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 Compensation
 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 performing
 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,”