They are Medical benefits pay for the medical care necessary to treat a work related injury or illness. Income benefits replace a portion of any wages a worker loses because of a work-related injury or illness. Death benefits replace a portion of lost family income for eligible family members of workers killed on the job.
Burial benefits pay some of the deceased worker's funeral expenses.
Definitions Average weekly wage is the average amount earned for each of the 13 weeks immediately before the injury. Income benefit payments are based on the worker's average weekly wage. If the worker did not work for the employer for 13 full weeks before the injury, the average weekly wage is calculated using the earnings of an employee with the same or a similar job as the injured worker. Disability occurs when a work-related injury or illness causes a worker to lose the ability to earn the worker's preinjury wage. Disability refers to a worker's ability to earn an income, not to a physical handicap.