Public Act No. 00-8

Public Act No. 00-8

An Act Concerning Permanent Partial Disability Benefits

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Subsection (b) of section 31-308 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:

(b) With respect to the following injuries, the compensation, in addition to the usual compensation for total incapacity but in lieu of all other payments for compensation, shall be seventy-five per cent of the average weekly earnings of the injured employee, calculated pursuant to section 31-310, after such earnings have been reduced by any deduction for federal or state taxes, or both, and for the federal Insurance Contributions Act made from such employee's total wages received during the period of calculation of the employee's average weekly wage pursuant to said section 31-310, but in no case more than one hundred per cent, raised to the next even dollar, of the average weekly earnings of production and related workers in manufacturing in the state, as determined in accordance with the provisions of section 31-309, or less than fifty dollars weekly. All of the following injuries include the loss of the member or organ and the complete and permanent loss of use of the member or organ referred to:

MEMBER	INJURY	WEEKS OF
		COMPENSATION

Arm
Master arm	Loss at or above
	elbow	208
Other arm	Loss at or above
	elbow	194
Hand
Master hand	Loss at or above
	wrist	168
Other hand	Loss at or above
	wrist	155
One leg	Loss at or above
	knee	155
One foot	Loss at or above
	ankle	125
Hearing
	Both ears	104
	One ear	35
One eye
	Complete and
	permanent loss of
	sight in, or
	reduction of sight
	to one-tenth or
	less of normal
	vision	157
Thumb*
	On master hand	63
	On other hand	54
Fingers**
	First finger	36
	Second finger	29
	Third finger	21
	Fourth finger	17
Toes*
	Great toe	28
	Other toes	9
Back		Number of weeks
		which the
		proportion of
		incapacity
		represents to a
		maximum of 374
		weeks.
Heart		520
Brain		520
Carotid artery		520
Pancreas		416
Liver		347
Stomach		260
Loss of bladder		233
Speech		163
Lung		117
Cervical spine		117
Kidney		117
Rib cage	Bilateral	69
Ovary		35
Testis		35
Mammary		35
Nose	Sense and respiratory
	function	35
Jaw	Mastication	35
Uterus		35-104
Vagina		35-104
Penis		35-104
Coccyx	Actual removal	35
Sense of smell		17
Sense of taste		17
Spleen	In addition to scar	13
Gall bladder		13
Tooth	Minimum	1
Loss of drainage duct
of eye
(If corrected by
prosthesis)		17 for each
Loss of drainage
duct of eye
(If uncorrected by
prosthesis)		33 for each
Pelvis		percentage of back

*The loss or loss of use of one phalanx of a thumb shall be construed as seventy-five per cent of the loss of the thumb.

**The loss or loss of use of one phalanx of a finger shall be construed as fifty per cent of the loss of the finger. The loss of or loss of use of two phalanges of a finger shall be construed as ninety per cent of the loss of the finger.

***The loss or loss of use of one phalanx of a great toe shall be construed as sixty-six and two-thirds per cent of the loss of the great toe. The loss of the greater part of any phalanx shall be construed as the loss of a phalanx and shall be compensated accordingly.

If the injury consists of the loss of a substantial part of a member resulting in a permanent partial loss of the use of a member, or if the injury results in a permanent partial loss of function, the commissioner may, in [his] the commissioner's discretion, in lieu of other compensation, award to the injured employee the proportion of the sum provided in this subsection for the total loss of, or the loss of the use of, the member or for incapacity or both that represents the proportion of total loss or loss of use found to exist, and any voluntary agreement submitted in which the basis of settlement is such proportionate payment may, if otherwise conformable to the provisions of this chapter, be approved by the commissioner in [his] the commissioner's discretion. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the complete loss or loss of use of an organ which results in the death of an employee shall be compensable pursuant only to section 31-306.

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