Utah Code 34A-2-412. Permanent partial disability — Scale of payments

34A-2-412. Permanent partial disability — Scale of payments.

(1)	An employee who sustained a permanent impairment as a result of an industrial accident and who files an application for hearing under Section 34A-2-417 may receive a permanent partial disability award from the commission.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 34A-2-412

Average weekly wages: means the average weekly wages as determined under Section 34A-2-409. See Utah Code 34A-2-102
Award: means a final order of the commission as to the amount of compensation due:

(i)	an injured employee; or

(ii)

a dependent of a deceased employee. See Utah Code 34A-2-102

Child: includes :

(i)	a posthumous child; or

(ii)

a child legally adopted prior to an injury. See Utah Code 34A-2-102

Compensation: means the payments and benefits provided for in this chapter or Chapter 3, Utah Occupational Disease Act. See Utah Code 34A-2-102

Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.

Disability: means an administrative determination that may result in an entitlement to compensation as a consequence of becoming medically impaired as to function. See Utah Code 34A-2-102

Impairment: is a purely medical condition reflecting an anatomical or functional abnormality or loss. See Utah Code 34A-2-102

Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5

State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5

(2)

Weekly payments may not in any case continue after the disability ends, or the death of the injured person.

(3)

(a)

In the case of the injuries described in Subsections (4) through (6), the compensation shall be 66-2/3% of that employee’s average weekly wages at the time of the injury, but not more than a maximum of 66-2/3% of the state average weekly wage at the time of the injury per week and not less than a minimum of $45 per week plus $20 for a dependent spouse and $20 for each dependent child under the age of 18 years, up to a maximum of four dependent children, but not to exceed 66-2/3% of the state average weekly wage at the time of the injury per week.

(b)

The compensation determined under Subsection (3)(a) shall be:

(i)	paid in routine pay periods not to exceed four weeks for the number of weeks provided for in this section; and

(ii)	in addition to the compensation provided for temporary total disability and temporary partial disability.

(4)

For the loss of: Number of Weeks

(a)

Upper extremity

(i)

Arm

(A)

Arm and shoulder (forequarter amputation)

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