Facts
C., born in 1942, suffered a work accident with a dislocated right radius fracture while working as a workshop welder on March 6, 1990. He was fully able to work again from June 1990. In May 1995, metal removal was performed, and in July 1996, the municipality of X reported a relapse. In its decision of August 25, 1997, SUVA awarded C. a disability pension of 10% from June 1, 1997, as well as a 5% integrity compensation.
In partially granting the appeal, the Insurance Court of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft awarded C. a pension based on a disability degree of 36% in its decision of October 6, 1999. Both C. and SUVA filed administrative court appeals.
Considerations
For the determination of the disability income, either the wage tables according to the Wage Structure Surveys (LSE) of the Federal Statistical Office or the data from the internal documentation of workplaces (DAP) of SUVA can be used as a basis. However, the DAP figures must meet certain requirements in order to serve as a basis.
This includes the requirement that in addition to the submission of at least five DAP sheets, information on the total number of documented workplaces eligible due to the disability, the highest and lowest wages, as well…