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Spanish supermarket employee awarded permanent incapacity after freak fish-bone injury
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A fish bone caused the injuryThe worker was employed in Mercadona’s fish section, where she was cleaning and preparing fish.
Her duties were changedWhen the employee returned to work, Mercadona adapted her duties because of the limitations affecting her hand.
She argued that this did not reflect the effect the injury had on her ability to perform her usual occupation.
1 of Santiago de Compostela, which recognised the employee as having permanent partial incapacity resulting from a workplace accident.
Her compensation is paid as a lump sumPermanent partial incapacity is compensated differently from total permanent incapacity.