The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-18

with some Of the flowers presented
ans I. s lss44 a sE3 Ii.
tally injured employ upon q
nnalng or such Iacts ny the compen-5
saLIon commissioners, erect TO pay ln-
Hdlv1uuatty ana olrectly tho said COM
pensaliun and expenses TO In1ul ed ems
ployes or fatally injured depenuents"
and the conlll1ss loner shat require
OF them such security, or bono, and
OF such amount, as is by him consld-
erred adequate. In nLher words, While
any enin1oy er, financially resp s4ple,
may eject TO carry nus own insurance.
it is within the power or the comm Ss-
sioners.to require s. mere nominal llli1Lt Sc
curity, or a deposit OF mllacns in
cash. He may max the condlttpn58
easy, on. prohIndt1ve, and for polltlcaI
or private reasons :.8t
Again, ut was the feeling Of the em-
ployers that anything tending tow
ards controversy over the amount
of an$award Should be avoided. Con
troversies arise whenever the deter
mination OF questions of this nature
is LETT to individual judgment. Espec=5
tally Is this true where the specifica-
tion9is stated in professional language
; not generally understood. The loss
of any member or part OF member
of the body, should be- so plainly
stated as TO leave no room for con-
troversy, and the comp nsation allow
ed for such loss should be stated
equally as plain, in dollars, or in a
time The law provides that where
the accident causes permanent disabfl-
l.ity, the percentage of disability to
total disability shall be determined, and
the award computed IN accordance
with a certain schedule. The sched-
I9ule provides as awards, varying per-
centages Of the average weekly earn
| ing for various number Of weeks, de-
lpendent upon VIII ether5 thu percentage
lsof disability be ten, twenty, thirty.
! forty, fifty, seventy, from seventy to
eighty-hye, and from ighty-tiFe to
one hundred. 1t further provides that
the award for permanent disabil ities,
intermediate to those fixed by the
foregoing schedule, and from ten per
centum to seventy per centum disabi1-5
ity, shall be computed and allowed by
the commissioner The only refer
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lcentages may mean is the fol lowing:
stthe loss Of an arm at or above the
elbow shall be considered from Fl fly.
ipercentum to sixty five perce ntunl dis
ability, and shall be used as a basis.
Tin determining the percentumt OF per
l!manent disability: account shal also
be taken Of the nature Of the physl-
Iical injury,#the occupation Of the en-
|sploye. and his age at the time OF such
Injury
Awards Vary.
The maxim award for a fifty per
lcentum disability under this schedulet
lis loo weeks at S. 90 q week, or s -
200 The maximum award for q six
Hpel, cent disability is $50 weeks at
$500. The maximum award tor a seH-E
tenty percent disabil ity is 30 weeks
at SIS 900 The award fora sixty-fVef
percent dfsabil ity, coming hallway
:betwee SO per cent and 10 percent
Ids stability, may beSpresume d to be 1876
wee at $500 or 81 $50 total. The
minimum awards are one-half Of the
am ounts-$ 500 and SIS so respectiyely.Es
IRON this it IS apparent that the
award to be made for the loss of an
arm varies, at the discretion Of the
from $buO to 81, $50, or
"a difference Of $500. 90. Though, 90:
of this ditterence is dependent Upon
the earning capacity or the injured
I;Workman at TIE! time OF the INJURY
1.-THE facts respecting which are easy
iof ascertainment. The remaining diff
Terence, $3.50 is, however. lett to the
ItWhim of the commit sloners with only
1.-THE duty laid unon him to consider.
the nature Of the physical injury, the
Occupation, and age of the injured
- IA - Fourth.
s Suggest ed-ln aaurtion to the pre-
imiuns paid by each class, the in'di-s
lyidual4 employ err should pay, in the,
event OF an accident, certain penal
ties. ss t d Il 5s VIZ y
In order to stimulate efforts look
ling to the prevention Of accidents.
which is an8even more important mat
ter tl1ansproviding for he ctinis sofs
taccid ents, and in justice to those em7
lployers who spare no expense for the
Eprevention Of accidents, and who, rs
I q result, have fewer accidents. and
at less cost than that Of other en-
lployers5in the same In dustry but less
careful, "a system Of ID enal lies was
lsuggested for each and every acci-s
dent, whether an award was made or
mot. The penalt sugg ested; based!
Eupon the short experience the pres
lent law afforded, would have aggre-s
gated bout is 100 GEO per annun: This
would have been paid by employers.
whose employ were Injured. as an
ltinducement toward the exercise OF
lEreaterf power This would have pre-
served at least every Industry as Al
ling from the possihil lily Of ind vidua1
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