13 +28.58 48 +147.10 42 +26.08 14 -2 8 .0 0 ............ 9 13 9 17 22 91 19 11 6 21 28 20 34 66 21 9 29 63 27 A t $15 per week. Employed on harbor craft 6 days per week—in practice not given allowance for maintenance. Wages allow for subsistence ashore, 84 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Accidents to seamen of the United States N o. of Occupation Age rate per month Nature of injury and part of body affected Days of treat Days ment received Days of of contotal disa On In Out bility ship pa pa tient tient P E R S O N A L A G R E E M E N T -C o n tin u e d $50.00 72.50 765 766 Cook.. Oiler.. 767 770 771 772 ____d o.................... Fireman--------A ble seaman- . ____d o......... ......... Pantrym an. - . A ble seaman. . 70.00 60.00 62.50 80.00 60.00 62.50 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 Oiler........ ............ Chief stew ard... Cook’s mate_____ Able seam an.. First engineer___ Oiler___________ ____ do......... ....... Junior engineer . Able seaman----Steward.............Cook’s mate-----Boatswain_____ 67.50 135.00 40.00 62.50 170.00 72.50 65.00 90.00 62.50 70.00 40.00 65.00 785 Second engineer._ 786 Assistant steward 787 Able seaman____ 788 Oiler_______ _____ 789 ____ d o .................. 790 Third engineer. 160.00 45.00 55.00 C5.C0 C5.00 120.00 A ble seam an.. ____d o___________ Second assistant engineer. Quartermaster. _. 55.00 55.00 135.00 Assistant steward C ook...................... Ordinary seaman Able seaman........ Pantrym an.......... Assistant steward Cook’s m ate— Chief mate........ Butcher............. Assistant steward Cook’s m ate. _ Storekeeper... W iper....... Cook................ Able seam an.. Oiler................. Cook........... Butcher........... Fireman.......... Cook’s m a t e .. ....... do.................... Stewardess___ Able seam an.. 45.00 45.00 40.00 55.00 60.00 45.00 85.00 165.00 65.00 55.00 40.00 65.00 50.00 75.00 55.00 65 00 85.00 85.00 60.00 40.00 40.00 45.00 45.00 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 60.00 55.00 65.00 80.00 75.00 67.50 65.00 818 ____d o .............. 819 Oiler................. 820 Butcher........... 821 C o o k ............... 822 Oiler................. ____d o......... . 825 826 827 Engineer________ O i l e r . ... ... Second engineer..; W iper.................... 42 20 31 28 180.00 65.00 165.00 57.50 28 Biuise, left side....................... .. .......... . 5 63 Dismemberment, infection, first and second fingers6 right hand. 5 Laceration, fingers right hand______ 186 Fracture, knee...................................... 43 Bruise, left hip__................................. . 48 Bruise, right groin............................ .. 37 Hernia, groin..................... ............... 32 Abrasion, infection, first finger right hand. 23 Laceration, hand.................................. 50 Hernia, groin....................................... . 8 Sprain, little finger right hand.......... 36 Bruise, left leg.......... .......................... . 13 Sprain, left knee................................... 16 Laceration, left hand......................... . 50 Fracture, thumb left h a n d ......... ...... 46 Hernia, abdom en................................. 18 Fracture, left toe__............................... 35 Puncture, infection, right foot......... . 13 Puncture, left foot................................ 124 Puncture, infection, thumb left hand. 61 Fracture, second finger left hand___ 22 Laceration,infection,(finger right hand.1 Fracture, left ankle....................... .' 57 14 Laceration, fourth finger right hand. 41 Fracture, first finger left hand........... Dismemberment, second finger left hand. 25 Hernia, abdomen................................. Laceiation, finger__ _____ _________ 25 Death from injury, nature not re ported. Bruise and sprain, ribs and first fin 55 ger right hand. Sprain, thumb right hand.................. 18 Burn, left ankle.................................... 12 Sprain, left wrist.................................. 47 Concussion of brain............................. 13 111 Fracture, second finger left hand........ Sprain, left ankle.................................. 15 Hernia, abdom en. ............................... 37 Bruise, right knee................................. 30 Laceration, finger............................... Hernia, abdom en. ............................... 23 16 Hydrocele, right testicle..................... Puncture, infection right hand......... 20 Bruise, great toe. - ............................... 6 78 Foreign bod y in eye............................. 64 Abrasion and bruise, legs.................. . Laceration, third finger right hand— 32 Bruise, right heel.................................. 30 39 Abrasion, left leg...... - ........................... Burn, left arm and face....................... 15 7 Bruise, thum b....................................... Bruise, wrist.......................................... 05 Fracture, left arm................................. Dismemberment, second finger *60 r.ght hand. 39 Bruise, fourth finger left hand______ 14 Abrasion, second finger right hand - . 52 Laceration, thum b and third finger. 32 Scald, f o o t ................. ...................... . 33 Fracture, thum b................................. . 55 Laceration, second and third fingers right hand. 20 Burn, irfection, forearm.................... . 49 Laceration and fracture, fingers____ 365 Laceration, chest, arms, and sides.*. 91 Fracture and laceration, first, sec ond, and third fingers right hand. i N ot reported. * A t $3.50 per day. ? Partial disability for life, 35 ‘ 135* 16 44 19 514 20 25 189 8 Amputation resulting, 7 Nuisance value, (18) 23 28 85 APPEND IX B . — GENERAL TABLE merchant marine, by individual cases— Continued D a y s en titled to w a ges M ain W ages te nance D ays for w h ich com pen sation C om pa red w as w ith actual com re covery p u ted P ossible reco v e ry u n der com pen sation act A m o u n t en titled to as— D ays A m o u n t actu ally pa id as— from in ju r y O ther M a in M a in T o ta l to com pen te settle settle W ages te sation m ent nance m ent nance A m oun t P E R S O N A L A G R E E M E N T - -C o n tin u e d 18 13 11 35 $30.00 31.42 $22.00 70.00 28 39 $30.00 31.42 $22.00 70.00 $28.00 1,201.00 4 7 2 1 14 1 5 135 42 42 9.33 14.00 4.17 2.67 28.00 2.08 10.00 270.00 84.00 84.00 5 99 43 48 37 32 9.33 14.00 4.17 2.67 28.00 2.08 10.00 270.00 84.00 65.00 8.00 55.00 128.00 1 1 4 14 3 1 14 25 1 12 10 24 22 6 5 22 2.25 4.50 5.33 29.17 17.00 2.42 30.33 75.00 2.08 28.00 13.33 52.00 44.00 2 21.00 10.00 44.00 2.25 4. CO 5.33 29.17 17.00 2.42 30.33 75.00 2.03 28.00 13. 33 52.00 36.00 2 21.00 10.00 44.00 202.00 23 50 8 36 13 13 50 46 18 35 13 124 32 13 50 19 101 64.00 32.00 100.00 38.00 75.00 67.75 32.00 100.00 38.00 46 15 30 14 41 85.33 W115.00 12.00 30 00 25.67 60.00 2.17 28.00 26.00 82.00 56.00 61 22 57 14 41 14 85.33 12.00 25.67 2.17 23.00 56.00 117.00 30.00 60.00 28.00 82.00 22 6 3 20 40.33 11.00 6.00 40.00 25 25 4 40.33 11.00 20 36 40.00 72.00 55 40.00 9 6 17 7 12 1 7 2 9 5 3 5 1 14 13 20 17 25 6 7 9 6 31 13 111 15 6 28 13.50 9.00 22.67 12.83 24.00 1.50 19.83 11 00 19.50 9.17 4.00 10.83 1.67 35 00 23.83 43.33 48 17 70.83 12.00 9.33 18.00 12.00 62.00 26.00 222.00 30.00 12.00 2 98.00 13.50 9.00 22.67 12.83 24.00 1.50 19.83 11.00 19.50 9.17 4.00 10.83 1.67 5.00 23.83 43.33 48.17 70.83 12.00 9.33 3 2 39 60 4.50 3.00 78.00 120.00 18 12 47 13 111 15 37 30 0) 26 16 20 6 0) 64 32 30 39 185 7 0) 65 60 9 1 1 12 2 54 31 14 51 21 32 54 16.50 2.17 2.67 30 00 4.50 117.00 62.00 28.00 102.00 42.00 64.00 108.00 39 14 52 32 33 55 16.50 2.17 2.67 30.00 4.50 117.00 1 1 20 48 170 59 6.00 2 70.00 2.17 96.00 561 00 2 595.00 1.92 118.00 20 49 730 560 6.00 2.17 5.50 1.92 102 1 26.00 16.00 12.00 98.00 102.00 24.00 23.00 30.00 20.00 4.50 3.00 10 A t $2.50 per day. 12 A m p u ta tion of distal phalange. 45.00 37.00 55.67 50.00 16 8 14 1 12 14 13 8 6 49 51 12 13 15 10 114.00 40.00 36.00 248.91 23.00 25.00 $80.00 ! $72.87 1,302.42 | 1,475.50 27.33 339.00 214.17 67.67 103.00 69.83 i 38.25 139.50 55. 33 109.17 285.91 57.42 155.33 75.00 47.08 103.00 69.00 102. 00 1 ! I | ! | ! 1 i I 1 ' | j ' j[ —$7.13 + 173.08 10 6 532 21.86 696.98 185.05 215.79 81.06 139.33 - 5 .4 7 + 357.98 - 2 9 .1 2 + 148.12 - 2 1 .9 4 + 6 9 . 50 1 179 41 47 23 31 100.65 200.50 22.80 125.15 52.71 73.16 217.35 137.31 42.25 124.12 18.94 495.71 + 6 2 .4 0 + 6 1 .0 0 - 3 2 . 53 + 1 5 .9 8 —213. 20 + 1 5 .7 4 + 6 2 .0 2 + 62. 31 - 4 .8 3 + 2 1 .1 2 —50.06 +393. 71 22 49 4 22 10 15 36 21 17 23 3 100 45 14 43 13 29 12 105 6.00 25.33 17.00 44.17 100.00 202.33 43.00 111. 00 47.17 152.17 156.00 361.04 69.70 180. 21 61.49 178.10 431.00 +158.71 + 2 1 .7 0 + 09. 21 + 1 4 .3 2 + 2 5 .9 3 + 275.00 6.00 40.00 269.00 35.00 22.50 315.33 86.00 22.50 52.93 92.77 7,500.00 -2 6 2 .4 0 + 6 .7 7 + 7 ,4 7 7 .5 0 72.00 28.00 140.00 192.75 + 5 2 .7 5 63.50 59.00 62.67 ! 91.83 201.80 i 47.70 94.83 159.50 84.50 84.17 144.00 60.83 36.67 155.00 233.83 103.33 98.17 170.83 112.00 79.33 7 25.00 192. GO 1-iO.OO 49.31 32.87 140.73 52.02 474.41 59.20 117.54 209.00 19.50 55.34 54.29 63.09 24.11 301.78 237.96 96.34 111. 31 140.83 52.76 9.33 205.17 538.50 91.50 52.17 122. G7 150.00 79.50 154.33 144.46 61.59 244.77 124 74 145.16 227.42 32.00 18.00 38.00 12.00 40.00 53.00 26.00 177.80 30.00 '" '" 1 6 .2 0 ' 12.00 63.00 2 98.00 50.50 65.00 75.00 114.00 26 00 34.00 16 00 12 00 23.00 150.00 102 00 138.00 41.00 24.00 2100 26.00 70.00 30.00 100.00 70.00 7 25.00 138.10 120.00 17.00 62.00 28.00 42.00 64.00 37.33 2 70.00 96.00 13.00 22 00 120.00 78.00 11.00 13.46 5.52 1,150.50 167.80 89.46 103.69 1,156.00 169.72 143.86 214.19 2,095.29 322.68 (5 3 ) 3 19 35 9 -1 4 .1 9 6 - 2 6 .1 3 30 + 7 8 .0 6 6 - 3 9 .8 1 99 +272.61 14 + 1 1 .5 0 30 + 2 2 .7 1 28 + 4 9 .5 0 —65.00 —28 83 ...........21 -8 9 .7 1 13 15 + 2 .2 6 - 1 2 .5 6 5 64 + 1 4 6 78 51 - 2 5 .8 7 12 -1 1 .9 9 13 + 1 3 .1 4 14 - 3 0 .0 0 9 - 5 9 .2 4 —70.00 —25.00 62 + 12.57 6 210 + 398.50 + 5 2 .9 6 + 9 .4 2 + 122.10 * - 2 5 .2 6 + 6 5 .6 6 + 7 3 .0 9 30 13 51 20 31 + 5 4 .4 0 + 110.50 + 939.29 + 152.96 19 48 263 90 18 N o record o f further disability. » D epen den t w ife 38 years o f age. 1 86 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Accidents to seamen of the United, Stales N o. of Occupation Wage rate Age per month Nature of injury and part of b od y affected Days of treat ment received Days of total disa On In- Outbility ship pa pa tient tient Days of con vales cence P E R S O N A L A G R E E M E N T -C o n tin u e d 828 Fireman................ 