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Chart VII-Income Benefits ($) for Scheduled Injuries1, cont.
Arm at
Shoulder

Hand

Thumb

First
Finger

Second
Finger

Third
Finger

Fourth
Finger

Leg at
Hip

Manitoba

70%
111,700

48%
73,860

20%
28,600

7.5%
10,000

46%
8,580

4%
5,720

3%
4,290

65%
103,100

10-25%
14,300 to
35,750

New
Brunswick

No schedule

Newfoundland
and Labrador

0.7

0.5

Up to 20%

0.06

0.05

0.04

0.02

0.65

10-25%

Northwest
Territories and
Nunavut

No schedule; benefits are paid based on the most recent version of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment.

Nova Scotia

No schedule for injuries arising on or after 1/1/00; benefits are paid based on AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 4th edition.

Ontario

No schedule

Prince Edward
Island

Dual system. Income benefits are paid based on 85% of net earnings up to the maximum annual earnings in effect for the year of the injury ($53,400 in 2018). One-time payment for permanent impairment based on
the AMA Guides 6th edition.

Saskatchewan

Dual system. One-time payment for permanent impairment based on the current AMA Guides (most current edition). Wages replaced based on earning capacity to a statutory maximum.

Yukon Territory

Dual system. One-time payment for permanent impairment based on the current AMA Guides.

Jurisdiction
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Foot

Great
Toe

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Other Toes

One Eye

One Ear

Both Ears

2.5%
2,860

0.5% each

16%
22,800

Impairment
award is
based on
the level of
the loss of
hearing in that
ear

35%
51,500
60% award
when sudden
and complete
loss of hearing
is a result of
a traumatic
event
($94,500)

2.5-5%

0.005

0.16

0.05

30% complete;
60% complete
traumatic loss

In this group of jurisdictions, compensation for temporary disability is allowed in addition to scheduled injury with certain limitations as to period.
Indiana50

107,568

77,328

20,003

13,064

11,431

9,798

6,532

921,448

62,208

20,003

3,266 to
13,06451

62,208

25,508

77,328

New York52

312 weeks

244 weeks

75 weeks

46 weeks

30 weeks

25 weeks

15 weeks

288 weeks

205 weeks

38 weeks

16 weeks

160 weeks

60 weeks

150 weeks

Pennsylvania

The percent of hearing loss under the AMA Impairment Rating Guides multiplied by 60 weeks.

30 weeks

10 weeks

120 weeks

30 weeks

110 weeks

Hearing loss
compensable
based on lost
earnings.57

Hearing loss
compensable
based on lost
earnings.57

In this group of jurisdictions, compensation for temporary disability is deducted from the allowance for scheduled injury.
Kansas53

225 weeks

Kentucky54

No schedule; PP benefits are paid at 662/3% of wages according to degree of disability-425 weeks if disability is 50% or less or 520 weeks if disability is greater than 50%.

Louisiana55

Schedule is based on 662/3% of wages for a number of weeks.56

Michigan57

247,749

150 weeks

198,015

60 weeks

59,865

37 weeks

34,998

30 weeks

30,393

20 weeks

20,262

15 weeks

14,736

Not a
scheduled
injury

198,015

125 weeks

149,202

30,393

10,131

149,202
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