2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 102 - Worker's compensation. › 102.52 - Permanent partial disability schedule.

102.52
Permanent partial disability schedule.
In cases included in the following schedule of permanent partial disabilities indemnity shall be paid for the healing period, and in addition, for the period specified, at the rate of two-thirds of the average weekly earnings of the employee, to be computed as provided in s. 102.11:
(1)
The loss of an arm at the shoulder, 500 weeks;
(2)
The loss of an arm at the elbow, 450 weeks;
(3)
The loss of a hand, 400 weeks;
(4)
The loss of a palm where the thumb remains, 325 weeks;
(5)
The loss of a thumb and the metacarpal bone thereof, 160 weeks;
(6)
The loss of a thumb at the proximal joint, 120 weeks;
(7)
The loss of a thumb at the distal joint, 50 weeks;
(8)
The loss of all fingers on one hand at their proximal joints, 225 weeks;
(9)
Losses of fingers on each hand as follows:
(a)
An index finger and the metacarpal bone thereof, 60 weeks;
(b)
An index finger at the proximal joint, 50 weeks;
(c)
An index finger at the second joint, 30 weeks;
(d)
An index finger at the distal joint, 12 weeks;
(e)
A middle finger and the metacarpal bone thereof, 45 weeks;
(f)
A middle finger at the proximal joint, 35 weeks;
(g)
A middle finger at the second joint, 20 weeks;
(h)
A middle finger at the distal joint, 8 weeks;
(i)
A ring finger and the metacarpal bone thereof, 26 weeks;
(j)
A ring finger at the proximal joint, 20 weeks;
(k)
A ring finger at the second joint, 15 weeks;
(L)
A ring finger at the distal joint, 6 weeks;
(m)
A little finger and the metacarpal bone thereof, 28 weeks;
(n)
A little finger at the proximal joint, 22 weeks;
(o)
A little finger at the second joint, 16 weeks;
(p)
A little finger at the distal joint, 6 weeks;
(10)
The loss of a leg at the hip joint, 500 weeks;
(11)
The loss of a leg at the knee, 425 weeks;
(12)
The loss of a foot at the ankle, 250 weeks;
(13)
The loss of the great toe with the metatarsal bone thereof, 83 1/3 weeks;
(14)
Losses of toes on each foot as follows:
(a)
A great toe at the proximal joint, 25 weeks;
(b)
A great toe at the distal joint, 12 weeks;
(c)
The second toe with the metatarsal bone thereof, 25 weeks;
(d)
The second toe at the proximal joint, 8 weeks;
(e)
The second toe at the second joint, 6 weeks;
(f)
The second toe at the distal joint, 4 weeks;
(g)
The third, fourth or little toe with the metatarsal bone thereof, 20 weeks;
(h)
The third, fourth or little toe at the proximal joint, 6 weeks;
(i)
The third, fourth or little toe at the second or distal joint, 4 weeks;
(15)
The loss of an eye by enucleation or evisceration, 275 weeks;
(16)
Total impairment of one eye for industrial use, 250 weeks;
(17)
Total deafness from accident or sudden trauma, 330 weeks;
(18)
Total deafness of one ear from accident or sudden trauma, 55 weeks.
History:  1973 c. 150; 1975 c. 147; 1979 c. 278.
In a proceeding brought by an employee who suffered total deafness in one ear, a skull fracture, loss of taste and smell, facial paralysis, and periods of intermittent headaches and dizziness, the Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations did not err in determining that the hearing loss was a scheduled disability under sub. (18), with a separate award for the additional physical effects of the deafness, rather than considering the entire range of disabilities as a whole. When a loss is recognized by and compensable under this section, the schedule therein is exclusive. Vande Zande v. DILHR, 70 Wis. 2d 1086, 236 N.W.2d 255 (1975).
The “loss of an arm at the shoulder" under sub. (1) includes injuries to the shoulder. Hagen v. LIRC, 210 Wis. 2d 12, 563 N.W.2d 454 (1997), 94-0374.