829 ........do.................... 830 Chief engineer___ 831 M essman.............. 23 42 31 56 $67.50 67.50 260.00 50.00 832 D eck engineer___ 58 80.00 833 834 Fireman................ 12 A ble seaman........ 45 65.00 62.50 835 836 837 Chief cook............ 47 Chief mate............ 41 Engineer............... 42 100.00 180.00 175.00 838 839 Fireman................ 38 Chief cook............ 28 67.50 90.00 840 841 842 843 Able seaman........ 20 Oiler...................... 22 Firem an.............. 19 Second machinist 40 62.50 72.50 62.50 135.00 844 845 846 A ble seaman........ 26 Master.................. 62 A ble seaman......... 22 60.00 205.00 60.00 847 848 849 850 Second engineer. _ Third engineer. _ Pum p m an______ W iper....... ............ 34 31 55 24 165.00 150.00 SO. 00 57.50 851 852 853 854 Cook’s mate........ 39 D eck h a n d 40.... 0) A ble seaman........ 39 Oiler...................... 0) 40.00 130.00 65.00 70.00 855 D eck hand........... 56 856 ........ do.40. ............... 20 857 ____ d o ................... 21 858 F irem a n .............. 23 859 ____ d o _ _ ................ 33 860 A ble seaman........ 49 861 First engineer----- 31 85.00 121.33 85.00 75.00 90.00 62.50 185.00 862 863 864 865 866 Able seaman........ Coal passer______! Second engineer __ Boatswain............ Scullery man........ 49 41 27 38 32 62.50 60.00 165.00 75.00 50.00 867 Third engineer. 34 150.00 868 869 Assistant steward A ble seaman ... 39 32 50.00 72.00 870 871 872 873 874 Floatman « -------First cook............. Third baker......... Boatswain______ C o o k -.......... „ ____ 24 43 32 35 29 129.48 90.00 65.00 75.00 60.00 1 N ot reported. 2 A t $3.50 per day. 5 Partial disability for life. « Amputation resulting. 7 Nuisance value. m A t $2.50 per day. 11 A t $3 per day. 12 Amputation of distal phalange. Hernia, abdom en. ............................. . Burn, infection, left arm..................... Death resulting from fractured skull. Bruise, chest; fracture, twelfth rib left side. Sprain and laceration, ankle; frac ture right fibula. Bruise, infection, leg............................ Death resulting from internal in juries. Hernia, groin......................................... Fracture, right leg................................ Dismemberment, great toe, right foot. Bruise, infection, right hand ............. Laceration, first and second fingers left hand; fracture, third finger. Fracture, right arm............................. Fracture, fourth finger6 left h a n d ... Burn, infection, face, neck, and hands Burn, head, face,, neck, arms, and hands. Sprain, a n k le --..................................... Death from drowning........ ................. Fracture, twelfth dorsal and first lumbar vertebrae; laceration, in fection, right leg; bruise, head. Fracture, right arm .......................... — Fracture, fourth finger left hand----Bruise and burn; infection, right leg. Bruise, hand; fracture, infection, fore arm. Sprain, left knee__............................... Fracture, left leg................................... Rupture of drum, right ear............. Dismemberment, first and third 12 54 35 121 79 143 247 * 150 58 (46) 125 *40 34 49 33 ( 46 ) 1 1 27 132 44 124 24 15 28 Life." 91 81 59 162 Life. 34 131 70 «15 5 45 Laceration, thum b left h and........ . 15 Laceration, right leg; sprain, ankle. 14 Abrasion, laceration, left hand..........I 24 Burn, and scald, face, nose, and eye. 11 Strain, back........................................... 19 Foreign matter in right e y e 60........... 12 Death resulting from concussion of brain. 153 Fracture, left leg and right foot........ . 132 Fracture, right wrist.......................... . 89 Fracture and puncture, left h a n d ... 82 Laceration, perineum......................... 42 97 Fracture of skull, abscess of lungs, death resulting. Bruise and laceration, great toe left 26 foot. 45 Varicose veins, leg; sprain, knee— . 6394 Puncture, infection, index finger right hand. Dismemberment, right foot............. . «107 20 Bruise, s i d e . ........................................ Laceration, perineum......................... . 18 36 Bruise, left knee................................. . 63 Hernia, left groin.................................. 25 126 25 39 « Employed on harbor craft 6 days per week— in practice not given allowance for maintenance. Wages allow for subsistence ashore. 42 Before death. 4« N o tim e lost. M Dependent mother 56 years of age. 55 Dependent wife 24 years of age, 1 child 2 years of age. 87 APPENDIX B .— GENERAL TABLE merchant marine, by individual cases— Continued Days en titled to— Wa- Am ount en titled to as— Days from in jury M ain to settle te nance ment Maintenance Amount actually paid a s i M ain te nance Other settle ment Total compen sation Possible recovery un der compensation act Days for which compen Compared sation was Amount with actual com recovery puted PERSONAL AGREEMENT—Continued $24.00 1 121 10.00 $69.75 31 30.00 34 11 322.67 68.00 23.83 60 132 286.67 54.00 2 210.00 70.00 *462.00 20.25 27 57 81 55 11 33 (40) 15 25 (40) 24 11 19 12.00 22.92 58.00 2.08 4.50 "54:66’ 2.00 12.00 32.00 106 91 144 212 295 ' 1.67 $136.96 2.14 1,881.60 25.92 $136.96 71.89 1,881.60 27.59 $187.21 89.64 5.577.00 65.48 +$50.25 +17.75 +3,695.40 +37.89 $69.75 5.33 225.50 230.83 390.67 +159.84 275 219 23.83 142.22 3,008.91 166.05 3,008.91 188.20 7.500.00 +22.15 +4,491.09 243 163 3.33 54.00 *$210.00 70.00 485.00 302.23 1,097.88 750.00 305.56 1,361.88 1,305.00 468.34 1.114.00 1,242.71 +162.78 -247.88 —62.29 55.25 7 50.00 153.42 +98.17 -5 0 .0 0 49 164 93 34 49 22.92 58.00 2.08 4.50 232.05 327.88 61.86 97.78 254.97 385.88 63.94 102.28 292.29 361.20 80.05 229.93 +37.32 -2 4 .6 8 +16.11 +127.65 114 6 105 224 2.00 49.76 51.76 1,832.04 1,832.04 13,581.12 13,583.12 76.29 7.500.00 7.502.00 +24.53 +5,667.96 -6,081.12 61 +327.59 +402.54 +122.08 +71.71 C1) 5.50 5.00 131 70 15 45 13.33 5.00 2.17 2.33 15 14 24 2.83 4.67 2.83 2.50 3.00 25.00 (40) 48.00 22.00 38.00 193.34 166.67 150.00 310.75 198.84 171.67 150.00 314.58 526.43 574.21 272.08 66.00 384.00 230.00 30.00 50.00 10.00 463.33 235.00 42.17 1,602.33 305.43 202.14 384.11 1,908.36 72.83 120.43 52.83 67.50 38.00 75.00 2,959.26 42.83 39.32 116.54 50.87 94.41 25.00 7,500.00 -3 0 .0 0 -8 1.1 1 +63.71 -1 6 .6 3 +56.41 -5 0 .0 0 +4,540.74 477.24 477.08 564.24 431.00 572.00 297.00 173.61 228.11 4,311.55 623,945.30 + . 16 +133.24 +275.00 +54.50 -366.25 152 118 77 81 62 80 961 162 11 19 66 6 25 2.08 28.00 2.50 28.33 12.00 5.00 2 87.50 11.67 (64) ( 4°) 11 6 2 19 116.00 264.00 66.00 “ 231.00 136.00 ( 4°) 27.00 6.50 12.50 4.00 22.00 io 47.50 22.00 12.00 95 139 89 155 25 5.00 11.67 (64) 63 62 20 18 27.00 6.50 58 10.00 22.00 0) 2 87.50 22.00 12.00 46.00 25.00 56 Dependent wife 51 years of age. «7 Complete transverse myelitis of the lower dorsal region. 58 40 per cent loss of hearing in the right ear. *9 43 per cent loss of use of hand. 60 Resulting in loss of false teeth overboard; given $50 for new ones. 61 Dependent wife 31 years of age, 1 child 6 years 2.00 43.00 eo 50.00 2,959.26 2.08 116.00 28.00 264.00 66.00 “ 231.00 2.50 3.33 86 1,550.00 70.00 115.76 48.00 22.00 35.00 881 58 132 77 57 238 12199 35.00 7 50.00 5.50 2199.50 5.00 2283.50 110.00 22.00 2.83 4.67 2.83 2.50 3.00 25.00 («) 20.25 0) 582 ""i'oo' 66.00 (40) 30.00 50.00 17 43 40 2.00 13.33 5.00 2.17 2.33 4 (64) 359.00 139.00 171.11 4,308.22 90 80 59 160 121 -157.90 69 -3 2.8 6 +341.94 » 145* +306.03 55734tsV 14 13 23 10 18 (61) 5.50 98.00 181.79 +83.79 25 64.79 181.29 76.46 181.29 90.98 395.45 +14.52 +214.16 38 63 94 2,600.00 2,600.00 49.00 18.50 56.00 47.00 4,083.60 81.64 54.76 98.25 189.47 +1,483.60 +32.64 +36.26 +42.25 +142.47 1,435 11 15 31 52 62 Dependent wife 33 years of age, children 12, 10, 7, and 3 years of age. Includes $166.97 compensation for 80 days’ temporary total disability before death; 50 per cent of compensation payable, nonresident alien beneficiary. 63 5 per cent partial disability for 138 days. 64 N ot including $505.68 wages earned during 138 days of partial disability. 88 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Accidcnta to stamen of the United States No. of rate per month Occupation Nature of injury and part of body affected Days of treat ment received Days of total disa On In- Out bility ship pa pa tient tient Days of con vales cence NO CLAIM FILED 1 Wireless operator. 2 Second engineer.. 3 Carpenter............. 4 Purser................... 5 Ordinary seaman. 6 Fireman................ 7 Oiler..................... 8 Master................... 9 A ble seaman........ 10 Messman.............. 11 Able seaman........ 12 Ordinary seaman. 13 Second cook......... 14 Able seaman........ 15 Second baker____ 16 Donkey man____ 17 Coal passer........... 18 A ble seaman. . . . . 19 Mess b o y .............. 20 A ble seaman........ 21 ........ d o .................... 22 First engineer___ 27 $110.00 53 135.00 43 80.00 22 100.00 23 47.50 42 67.50 72.50 (0 46 285.00 62.50 40 20 42.00 19 62.50 21 47.50 35 80.00 18 62.50 19 80.00 40 65.00 25 50.00 62.50 0) 64 42.00 20 40.00 27 62.50 30 185.00 23 A ble seaman.. .... 40 24 ____ do.................... 39 25 E nd m an . ........... 