What is catastrophic injury or illness?
Catastrophic injury or illness is defined as a severe condition or combination of conditions affecting the mental or physical health of the employee which has resulted in a life-threatening condition and/or has had a major impact on life-functions. Such life-functions include, but are not limited to, loss of physical senses, loss of physiological processes, or loss of a limb. Examples of the types of injuries or illnesses which have resulted in employees’ being granted pool hours include major surgery to be determined. In addition, pool hours have been granted for the amputation of a limb and for transplant surgery. All requests to withdraw hours from the pool are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
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