22 55.00 62.50 40.00 Fracture, left leg.............................. Laceration, second finger6............. Fracture, leg..................................... Osteomyelitis, right shin............... Laceration, hand............................. Dismemberment, left arm............. Strain, left lumbar region. ............ Strain, §roin..................... ............... Laceration, infection, right shin__ Laceration, left knee....................... Fracture, lower femur and radius___ Bruise, left knee.................................... Bruise, left shoulder............................. Bruise, infection, second finger........ Laceration, second finger left hand. Laceration, wrist and shoulder........ Laceration, infection, hand......... ...... Foreign matter in eye...................... . Abrasion, infection, leg and shin— Abrasion, infection, left h ip .............. Strain, back_________ _________ Dismemberment, second finger, right hand. Sprain, ankle.................. .................... Abrasion, infection, left foot............. Bruise, infection, foot........................ 47 i»9 75 127 8 «112 20 62 57 27 116 31 8 11 13 55 82 15 22 20 38 9 (18) 74 83 7 1 102 ; (18) 39 "15 57 20 114 22 AGREEMENT BT ATTORNEY 42 25 29 (l) 26 62.50 67.50 80.00 55.00 62.50 8 Mess b oy________ 22 9 Firem an. ............. 23 10 Carpenter............. 43 11 Second cook......... 31 12 Water tender____ 0) 13 W iper.................... 24 14 Water tender____ 21 15 Able seaman........ 20 16 Junior engineer-- 38 17 Able seaman........ 36 18 Wiper.................... 18 19 Able seaman........ 31 20 ____ d o .................... 33 21 W iper.................... 21 22 Oiler....................... 55 23 Able seaman........ (0 24 Coal passer______ 27 25 Chief mate............ 41 35.00 50.00 70.00 70.00 65.00 50.00 65.00 62.50 115.00 50.00 50.00 55.00 47.50 57.50 72.50 62.50 60.00 180.00 26 Deck b o y .............. 24 25.00 27 28 Able seaman____ Second cook......... 21 0) 62.50 85.00 29 Able seaman____ 28 62.50 Fracture, left arm................................. Sprain, wrist; abrasion, bruise, fore head. Bruise, right ankle............................... Strain, left leg....................................... Bruise, left fo o t .................................. . Strain and bruise, arms and back. _ _ Abrasion, bruise, and laceration, left hand and ear .«• Fracture and strain, right ankle 44_ . Laceration, right knee c a p . . . ............ Fracture, right shoulder..................... Fracture, vertebra............................... Strain, g r o in ..................................... Sprain, right ankle............................... Bruise, groin......................................... Foreign matter in eye.......................... Fracture, right hand. .......................... Bruise, infection, arm .......................... Fracture, left f o o t . . . ............................ Foreign matter in eye ......................... Bruise, left hand................................... Bruise right leg; hernia, right groin.. Fracture, jaw; bruise left e y e 68......... Burn, knees.......................................... . Bruise, laceration, left hand............. . Bruise, laceration, first« and second fingers right hand. Foreign matter in right eye, infec tion. Hernia, groin..... ................................... Abrasion, infection, first finger right hand. Fracture, puncture, infection, right 30 ........ d o .................... 23 31 ........ d o . . ................ 29 55.00 62.50 Laceration, infection, right leg. Laceration, right ea r.................. 1 2 W iper................ 19 Ordinary seaman. 26 3 A ble seaman........ 4 Fireman................ 5 Assistant cook___ 6 A ble seaman........ 7 ........ d o .................... $57.50 47.50 1 N ot reported. 2 At $3.50 per day. « Partial disability for life. •Amputation resulting. 48 123 65 69 5 12 5 276 96 90 665 62 27 83 62 70 24 55 32 15 42 «61 579 97 5 53 55 449 25 23 30 10 50 20 5 202 166 " '1 9 30 36 11 7 Nuisance value. • Alleged further disability could not be verified. 18 N o record of further disability. 89 APPENDIX B .— GENERAL TABLE merchant marine, by individual cases— Continued Days en titled to— Possible recovery un Days Amount actually paid as— Days der compensation act for from which in compen jury M ain to Main Other Total Compared sation was te te settle Wages settle compen Am ount with actual com* recovery ment nance sation nance ment puted Am ount en titled to as— [Main Wa- i te nance NO CLAIM FILED $95.33 40.50 2.67 330.00 9.50 65.25 $44.00 25 $3.67 40.50 2.67 20.00 1.58 2.25 $3.67 40.50 2.67 20.00 1.58 2 25 128.00 2 08 2.80 2.08 7.92 2.67 2.08 2.67 17.33 13.33 2.08 2.80 2.08 7.92 2 67 2.08 2.67 17.33 13.33 2 21.00 9.33 2.03 6.16 9.33 2.08 6.16 1.83 6.25 1.33 1.25 78.00 40 00 2150.50 118.75 37.80 2.08 33.25 2.67 2.08 2.67 17.33 13.33 30.80 12 00 2.08 141.83 11.00 27.08 1.33 12.00 4.00 20.00 12.00 12.00 $210.88 790.50 205.96 497.24 13.57 5-, 465.97 91.66 371.93 118.75 49 80 277.81 53.58 21 90 45.71 47.64 130.94 295.78 35.44 30.80 32.55 89.51 912.83 +$207.21 +750.00 +203.29 +477.24 +11.99 +5,463.72 +91.66 +371.93 +116.67 +47.00 +275.73 +45.66 +19.23 +43.63 +44.97 +113.61 +282.45 +35.44 +30.80 +23.22 +87.43 +906.67 21 3« 210 74 28 2 6 2,184 20 23.00 31.81 77.94 +21.17 +25.56 +76.61 2 41 115 10 7 10 12 47 74 io '" “ l i 37 6 210 AGREEMENT BY ATTORNEY 65 35 12 10 114 10 27 49 47 34 5 21 12 15 1 11 8 87 69 450 25 23 37 52 34 12 $900.00 $903.83 45.17 $163.87 126.16 -$739.96 +80.99 45 30 58.33 6.75 48.00 11.00 2.08 72.92 400.00 150.00 7 225.00 2,000.00 131.25 406.75 198.00 236.00 2,002.08 58.33 303.49 258.10 11.00 852.00 -7 2.9 2 -103.26 +G0.10 -225.00 -1,150.08 120 51 7.00 15.00 2.33 266.00 21.67 6.67 52.00 22.92 130.33 8.33 35.00 3.67 25.00 1.92 26.58 12.50 18.00 2,000.00 500.00 400.00 2,404.00 100.00 75.00 200.00 125.00 175.00 50.00 125.00 250.00 30.00 125.00 200.00 200.00 125.00 500.00 2.007.00 515.00 402.33 3.570.00 121.67 81.67 252.00 147.92 305.33 58.33 160.00 253.67 55.00 126.92 226.58 212.50 143.00 650.50 729.77 370.58 363.50 2,558.46 197.36 91.00 262.35 237.36 375.90 47.99 119.96 125.97 41.00 94.29 2,991.38 1,450.42 397.03 1,300.50 -1,277.23 -144.42 -3 8.8 3 -1,011.54 +75.69 +9.33 +10.35 +89.44 +70.57 -1 0.3 4 -4 0.0 4 -127.70 -1 4 .0 0 -3 2.6 3 +2,764.80 +1,237.92 +254.03 +650.00 225.00 225.00 178.14 +118.14 -7 5 .0 0 50 7 75.00 60.00 7 75.00 $34.50 3.17 $28.00 62.00 34 $3.83 3.17 58.33 6.75 48.00 11.00 25.00 70.00 104 155 229 787 50 280 7.00 15.00 174.00 1,284 365 23.33 138.00 287 266.00 900.00 21.67 190 50.00 75 45.00 46.00 148 106.17 74.00 276 97.92 104.00 489 130.33 2119.00 8.33 49 35.00 679 14.00 297 22.00 60.00 25.00 16.00 1*229 134 1.92 26.58 72."oo" 133 12.50 826 84.00 18.00 176.00 211 4 U50.50 16.67 186.00 143 60.00 76 101 $42.00 900.00 2150.50 60.00 «7 411 87 80 551 52 34 15 36 19 34 20 41 681.120 573 88 6322 +104.09 72.00 230 5.000.00 5,000.00 -3,340.16 69 672 24.00 296 12 7 75.00 31.00 7 75.00 71.67 -7 5 .0 0 -5 .0 1 ‘ " " 'i i 16.67 24.00 88 Amputation of tw o phalanges. 44 25 per cent loss of use. M N o record of events from time he left the ship until admission to hospital (16 days). "66350 w Loss of hearing in 1 ear. 67 25 per cent permanent total disability. Loss of sight in 1 eye. 6» 33H per cent loss of use. 90 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Accidents to seamen of the United States No. of Occupation Age rate per month Nature of injury and part of body affected Days of treat ment received Days of total disa On In Outbility ship pa tient tFent Days con vales cence A G R E E M E N T B Y A T T O R N E Y —Continued Mess m a n ............ 38 W iper.................... Second cook......... Mess man.............. Second engineer,. Ordinary seaman. Messman..... ........ A ble seaman........ Quartermaster... A ble seaman........ Fireman............... W a ite r ................ Fireman............... A ble seaman........ $45.00 57.50 75.00 50.00 140.00 40.00 45.00 62.50 70.00 55.00 57.50 45.00 70.00 62.50 Messman____ W iper_______ A ble seaman . Chief cook— Messman-----A ble seaman. ____do............. Oiler............... Fireman........ Dishwasher.. Messman____ A ble seaman. ____d o............. ____ d o............. 47.50 57.50 62.50 90.00 42.00 62.50 62.50 72.50 67.50 42.00 55.00 62.50 62.50 60.00 ........ do.................. . 60.00 ........ d o ------M essm an.. C ook ..,___ 62.50 42.00 85.00 Water tender___ Fireman.............. Second engineer. A ble seaman----........ do.................. 65.00 57.50 130.00 62.50 55.00 Fireman.............. 67.50 Oiler..................... Boatswain.......... Second engineer. Oiler.................... 65.00 65.00 140.00 72.50 Able seaman____ Carpenter........... . Ordinary seaman. Storekeeper........ . Fireman.............. 65.00 70.00 47.50 70.00 65.00 Third engineer.. Second mate— 150.00 145.00 1 N ot reported. 3 A t $3.50 per day. * Permanent loss of use. * Partial disability for life. 7 Nuisance value. Burn, back..................................... Scald, chest, back, head, arm s... Dislocation, right shoulder_____ Laceration, right hand................. Death from explosion................... Fracture, n o s e .. ........................... Laceration, thumb * right hand. Sprain, back................................... Laceration, left hand.................... Laceration, fracture, ankle.......... Hernia, left inguinal...................... do.. Rupture, ear drum............................. Fracture rib right side, heel; bruise, left hip, chest, chin. Hernia, groin....................................... Fracture, clavicle................................ Bruise and laceration, arms.............. Burn, left hand................................... Strain, groin......................................... Bruise, laceration, heel..................... Bruise, laceration, left forehead-----Scald, right leg.................................... Bums, abscess, infection, h a n d s... Hernia, right side............................... Bruise, right eye; laceration, scalp.. Bruise and sprain, b od y...................... Bruise, laceration, right shin.............. Fracture right tibia; bruise, right hip. Laceration, hand; crushed astragalus, ankle. Fracture, pelvis..................................... Puncture, left e y e 68.............................. Puncture, infection, first finger left hand. Burn, right arm and neck................... Hernia, right groin............................... Hernia, abdom en.................................. Puncture, infection, eye...................... Fracture, left ankle; laceration, eye brow. Bruise, infection, second finger right hand. Bruise, foot............................................ Bruise and sprain, back.................... Bruise, infection, right leg................. Bruise, laceration, fracture, third finger left hand. Bruise, head.......................................... Dislocation, right shoulder................. Foreign body in eye; infection......... Sprain, ankle......................................... Fracture, left wrist; laceration, ankle; bruise, forehead. Fracture, skull; bruise, shoulder— Fracture, back, seventh rib left side. 11 11 27 27 113 *49 119 26 21 21 152 93 »48 136 75 28 67 38 108 118 15 «8 34 71 38 14 72 59 W "'9 3 ' 14 14 (») "~5 "~28 30 30 ” ’ ii* ...... 185 90 152 *42 17 12 (9) 68 (9) 30 152' ’ ~60’ 71 92 97 31 "l86* 44 56 (IS) 91 25 *332 88 96 57 141 151 3 40 49 23 48 24 I f 3 ’"'82’ 8 3 91 69 125 132 57 • Alleged further disability could not be verified. 10 A t $2.50 per day. 11 A t $3 per day. is N o record of further disability. « A t $12.50 per week. 7 14 81 94 21 21 62 91 A PPE N D IX B .— GENERAL TABLE merchant marine, by individual cases— Continued Days en titled to wa ges Amount en titled to as— Main te nance Wages Possible recovery un Days Amount actually paid as— Days der compensation act for from which in compen jury to M ain Other Compared sation Total Main was settle Wages compen Amount with actual te settle te com nance ment sation recovery ment nance puted A G R E E M E N T B Y A T T O R N E Y —Continued 40 70 21 338 44 56 1840 107 $16.50 13.42 70.00 1.67 $22.00 54.00 40.00 40.00 10.67 13.50 70.83 11.67 51.33 3.83 25.50 30.33 4.17 6.00 80.00 H210.00 28 37.50 676.00 10110.00 2*100.00 80.00 214.00 84 $16.50 41 13.42 70.00 719 1.67 100 171 10.67 113 620 13.50 231. 22.92 37 11.67 674 51.33 3.83 386 117 25.50 152 30.33 4.17 136 $75.00 164.50 25.00 40.00 4.500.00 134.66 175.00 250.00 50.00 1.250.00 105.00 125.00 250.00 $91.50 231.92 95.00 41.67 4,500.00 151.33 188.50 272.92 61.67 1,301.33 108.83 150.50 280.33 187.17 $87.96 175.56 199.66 81.33 4,761.41 212.87 1,132.25 481.67 102.24 1, 53f>. 40 296.31 275.87 198.78 534.79 -$ 3 .5 4 -5 6 .3 6 +104.66 +39.66 +261.41 +61.54 +943.75 +208.75 +40.57 +235.07 +187.48 +125.37 -8 1 .5 5 +347.62 2.08 2.00 146.00 71 50.00 350.00 40.00 150.00 425.00 75.00 7 125.00 100.00 74.00 100.00 50.00 75.00 1,000.00 146.00 51.92 362.50 43.00 155.60 427.08 77.08 144.33 111. 25 141.40 116.50 50.00 77.08 1,002.00 152.46 116.75 278.63 186.78 390.54 366.53 63.16 19.33 82.96 201.30 69.67 61.08 161.78 139.81 + 6.46 +64.83 -8 3 .8 7 +143.78 +234.94 -6 0 .5 5 -1 3 .9 2 -125.00 -2 8 .2 9 +59.90 -4 6 .8 3 +11.08 +84.70 -862.19 $54.00 6.00 183.00 25 48 34 19 (7°) 105 * 525 85 21 368 81 76 35 134 "'14 1 2 77.08 2.00 28.00 2.00 4.00 110 28 169 348 259 225 44 136 133 59 124 123 73 188 241 2.00 482.00 150 2.00 4.500.00 4.502.00 3,602.51 -899.49 82 2.08 58.80 323 61 179 2.08 1.40 1.100.00 2,000.00 35.00 1,102.08 2,001.40 35.00 522.87 2,201.20 38.86 -579.21 +199.80 +3.86 151 8 1,120 8 2.17 11.50 250.00 7 50.00 250.00 40.00 252.17 61.50 169.33 250.00 171.00 348.46 11.50 340.57 537.16 449.79 +96.29 -5 0.0 0 +171.24 +287.16 +278.79 ....... 15 141 145 33 1.92 12.50 3.00 5.60 2.08 2.08 19.33 11.25 1.40 69.67 54.00 122.00 74.00 186.00 88.00 28.00 66.00 164.00 16.00 30 102 2.17 136.00 11.50 182.00 2105755' 204.00 120.00 ” 11765" 31 37 295 1.92 12.50 3.00 5.60 2.08 2.08 19.33 11.25 1.40 16.50 11.00 66.00 120.00 75 27 61 37 104 117 14 ........29 70 ........14 35 58 (72) 87 70.00 317.57 +247.57 120 203 134 72 2.17 2.17 9.33 9.67 250.00 250.00 635.00 100.00 252.17 252.17 644.33 109.67 139.60 300.37 646.12 95.41 -112.57 +48.20 + 1.79 -1 4 .2 6 37 76 95 27 176.00 28.00 188.00 42.00 84 , 136 75 36 118 23.33 12.67 60.67 8.67 188.00 42.00 7 30.00 125.00 50.00 12.00 158.00 7 30.00 148.33 62.67 260.67 208.67 6.50 404.03 164.67 498.86 360.06 -2 3 .5 0 +255.70 +102.00 +238.19 +151.39 81 61 99 128 5.00 42.00 62.83 2217.00 146 51 5.00 62.83 2217.00 73 292.18 144.34 ™297.18 424.17 247.00 469.12 -5 0 .1 8 +44.95 56 53 142.00 2.17 48.00 34.67 82.00 9.33 2297.50 9.67 16.00 6.50 23.33 12.67 60.67 8.67 70.00 68 Loss of sight in 1 eye. 70 Dependent father 61 years of age, sister 30 years of age. 71 N et amount. 73 20 per cent permanent total disability. 71 Settlement, $302.18. The sum of $10 earned wages unclaimed b y the seamen deducted. 92 SETTLEMENT POE ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Accidents to seamen of the United States No. of Age Occupation Wage rate per month Nature of injury and part of body affected a c t io n Chief thate___ * . 49 $250.00 Ofdinafy seaMa: . 30 47.50 25 67.50 Fireman. ^.......... Mess b o y ---_ Mfesstftan-----A ble seaman. ____do_______ Carpenter----- 22 22 36 . 29 30 42.00 42.00 55.00 55.00 70.00 23 35 72.50 110.00 23 21 36 . 25 . 21 . 24 72.50 62.50 57.50 40.00 40.00 40.00 Oiler........... Chief cook. Oiler............... A ble seaman. W iper............. ........ do....... Quartermaster __ . Able seam an... Boatswain........ . Able seam an... Fireman........... Able seaman... _ Fireman. 24 21 46 0) 25 31 42 24 60.00 55.00 65.00 62.50 65.00 62.50 165.00 65.00 Oiler_____ Mess b o y . 48 22 65.00 42.00 Fireman........ Able seaman. Fireman........ W iper............. Oiler............... 33 25 37 23 23 65.00 55.00 o7.50 50.00 65.00 Second engineer... 40 Mess b o y — 0) 23 Able seaman 135.00 37.50 47.50 Ordinary seaman.. . . J A ble seaman. W iper............. Messman____ A ble seaman. (*)............. 23 19 20 45 42 (l) 20 38 41 40.00 25.00 47.50 120.00 62.50 45.00 40.00 85.00 55.00 W iper......... Ordinary see Fisherman. ____d o ......... Oiler............ 30 20 49 31 27 57.50 47.50 350.00 350.00 72.50 Mess b o y . . . Coal passer . Mess b o y . . . 23 17 33 28 42.00 60.00 42.00 57.50 l DT c o m p r o m is e d fracture, infection, ieg 74 and afm__. Nervous shock, abdomen. ........... . Fracture, fourth, fifth, and sixth fibs left side. Pneumonia, pleurisy8......................... Fracture, left foot............................... . Sprain, left wrist; strain, a bd om en .. Fracture, left leig................................... Bruise, laceration, infection, frac ture, dismemberment, left lower leg and foot.6 Dismemberment, thumb right hand Opening of old wound in leg; infec tion. Bruise, thumb right hand................... Crushed, left hand............................... Hernia, side............................................ Fracture, right wrist........ ..................Sprain, strain, bruise, right foot........ Abrasion over right eye;7® sprain, wrist; bruise, knee. Rupture, right side.............................. Laceration, left leg............................... Foreign matter in eye; infection........ Bruise, arm ............................................ Bruise, great toe, left foot.................. Burn, face, chest, and hands............. Foreign matter in right eye 23............ Bruise and laceration, first finger left hand. Sprain, both ankles............................. Bruise, infection, first finger right hand. Fracture, rib right side........................ Bruise, left leg, hip, heel..................... Sprain and strain, right hand........... Laceration, second finger right hand.. Bruise, fracture, second finger74 left hand. Sprain, bruise, infection, left leg....... B um , face.............................................. Contusion, fourth finger • right hand. Laceration, ear...................................... Fracture, bruise, toe right foot.......... Thrombosis, leg; hernia, groin........... Compound fracture, left knee c a p ... Fracture, left foot................................. Dislodgment, kidney.......................... Fracture, right elbow ........ ................. Fracture skull, death resulting......... Bruise, infection, second finger right hand. Fracture, knee cap ............................... Laceration, right forearm.................. . Drowned in collision........................... ........d o .................................................... . Fracture, third metacarpal right hand. Bruise, right knee; sprain, left ankle Scald, face and eye............................... Sprain, strain, left side....................... Bruise; endarteritis obliterans; in fection all extremities. i N ot reported. 8 A t $3.50 per day. * Partial disability for life. 6 Amputation resulting. * Nuisance value. 8 Occupational disease. * Alleged further disability could not be verified. D ays of treat ment received Days of con total disa On In- Out- vales cence bility ship tl *63 90 162 15 21 209 64 92 159 5 492 47 31 CO 0) 162 #65 22 10 55 136 221 73 <62 186 61 17 116 195 153 3 89 83 *73 6 ‘ lb 'Th ' 57' 35 46 76 42 94 19 31 44 54 * 44 3 40 106 16 8 151 27 13 265 91 Q4 is 358 56 24 ( ‘ i§5" 47 50 (18)5 55 63 31 28 30 30 10 22 119 Life. 9 17 34 65 28 1463 98 3 5 20 39 82 870 12 Amputation of distal phalange. w N o record of further dsability. 23 90 per cent loss of vision. 88 Voucher for this amount still unclaimed. 53 Dependent wife 38 years of age. 74 50 per cent loss of use. 93 APPENDIX B .— GENERAL TABLE merchant marine, by individual cases— Continued Days en titled to— Wa- Amount en titled to as— MainWages tenarice Days from in jury to M ain settle te nance ment Am ount actually paid as— M ain te nance Other settle ment Total compen sation Possible recovery un der compensation act Days for which compen sation Compared was Amount with actual com recovery puted ACTION COMPROMISED 51 15 27 1 2 44 119 0) 162 1,202 89 157 $83.33 104.50 137.25 37.80 1.40 3.67 80.67 277.67 801 290 463 471 <9 324.00 1,142 2.80 1.40 3.67 1.83 28.00 80.67 130.00 1.149 20.00 31 40.33 $425.00 104.50 153.00 $30.00 44.00 94.00 62.00 12.00 1.149 495 256 455 122.00 607 34.00 1,044 9.67 2.08 17.25 24.00 1.33 4.00 60.00 122 68.00 68 62.33 85 108.33 290.00 155 6.25 459 “"75* 32.50 150.00 1,125 41.67 695 264.00 2 213.50 13.00 140.00 395 38.00 62.33 108.33 2.08 32.50 41.67 264.00 13.00 124 109 19.50 1.40 375 352 276 847 656 175.50 22.00 9.58 1.67 144 63 136.00 1,315 58.50 20.00 1.58 54 96 186 61 17 9.67 4.17 17.25 24.00 1.33 82.67 108.00 192.00 372.00 30 145 92.00 19.50 28.00 20.00 18.00 175.50 22.00 9.58 56.67 2.17 80.00 80.00 47 58.50 78211.50 68 72.83 56 20.00 36.00 5.83 49.08 16.00 2.08 1.50 2.67 1. £ 187.83 1.58 520 4.00 2,054 2 7.00 80 486 18.00 323 112.00 57 764 126.00 670 196.00 6.00 2.42 5 20 ! 909 141 218 491 491 474 7.00 231 2.00 10.00 51 54.60 40.00 277 126.50 1,818.00 1,736 36.00 5.83 49.08 16.00 2.08 1.50 2.67 $24.83 12.00 -$58.33 741,008 24 +53.96 34 -4,856.17 177.80 175.00 501.40 500.00 7300.00 303.67 8.750.00 8,751.83 15,000.00 15,028.00 479.94 183.91 3.67 333.51 4,905.39 +302.14 182 -317.49 63 -300.00 -8,418.32 115 -10,122.61 *1,703 150.00 75.00 150.00 115.33 808.00 100.67 150.00 300.00 300.00 150.00 2.500.00 171.67 302.08 117.25 324.00 151.33 2.504.00 37.17 237.40 495.36 775.32 257.87 2,732.67 -134.50 6 -6 4 .6 8 53 +378.11 127 +451.32 203 +106.54 72 +228.67 7«1,400 1.250.00 439.50 171.17 75.00 300.00 3.500.00 432.00 500.00 1.288.00 501.83 569.50 77.08 332.50 3,541.67 696.00 513.00 317.19 416.30 647.30 6.25 361.37 190.53 4,477.50 363.29 -970.81 82 -8 5.5 3 161 +77.80 103 -70.83 +28.87 74 -3,351.14 63 +3,781.50 231,120 -149.71 87 500.00 95.00 519.50 96.40 256.53 189.55 -262.97 +93.15 60 74 100.00 1,000.00 200.00 200.00 300.00 275.50 1,022.00 209.58 201.67 300.00 212.84 63.77 177.44 178.41 255.97 -6 2.6 6 —958.23 -3 2.1 4 8 19 39 20 74105 300.00 358.50 223.66 602.14 20.00 615.40 +243.64 222.08 100.00 290.00 100.00 100.00 7.00 18.00 1.83 a 1.92 1.58 2.42 2.00 47.60 24.92 78 Total deafness. 7« Expense of United States consul. A t $4.50 per day. Dependent children 17,15,13, and 7 years of age. 80 Dependent wife 26 years of age, one child 5 years of age. 105676°—28----- 7 >4,000.00 $4,083.33 $4,025.00 129.33 183.29 5,"o66.’ 66‘ 5,137.25 281.08 120.00 +658.00 -1 4 .6 6 - 93 100.00 +391.74 6200"" 100.00 136.00 36.00 255.83 15.06 299.08 528.77 854.00 333.71 1,452.08 221.83 252.65 725.85 102. 67 215.57 3,000.00 537.500.00 201.83 264.14 -240.77 +229.69 -520.29 -1,230. 25 +473.20 +112.90 +4,500.00 +62.31 386.08 350.00 351.92 68.57 300.00 301.58 10.500.00 10.500.00 794.910.50 12.500.00 12.500.00 807.500.00 60.00 62.42 77.32 +34.16 -233.01 -5,589. 50 -5,000.00 +14.90 829 16.56 111.20 60.45 34.00 247.63 197.60 774.92 839.444.50 -9 4 .6 4 +26.45 +50. oz +8,669.58 5 21 80 ( 63) 250.00 250.00 831.00 1.450.00 233.15 100.00 3,000.00 200.00 » 111. 20 32.00 150.00 750.00 - 234 87 93 357 54 (53) 1 30 Settlement, $150. The sum of $38.80, earned wages refused b y the seaman upon leaving the ship, was deducted. 82 T o date. 83 Permanent total disability. Compensation not to exceed $7,500. 94 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Accidents to seamen of the United States N o. of case Wage Age rate per month Occupation Nature of injury and part of body affected Days of treat ment received Days of total disa On In- Outbility ship pa tient tient Days of con vales cence A C T IO N COMPROMISED—Continued Deck b o y ___ Able seaman. Oiler................. Able seaman._ Water tender.. Fireman_____ Second mate 84 Able seam an.. - 19 (0 0) Fireman............... . Assistant stewarcI Carpenter’s mate.. Wiper______ Fireman____ Able seaman U tility man.. Coal passer.. ■ Able seaman Oiler............. . 50 32 29 30 0) 42 (9 22 0) 59 26 33 60 33 (0 24 27 Third engineer—.. Fireman............... . W iper............. A ble seaman. Chief mate— 21 51 34 33 27 29 Able seaman. 34 Messman____ A ble seaman- 35 - 0 . 21 40 26 Oiler.......... Messman. A ble seaman.. - 46 Boatswain._ . 58 . 34 . 24 28 . 23 26 39 - (1) . 20 50 Dishwasher. 21 Scullery m an.. 25 Able seaman.. 101 ____d o ______ 24 . 32 . 73 . 20 102 Storekeeper.. B oatswain... 23 35 Able seaman. 24 - 24 ____d o . ____do_ Able seaman . W iper________ Water tender.. Chief cook___ 99 100 ____d o ---------- 103 104 105 106 Fireman................ 45 $25.00 02. 50 47.50 Fracture, skull...................................... Sprain, ankle....................................... Incomplete fracture, second lumbar vertebra and right ilium. 72.50 Abrasion, right leg; bruise, left arm .. 55.00 Bruise and laceration, l e g . . . ............. 72.50 Bruise, left leg................. .................... 57.50 Fracture, two ribs, right side............. 165.00 Bruise, knee......................................... 55.00 Strain,neuritis, right sacro iliac joint. 70.00 Bruise, back, right side____________ 65.00 Amputation, third finger right hand.. 40.00 Ringworm ,8 hand; eczema,8 b o d y .... 60.00 Fracture, left wrist, ........................ 57.50 Laceration, n ose.............................. 65.00 Fracture, spine______ ______ _____ 62.50 Laceration, second finger right hand.. 47.50 Laceration, first finger left hand— 50.00 Burn, foot.............. ............................ 55.00 Bruise, infection, left leg..................... 72.50 Laceration and fracture, third and fourth fingers left hand.85 150.00 Laceration of head, death resulting.. 65.00 Traumatic neurosis, right eye........... 65.00 Burn, side; bruise, back.................... . 57.50 Burn, ear............................................... 62.50 Abrasion and fracture, fa ce............. . 160.00 Dislocation, right arm;74 fracture, elbow, cheek bone. 55.00 Fracture and neurosis, ribs and left hip. 42.00 Laceration, infection, elbow............... 62.50 Abrasion head, concussion of brain.62.50 Bruise and sprain, back and legs___ 72.50 Laceration, first finger left hand....... 35.00 Fracture, dismemberment, first and second toes 12 left foot. 62.50 Abrasion, bruise, right arm; rope burns, hands. 62.50 Fracture, right leg....... ........................ 62.50 Fracture, third finger right hand — 57.50 Fracture, legs;88 bruise, face.............. 62.50 Fracture and sprain, leg..................... 47.50 Bruise, back; hernia, groin................ 50.00 Abrasion, left leg and eye................... 65.00 Abrasion, back..................................... 85.00 Bruise, left hand................................. . 40.00 Bruise, left side........ ............ ............. . 95.00 Fracture, skull, left arm, and leg, death resulting. 50.00 Dismemberment, infection, third finger 6 right hand. 50.00 Puncture, infection, knee; bruise, right foot. 62.50 Sprain, thighs....................................... 62.50 Strain, right groin........................... . 62.50 Bruise, right testicle............................. 62.50 Abrasion and bruise, back, left foot and arm. 70.00 Burn, legs; laceration, head............... 70.00 Fracture, left arm, heel, lumbar vertebra. 62.50 Sprain, left elbow ................................. Fracture, left hip; displacement, 45.00 femur. 65.00 Laceration, left h e e l........................... 1 Not reported. 2 A t $3.50 per day. 5 Partial disability for life. •Amputation resulting. 7 Nuisance value. « Occupational disease. 95 19 40 18 30 70 91 172 83 24 »55 148 42 123 is 61 76 »5 56 110 6 67 36 33 12 34 104 26 12 44 '( 19) " w 14 42 52 7 13 48 4 14 239 22 458 77 167 79 19 5 47 229 56 127 18 17 45 29 92 164 500 77 96 101 60 130 146 0) 0) 122 ®70 25 56 92 304 28 10 34 114 4 235 317 32 73 271 12 140 218 9 Alleged further disability could not be verified. A t $2.50 per day. 12 Amputation of distal phalange. 18 N o record of further disability, w Amputation of tw o phalanges. 79 95 APPENDIX B .— GENERAL TABLE merchant marine, by individual cases— Continued Days en titled to— Am ount en titled to as— W a- Main- Wages tenance Days from in jury M ain to settle te nance ment Am ount actually paid as— M ain te nance Other settle ment Total compen sation Possible recovery un der compensation act D ays for which compen Compared sation was Amount with actual com recovery puted A C T IO N C O M P R O M IS E D —Continued 32 170 47 12 55 104 26 101 30 " ’ 57 49 5 13 48 14 248 64.00 758 813 28 12.08 10.00 55.00 7.25 23.00 138.00 (84) 3595.00 11.00 94.00 28.00 24.00 2.17 110.00 208.00 32.~00" 52.00 42.17 202.00 49.83 18.00 35.42 120.00 7.92 43.33 75.00 44.00 159.50 114.00 978 1,450 993 364 462 1,305 401 82 1,204 932 459 194 259 1,214 1,173 208 130 $25.83 39.58 63.33 $16.00 2171.50 1,700 162 10.00 268 26.00 275 96.00 787 28.00 45.83 153 122.67 2868.00 $0.83 2.08 63.33 $64.00 $5,000.00 $5,000.83 102.08 379.00 506.33 100.00 100.00 12.08 $140.30 -$4,860.53 39.58 -6 2 .5 0 127.33 -379.00 450.00 7.500.00 400.00 7 225.00 75.00 4.000.00 750.00 112.08 22.00 82.25 226.92 800.00 100.00 103.00 252.17 75.00 132.00 492.17 7.549.83 435.42 232.92 118.33 4.044.00 752.42 55.66 55.00 180.30 338.98 1,205.71 274.29 82.33 323.67 484.55 143.99 471.71 159.68 294.83 7.92 180.94 233.08 1.155.80 -5 6 .4 2 +33.00 +98.05 +112.06 +405.71 +174.29 -2 0.6 7 +71.50 +409.55 +11.99 -2 0.4 6 -7,390.15 -140.59 -225.00 +62.61 -3,810.92 +403.38 45.83 122.67 2868.00 1.000.00 25.00 150.00 75.00 1,000.00 5,859.33 1,000.00 29.33 150.00 75.00 1.045.83 6.850.00 7,671. 50 26.42 57.42 204.14 73.83 5.122.81 (86) +6,671.50 -2 .9 1 5 -9 2 .5 8 13 +129.14 48 -972.00 -1,727.19 7*1,157 458.00 3,586.65 4.048.32 1,464.22 -2,584.10 456 100.00 1.175.00 250.00 7 200.00 1,000.00 129.40 1,237.56 289.58 245.92 1,003.50 221.34 424.17 301.35 45.92 387.20 +91.94 -813.39 +11.77 3 144 60 22.00 7.25 1.92 75.00 225.00 800.00 100.00 75.00 250.00 75.00 28.00 2.17 100.00 32.00 42.17 49.83 35.42 7.92 43.33 44.00 2.42 4.33 458 3.67 0) 292 36.00 380 120.00 458 1,261 29.40 47.92 39.58 45.92 3.50 58.00 168 2.08 500.00 502.08 126.24 48.00 455 493 943 314 80 26 42 1,463 1,062 2,384 2.08 22.92 1.800.00 300.00 1.750.00 2.750.00 8.75 1,802.08 322.92 1.750.00 2.750.00 176.58 36.67 119.33 375.00 1.032.00 1,000.00 265.10 384.44 7.500.00 169.73 245.08 355.86 193.01 370.53 503.97 7.500.00 229 3.67 458.00 56 18 103.60 47.92 39.58 45.92 54.83 112.00 2.08 122 2.08 22.92 (84) 120.83 91.83 11.67 69.33 107.67 32.00 244.00 28 53.33 56.00 8 3.33 6 41.67 116.67 16.67 72.92 4.00 76.00 148.00 56.00 64 91.83 11.67 69.33 14.64 76.00 25.00 50.00 375.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 32.00 - 13 ” 67"” 79 171 77 12 «8 7 H 148 26 101 38 59 30 86 85341^ 200.00 -616.30 as 189 -375.84 28 -1,536.98 91 +61.52 153 +5,750.00 883,329& -2,580.27 19 +68.50 38 +319.19 94 +73.68 28 - 4 .4 7 92 -528.03 122 (89) +6,500.00 814 1.67 400.00 401.67 503.80 +102.13 6 189 16.00 1,296 3.33 3,000.00 3.003.33 194.65 -2,808.68 84 116 64.00 1,062 843 146.00 542.00 336 41.67 4.17 16.67 16.67 150.00 150.00 50.00 750.00 191.67 154.17 66.67 766.67 65.48 180.67 361.15 1,250.53 -126.19 +26.50 +294.48 +483.86 84 269 748 115 2.33 2.33 250.00 750.00 252.33 752.33 111.33 287.90 -141.00 -464.43 113 140 8.33 63.00 737 280.00 1,744 8.33 1.50 7 150.00 750.00 158.33 751.50 8.33 724.86 -150.00 -2 6 .6 4 79 43.33 158.00 301 43.33 2.842.00 3.043.33 919.22 -2,124.11 32 73 271 16 12.00 79.33 2.33 32.00 158.00 42 Before death. 74 50 per cent loss of use. 84 Injured while returning as a work-a-way at $0.01 per month. 85 20 per cent loss of use. 5 297 86 Dependent mother 38 years of age. 88 Am putation of right leg at hip; 70 per cent loss of use of left leg. 89 Dependent wife 50 years of age; one child 10 years of age. 96 SETTLEMENT FOB ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Accidents to seamen of the United States No. of Occupation Wage Age rate per month Nature of injury and part of body affected Days of treat ment received Days of total disa On In Out bility ship pa pa tient tient Days of con vales cence A C T IO N C O M P R O M IS E D —Continued 107 108 109 A ble seaman. Fireman......... A ble seaman. 110 113 114 115 ____do _ _ ................ Fireman______ A ble seaman. . Mess b oy........ Fireman______ Boatswain------ 116 A ble seaman. 117 Oiler............... 118 119 123 124 Mess b o y .............. Boatswain............ A ble seaman____ Ordinary seaman. A ble seaman....... Oiler...................... Third m ate......... 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 334 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 Oiler................. Able seaman. . ___ do.............. ____d o— ............... Oiler........... Waiter............. Fireman.......... Oiler_________ Able seam an.. ____do.... ............... Waiter............. Seaman........... W iper.............. ____d o .................... Oiler................. Fireman.......... Water tender.. Ordinary seaman. Able seaman „ ____d o ................... ____d o .............. Fireman.......... Able seaman. . Oiler................. W iper.............. First engineer___ 111 112 120 121 122 151 Carpenter........ 152 153 154 Ordinary seaman. Able seaman........ Scullion. ............... 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 Able seaman........ F ire m a n ............. Ordinary seaman. Firem an............... Cook.................... . Fireman............... Electrician........... Deck engineer___ Hernia, groin....................................... Double hernia, groin. ........................ Fracture, infection, spine, wrists; internal injuries. 62.50 Abrasion,infection,fingers right hand. 57.50 Fracture, right foot_________ ______ 62.50 Laceration, mouth, loss of 4 te e th ... 50.00 Hernia, groin........................................ 65.00 Sprain, great toe right fo o t ................ 75.00 Fracture, hip and pelvis; and paraly sis, left leg. 67.50 Abrasion, forehead; fracture, right arm, hand; bruise, left leg,right hip. 60.00 Laceration infection, third finger left hand. 42.50 Abrasion and bruise, side................... 65.00 Laceration, right hand........................ 62.50 Bruise and sprain, thum b, left hand. 35.00 Dislocation, h ip ._______ ________ 55.00 Bruise, first toe right foot_______ 72.50 Laceration, third finger12right hand. 150.00 Laceration, second and third fin gers 4 right hand; dismemberment, fourth finger.6 65.00 Burn, right leg...................................... 62.50 Sprain, a n k l e ................................ «... 67.50 Fracture, right leg................................ 55.00 Second finger right h a n d ............... 65.00 Bruise, first finger right hand.......... . Bruise, infection, arm______________ 5 0.0 0 65.00 Burn, face, neck, right forearm......... 72.50 Laceration, right arm ........................ . 55.00 Fracture, arm ....................................... 62.50 Fracture, left le g 26. . ........................... 40.00 Fracture, j a w . . .................................... 52.50 Laceration, forehead.... ........................ 55.00 Burn, face, head, ears, and arms 28_._ 50.00 Laceration, over right eye 67............... 72.50 Bruise, left groin and h ip .................. 55.00 Foreign matter in eyes......................... 65.00 Aggravated varicose veins 8___........... 47.50 Foreign matter in e y e s 68..................... 55.00 Bruise, scalp; laceration, neck.......... 55.00 Rupture, intestines........................... . 72.50 Bruise, infection, hand........................ 75.00 Fracture, ankle 94.................................. 52.50 Sprain, right ankle............................... 72.50 Laceration, right arm ......................... 57.50 Dismemberment, first finger left hand 185.00 Scald and burn, head, neck, back, and arms. 80.00 Fracture, rib; laceration, skull; bruise, head and right shoulder. 40.00 Iritis, eyes............................................. 35.00 Laceration, head; fracture, leg......... 50.00 Fracture, bruise, first and second finger, right hand; laceration, third finger. 60.00 Fracture, right thumb................ ........ 67.50 Fracture, left cheek bone..................... 47.50 Fracture, left l e g . ........................... 67.50 Aggravation of ear trouble.................. 110.00 Hernia, right groin............................... 65.00 Fracture, right ankle—........................ 90.00 Bruise and laceration........................... 90.00 Laceration and puncture, second finger, right hand. $55.00 57.50 55.00 1 N ot reported. 2 A t $3.50 per day. * Permanent loss of use. * Partial disability for life. 6 Amputation resulting. 300 98 365 92 76 67 61 Life. 100 43 145 0 0 10 39 40 14 27 21 15 24 21 I 60 ! 63 252 173 19 11 10 11 87 (0 117 8 5 168 0 99 43 84 5 95 38 131 117 5 393 58 24 5 119 30 0 (9) 26 25 29 91 15 1 35 14 94 365 215 72 31 4 124 20 2 428 15 52 7 Nuisance value. 8 Occupational disease. 9 Alleged further disability could not be verified, 12Amputation of distal phalange. 29 50 per cent loss of use of right arm. 365 30 97 APPENDIX B .— GENERAL TABLE merchant marinej by individual cases— Continued Days en titled to— W a- Am ount en titled to as— Am ount actually paid a s Days from in jury Other M ain Total M ain to compen settle te settle Wages te sation nance ment ment nance Maintenance Possible recovery un der compensation act Days for which compen Compared sation was Amount with actual com recovery puted A C T IO N C O M P R O M IS E D — Continued 162 43 206 $3.83 1.83 0) 62.50 $324.00 86.00 412.00 $3.83 1.83 $412.00 620 341 642 70.00 1,377 80.00 853 0) 10 20.00 121 30.33 2.50 48 392 108.00 42.00 193 2.08 3.83 30.33 2.50 2.25 578 24 63 19 4 10 1 1 0) 6 1 2 15 173 0) 20 7 8.50 39.00 6.25 29.17 18.33 29.00 270.00 131.25 74.25 815 608 764 48.00 30.00 346.00 41.17 6.67 21.67 2.42 1.83 0) 22.00 0) 40.00 14.00 8.00 1.75 3.67 21.75 3.17 1.83 1.83 149.83 94 90.00 56.00 2.42 i85.’66' 364 72 29 23 86.00 57 492 1,363 58 297 1,094 1,235 1,031 1,013 1,184 264 143 1.332 55 730 0) 469 1.333 1,202 199 860 941 1,787 84.00 58.00 188.00 2,200 354 54.00 2.00 32 70.00 1,078 249.00 1,192 8.50 39.00 6.25 29.17 18.33 29.00 5.00 48.00 $500.00 84.00 2,088.00 $500.00 87.83 2,501.83 $970.38 306.10 1,214.11 200.00 202.08 500.00 503.83 7 400.00 7 400.00 100.00 100.00 125.00 155.33 18,000.00 18,002.50 209.00 190.54 350.00 352.25 7 100.00 7 100.00 100.00 150.00 7200.00 7 500.00 200.00 255.25 1,650 00 108.50 189.00 206.25 529.17 218.33 332.25 1,655.00 7 250.00 71.67 2.25 41.17 6.67 21.67 2.42 1.83 0) 0) 8.00 1.75 3.67 21.75 3.17 1.83 1.83 2.42 25.00 56.00 2.42 2.00 6.17 7,000.00 7 150.00 50.00 100 00 200.00 150.00 2,000.00 1,250.00 250.00 75.00 7,500.00 650.00 7 100.00 150.00 100.00 3,000.00 46.00 200.00 75.00 287.50 300.00 148.00 450.00 300.00 +$470.38 +218.27 -1,287.72 300 96 364 + 6.92 -313.29 -400.00 209.84 +109.84 223.93 +68.60 7,502.50 -10,500.00 62 74 150.00 67* 47 Life* -202.25 —100.00 35.42 39.00 6.25 29.17 18.33 308.17 1,284.29 7 250.00 71.67 161.25 961.81 7,002.25 7 150.00 91.17 41.17 21.28 106.67 221.67 21.67 152.42 50.25 190.91 2,001.83 1,250.00 714.53 258.00 255.41 76.75 30.75 7, 503.67 2,404.51 650.00 1,875.00 21.75 121.75 180.54 150.00 203.04 100.00 3,003.17 2,279.97 83.18 47.83 371.64 201.83 349.89 77.42 312.50 9*3,278.00 356.00 165.71 152.42 63.83 450.00 432.71 306.17 234.00 -7 3 .0 8 -150.00 -200.00 -500.00 -200.00 -2 4 .0 8 -370.71 14 12 85 92 284 —250.00 +89.58 -6,040.44 219 -150.00 -5 0 .0 0 -8 5 .3 9 7 -200.00 -102.17 10 -1,810.92 86 -535.47 36 302% -2 .5 9 111 -4 6 .0 0 7 -5,099.16 201,092 +1,225.00 6? Life. -100.00 +30.54 43 +103.04 84 -723.20 681,120 +35.35 37 +169.81 130 +272.47 55 +2,965.50 95 Life. -190.29 26 -8 8 .5 9 23 -1 7 .2 9 12 161 -7 2 .1 7 93.33 10.00 93 93.33 10.00 192.00 295.33 265.41 -2 9 .9 2 1.33 1.17 26.67 728.00 144.00 58.00 288 497 442 1.33 1.17 1.67 728.00 472.00 1,600.00 400.00 1,201.33 1,601.17 401.67 1,409.49 521.50 111.80 +208.16 -1,079.67 -289.87 364 214 13* 62.00 2.25 14.25 4.50 40.00 274 590 384 463 743 928 ,243 574 25.00 150.00 1,500.00 7 50.00 7 25.00 900.00 50.00 250.00 25.00 152.25 1,514.25 54.50 7 25.00 949.83 50.00 319.00 133.52 15.67 288.03 4.50 +108.52 -136.58 -1,226.22 -5 0 .0 0 -2 5 .0 0 +978.94 -5 .4 9 -103.95 31 3 115 6.00 365 49.83 96900.00 "30 69.00 60.66" 2.25 14.25 4.50 49.83 19.00 8615 per cent loss of use. 67 25 per cent permanent total disability. 68 Loss of sight in one eye. “ Am putation resulting; permanent loss of use. 93 Nature of injury not reported. 1,928.77 44.51 215.05 59 405 15 29 94 N ot including $63.32 earned wages collected and used b y United States consul to send man home, for which he was not reimbursed. 95 40 per cent permanent total disability. w A t $75 per month. 98 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Accidents to seamen of the United States N o. of case Occupation Age Wage rate per month Nature of injury and part of body affected Days of treat ment received Days of total disa On In- Out bility ship pa pa tient tient Days of con vales cence A C T IO N C O M P R O M IS E D — Continued 163 164 165 166 Oiler.............. . . . (!) Ordinary seaman. Second cook_____ (0 Seaman_________ 20 $55.00 50.00 80.00 62.50 167 Able seaman____ 168 ____ d o___________ 169 Fireman________ 170 Able seaman____ 171 Oiler____________ 17? Assistant steward 173 End m an_______ 174 Able seaman____ 175 ____ do.................... 0) 23 (i) (0 22 30 58 26 72.50 60.00 57.50 62.50 72.50 45.00 40.00 55.00 62.50 176 177 178 179 180 Ordinary seaman. Able seaman........ Assistant steward Water tender____ Coal passer______ 26 44 45 26 46 47.50 47.50 50.00 72.50 50.00 181 Pantrym an_____ 42 100.00 182 Oiler...................... 31 72.50 Fracture, left hand............................... Burn, eyes_____________ ____ ______ Scald, right arm and shoulder.......... Fracture, left a rm ;74 sprain, back; bruise, left foot. Bruise, chest......................................... Sprain, right ankle__ ______ _______ ____ d o .................. .................................... Eye 93.............................................. ........ Hernia, groin ,_ _ Laceration, s c a l p ______ __________ Abrasion, left thigh^ _____ ________ Strain; fracture, right wrist________ Bruise, face, body; fracture, nose, ribs, left shoulder. Fracture, third and fourth fingers. Dislocation, hip; fracture, leg 97......... Bruise, infection, little toe, left foot 98_ Abrasion, left le g ........................ ......... Death resulting from eczema and exposure. Dismemberment, left thum b;6 abra sion, second and third fingers. Burn; death resulting from explo sion. 48 68 4 558 15 36 24 (46) 56 1 27 91 120 11 2 9 ” 35’ 44 32 36 22 14 12 24 22 2 42 9 62 1 11 75 1 56 16 80 7 13 1 « 215 140 5 338 ” 45' 293 (5) JU D G E O R J U R Y 1 2 3 4 Steward _ ___ Able seaman........ Oiler...................... Ordinary seaman. (i) $105.00 24 55.00 65.00 31 47.50 18 5 ____ do___________ 26 a A ble seaman____ 27 8 9 ____ do.................... 257 Second cook_____ 57 Able seaman____ 19 10 Oiler...................... 11 12 13 14 Able seaman____ Coal passer_____ Fireman _ Able seaman. 15 16 17 Fireman________ 0)End man _ __ _ 35 A ble seaman........ 40 47.50 55.00 62.50 70.00 62.50 27 72.50 0) 30 31 46 55.00 60.00 65.00 62.50 65.00 40.00 55.00 Laceration, infection, right heel____ 66 Hypertrophy of left knee jo in t 4........ 14120 Scald, right ear 15__________________ 14 6 Fracture, collar bone; crushed head, 5 805 arm,4 side, foot; 17 dislocated shoulder. Bruise, legs....... ..................................... 21 Dismemberment, right leg;6 bruise, 51,239 laceration left leg, head, body. Fracture, sacrum.................................. 75 Bruise of intestines resulting in death 5 135 Abrasion, bruise, laceration, fracture, second,12 third,i3 fou rth 6 fingers, left hand. Amputation, th ird 12finger left hand; 5 102 laceration, first23and second fingers. Puncture, right e y e 26______________ 533 64 Abrasion, chest ________________ 11 Burn, right arm, shoulder.................. 106 Infection, left hand; hernia, right groin. 11 Burn, arms and face ____________ Burn, left foot __________ ________ 36 Fracture, first finger4 right hand___ 5 18 5 62 120 (18) 75 14 7 1,239 25 4 (18) (18$ 23 $ 730 27 135 32 70 15 51 3 18 8 8 11 5 18 10 5 8 88 14 17 1 N ot reported. 2 A t $3.50 per day. 3 Including attorney’s fee of $2,500 and $594.94 additional collected b y the attorney as “ expenses” said to have been incurred in the prosecution of the case. 4 Permanent loss of use. s Partial disability for life. « Amputation resulting. 7 Nuisance value, w A t $2.50 per day. “ Dependent wife 31 years of age; 50 per cent of compensation payable nonresident alien beneficiary. Amputation of distal phalange, u Partial disability for life; no record of further disability, is Loss of hearing in 1 ear; partial disability for life. i« Loss of hearing in 1 ear. is N o record of further disability. i« Voucher for this amount still unclaimed. 99 APPENDIX B .— GENERAL TABLE merchant marine, by individual cases— Continued Days en titled to w a ges Amount en titled to as— Amount actually paid as— Days from in jury M ain Other to M ain Total settle Wages te settle compen te ment nance ment nance sation Main Wages te nance Possible recovery un der compensation act Days for which compen sation Compared was Amount with actual com recovery puted A C T IO N C O M P R O M IS E D — Continued 27 1 44 33 1 22 24 1 1 21 1 10 9 104 1 1 32 12 75 $7.33 1.67 2.08 $88.00 1,494 66.00 1,438 845 44.00 1,001 2.42 2.00 1.92 1,555 48.00 0) 952 1 2.42 2 00 1.92 0) 613 315 234 618 28.00 1.83 20.83 $49.50 1.67 28.00 1.83 18.00 20.83 10260.00 1.58 1.58 53.33 24.00 8 150.00 1,162 1,214 880 1,347 2.08 1.58 1.58 53.33 571 539 $48.66 22.50 24.00 21 -$73.66 -394.16 67 -5 0 .0 0 +124.24 741,092 $250.00 600.00 7 50.00 2,500.00 $257.33 601.67 7 50.00 2,502.08 50.00 27.00 300.00 7 50.00 115.00 7 75.00 175.00 450.00 900.00 52.42 77.00 301.92 7 50.00 115.00 7 75.00 203.00 451.83 943 33 ‘ 38.58 130.75 53.74 16.00 5.000.00 1.000.00 7 150.00 500.00 41.5$ 5,001.58 1,053.33 7150.00 500.00 49.97 1,790.88 3,286.31 750.00 750.00 836.63 +86.63 35,000.00 35,000.00 003,750.00 -1,250.00 $183.67 207.51 2,626.32" 144.64" 39.21 217.70 540.74 -13.84 +53.75 -248.18 -5 0.0 0 +29.64 -7 5.0 0 -163.79 -234.13 -402.59 14 35 23 56 90 110 12 +8.39 -3,210.70 97 806& +2,232.98 w 1,549 -1 5 0 00 (W) 5,762.76" +5,262.76 «262M (“ ) JU D G E O R J U R Y 1 6 5 4 (18) 181 730 33.25 148.50 21 81 $503. 50 $500.00 14.700.00 14. 700.00 13.00 1,600.00 1.613.00 19 7.92 ............. 34.000.00 34,007.92 -$277.69 65 $225.81 4,432- 32 -10,267.68 4% 016 -718.16 16 364 894.84 7,857.19 -26,150.73 203,143 520 1,181 23.75 148.50 *1 23.75 5,000.00 33.25 6,689.25 21 +77.75 +1,689.25 e2,"016’ “ 203 1,303 0) 2.08 7.00 2.08 687.50 689.58 1,200.00 1,207.00 10,161.15 10,163.23 256.25 5.373.61 1,036.46 -433.33 +4.166.61 -9,126.77 (22) 24 436 779 82.17 2«409H $3.50 ?$14.00 1,116 565 13.00 2.00 584 7.92 1,460.00 400 («) 4,851.50 50 156.25 7.00 6.25 3.143.87 1,139.85 -2.004.02 33 64 4 9 10 5 8 60.50 128.00 8.67 18.75 20.00 10.00 16.00 728 981 675 1,179 27.50 ............. 12.250.00 12.277.50 44.00 1,000.00 1,044.00 8.67 8.67 18.75 2,000.00 2, 018.75 2, 542.90 138.00 41.59 247.95 - 9 , 734.60 2«1,120 -906.00 7 +32.92 97 -1,770.80 11 6 18 17 23.83 8.00 33.00 34.00 1,608 571 798 23.83 8.00 33.00 75 3 3 34 100.00 $3.50 82.17 3,061.70 300.00 475.00 23.83 308.00 508.00 23.83 98.06 740.94 -209.94 +232.94 30 4 322 20 Amputation of greater and 1 lesser toe right foot; permanent loss of use of right arm. $68.25 court costs assessed plaintiff. i2 Dependent wife, 57 years of age. 23 Amputation of 2 phalanges. ** Amputation of distal phalange second finger, 2 phalanges of third finger, and the entire fourth finger. 25 Amputation of 2 phalanges of first and second fingers and of distal phalange of third finger. 26 Loss of sight in 1 eye. 46 No time lost. 74 50 per cent loss of use. 90 50 per cent of compensation payable, nonresident alien beneficiary. 93 Nature of injury not reported. 97 40 per cent loss of use of leg. 98 Resulting in amputation of foot. 99 Dependent wife 46 years of age. 100 SETTLEMENT FOB ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN Accidents to seamen of the United States No. of Wage rate per month Occupation Nature of injury and part of body affected Days of treat ment received Days of total disa On In- Outbility ship pa pa tient tient Days of con vales cence; J U D G E O R J U R Y —Continued ........ do.................... 23 34 $62.50 Ordinary seaman. Able seaman........ M e ssm a n ........... Boatswain............ 23 40.00 62.50 (0 (l) . 40.00 52 80.00 Ordinary seaman. Third m ate.......... Able seaman____ .. — do— ............... Oiler...................... Assistant c o o k ... Fireman............... 21 23 37 59 42 21 42 35.00 150.00 62.50 62.50 65.00 110.00 65.00 Second butcher.. F irem an.............. Able seaman....... 38 39 24 75.00 90.00 62.50 Second cook......... 24 80.00 Ordinary seaman. 55 40.00 Laceration, upper lip; puncture, fore 13 head and tongue. Puncture, forehead............................... 13 18 Laceration, second finger, right hand. Fracture, little t o e 6 right foot........... 5 113 Fracture, right leg; abrasion, ribs; 27 386 bruise and sprain, hips. Strain, b a c k .......................................... 40 Laceration, infection, ankle________ 309 Hernia, groin......................................... 47 Strain, back; fracture, 2 r ib s ............ Life Laceration, right forearm.................. 89 Dislocation and fracture, right knee30 5195 Fracture, right femur; bruise, arm 173 and back. Fracture, right tibia and fibula......... 110 Hernia; appendicitis______________ _ 134 Fracture, abrasion, bruise and lacer 162 ation, head, limbs, and body. Osteitis and cellulitis, first finger, 56 right hand. Fracture, fifth cervical vertebra____ 219 1 N ot reported. J A t $3.50 per day. e Partial disability for life. • Amputation resulting. 14 4 28 ’ 59’ 10 82 73 7 189 1 29 101 APPENDIX B .— GENERAL TABLE merchant marine, by individual cases— Continued Days en titled to— Am ount en titled to as— Days from in jury M ain to settle te nance ment Wa- Maintenance Amount actually paid as— M ain te nance Other settle ment Total compen sation Possible recovery un der compensation act Days for which compen Compared sation was Amount with actual com recovery puted J U D G E O R J U R Y —Continued 13 27.08 329 27.08 777.08 27.08 -750.00 13 4 4 79 17.33 8.33 5.33 210.67 329 755 0) 511 17.33 1,000.00 1,017.33 8.33 158.33 150.00 5.33 5.33 2.67 ............... 10,000.00 10,002.67 17.33 69.41 329.12 3,960.67 -1,000.00 -8 8.9 2 +323.79 -6,042.00 14 169 27 Life. +52.76 +528.57 +171.05 -1,624.60 +333.13 -6,126.24 -7,615.67 30 239 47 Life. 89 30 4O3K 159 +136.35 +540.83 -8,348.40 101 127 130 10 70 14 4 50 28 "'"49" 59 "’ "15’ 9 7 32 10 82 73 1 30 28.00 8.00 11.67 1,541 11.67 774 350.00 350.00 * 175.00 28 60.00 123 102.08 83.33 1,810 118.00 0) 55.00 854 55.00 30.33 421 1430.33 22.50 21.00 66.67 7 1.33 20.00 101 164.00 1,929 146.00 1,294 14.00 566 60.00 317 22.50 21.00 2.08 750.00 (29) 20.00 1.33 37 50 per cent permanent total disability. 28 A t $15 per week. 9,143.35 11.67 850.00 (29) 9,226.68 7,500.00 8,000.00 7,555.00 8,030.33 64.43 1.378.57 171.05 7,602.08 333.13 1,428.76 414.66 130.00 8,866.16 172.50 21.00 8,868.24 308.85 561.83 519.84 167.84 +167.84 56 2,500.00 2,501.33 468.68 -2,032.65 218 500.00 » Offer of $60 refused prior to litigation, so 20 per cent loss of use of leg. LIST OF BULLETINS OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS The following is a list of all bulletins of the Bureau of Labor Statistics published since July, 1912, except that in the case of bulletins giving the results of periodic surveys of the bureau only the latest bulletin on any one subject is here listed. A complete list of the reports and bulletins issued prior to July, 1921, as well as the bulle tins published since that date, will be furnished on application. Bulletins marked thus (*) are out of print. Conciliation and Arbitration (including strikes and lockouts). ♦No. 124. Conciliation and arbitration in the building trades of Greater N ew York. [1913.] *No. 133. R eport of the industrial council of the British Board of Trade in its inquiry into industrial agreements. [1913.] No. 139. Michigan copper district strike. [1914.] N o. 144. Industrial court of the cloak, suit, and skirt industry of N ew York City. [1914.] N o. 145. Conciliation, arbitration, and sanitation in the dress and waist industry of N ew York City. [1914.] No. 191. Collective bargaining in the anthracite coal industry. [1916.] No. 198. Collective agreements in the men’s clothing industry. [1916.] No. 233. Operation of the industrial disputes investigation act of Canada. [1918.] N o. 255. Joint industrial councils in Great Britain. [1919.] No. 283. History of the Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board, 1917 to 1919. No. 287. National War Labor Board: H istory of its formation, activities, etc. [1921.] No. 303. Use of Federal power in settlement of railway labor disputes. [1922.] No. 341. Trade agreement in the silk-ribbon industry of N ew York C ity. [1923.] No. 402. Collective bargaining b y actors. [1926.] No. 448. Trade agreements, 1926. Cooperation. No. 313. Consumers* cooperative societies in the United States in 1920. N o. 314. Cooperative credit societies in America and in foreign countries. [1922.] No. 437. Cooperative movem ent in the United States in 1925 (other than agricultural). Employment and Unemployment. *No. 109. Statistics of unemployment and the work of em ploym ent offices in the United States. [1913.] No. 172. Unemployment in N ew York C ity, N . Y . [1915.] •No. 183. Regularity of em ploym ent in the wom en’s ready-to-wear garment industries. [1915.] •No. 195. Unemployment in the United States. [1916.] N o. 196. Proceedings of the Em ploym ent Managers’ Conference held at Minneapolis, M inn., Janu ary 19 and 20, 1916. •No. 202. Proceedings of the conference of Em ploym ent Managers’ Association of B oston, Mass., held M a y 10,1916. No. 206. The British system of labor exchanges. [1916.] •No. 227. Proceedings of the Em ploym ent Managers’ Conference, Philadelphia, Pa., April 2 and 3, 1917. N o. 235. Employment system of the Lake Carriers’ Association. [1918.] •No. 241. Public em ploym ent offices in the United States. [1918.] No. 247. Proceedings of Em ploym ent Managers’ Conference, Rochester, N . Y ., M a y 9-11, 1918. No. 310. Industrial unemployment: A statistical study of its extent and causes. [1922.] N o. 409. Unem ploym ent in Columbus, Ohio, 1921 to 1925. Foreign Labor Laws. *No. 142. Administration of labor laws and factory inspection in certain European countries. [1914.]. Housing. ♦No. N o. N o. N o. N o. N o. 158. 263. 295. 368. 424. 449. Government aid to home owning and housing of working people in foreign countries. Housing b y employers in the United States. [1920.] Building operations in representative cities in 1920. Building permits in the principal cities of the United States in [1921 to] 1923. Building permits in the principal cities of the United States in [1924 and] 1925. Building permits in the principal cities of the United States in [1925 and] 1926. (I) [1914]. Industrial Accidents and Hygiene. *No. 104. Lead poisoning in potteries, tile works, and porcelain enameled sanitary ware factories. [1912.] N o. 120. Hygiene of the painters’ trade. [1913.] ♦No. 127. Dangers to workers from dusts and fumes, and methods of protection. [1913.] ♦No. 141. Lead poisoning in the smelting and refining of lead. [1914.] ♦No. 157. Industrial accident statistics. [1915.] ♦No. 165. Lead poisoning in the manufacture of storage batteries. [1914.] ♦No. 179. Industrial poisons used in the rubber industry. [1915.] N o. 188. Report of British departmental committee on the danger in the use of lead in the painting of buildings. [1916.] ♦No. 201. Report of committee on statistics and compensation-insurance cost of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions. [1916.] ♦No. 207. Causes of death, b y occupation. [1917.] ♦No. 209. Hygiene of the printing trades. [1917.] ♦No. 219. Industrial poisons used or produced in the manufacture of explosives. [1917.] N o. 221. Hours, fatigue, and health in British munition factories. [1917.] N o. 230. Industrial efficiency and fatigue in British munition factories. [1917.] ♦No. 231. M ortality from respiratory diseases in dusty trades (inorganic dusts). [1918.] ♦No. 234. Safety movement in the iron and steel industry, 1907 to 1917. N o. 236. Effects of the air hammer on the hands of stonecutters. [1918.] N o. 249. Industrial health and efficiency. Final report of British Health of M unition Workers* Committee. [1919.] •No. 251. Preventable death in the cotton-manufacturing industry. [1919.] N o. 256. Accidents and accident prevention in machine building. [1919.] N o. 267. Anthrax as an occupational disease. [1920.] N o. 276. Standardization of industrial-accident statistics. [1920.] No. 280. Industrial poisoning in making coal-tar dyes and dye intermediates. [1921.] N o. 291. Carbon monoxide poisoning. [1921.] N o. 293. The problem of dust phthisis in the granite-stone industry. [1922.] N o. 298. Causes and prevention of accidents in the iron and steel industry, 1910 to 1919. N o. 306. Occupational hazards and diagnostic signs: A guide to impairments to be looked for in hazardous occupations. [1922.] N o. 339. Statistics of industrial accidents in the United States. [1923.] N o. 392. Survey of hygienic conditions in the printing trades. [1925.] N o. 405. Phosphorus necrosis in the manufacture of fireworks and in the preparation of phosphorus. [1926.] N o. 425. Record of industrial accidents in the United States to 1925. N o. 426. Deaths from lead poisoning. [1927.] N o. 427. Health survey of the printing trades, 1922 to 1925. N o. 428. Proceedings of the Industrial Accident Prevention Conference, held at Washington, D . C ., July 14-16, 1926. N o. 460. A new test for industrial lead poisoning. [1928.] Industrial Relations and Labor Conditions. No. N o. N o. N o. N o. N o. N o. N o. 237. 340. 349. 361. 380. 383. 384. 399. Industrial unrest in Great Britain. [1917.] Chinese migration with special reference to labor conditions. [1923.] Industrial relations in the West Coast lumber industry. [1923.] Labor relations in the Fairmont (W . Va.) bituminous-coal field. [1924.] Postwar labor conditions in Germany. [1925.] Works council movement in Germany. [1925.] Labor conditions in the shoe industry in Massachusetts, 1920 to 1924. Labor relations in the lace and lace-curtain industries in the United States. [1925.] Labor Laws of the United States (including decisions of courts relating to labor). N o. N o. N o. N o. No. N o. N o. N o. N o. 211. 229. 285. 321. 322. 343. 408. 434. 444. Labor laws and their administration in the Pacific States. [1917.] Wage-payment legislation in the United States. [1917.] Minimum-wage laws of the United States: Construction and operation. Labor laws that have been declared unconstitutional. [1922.] Kansas Court of Industrial Relations. 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