Section 102.52. Permanent partial disability schedule.  


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  • 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.
1973 c. 150 ; 1975 c. 147 ; 1979 c. 278 . Cross-reference: See also ss. DWD 80.32 and 80.50 , Wis. adm. code. 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 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. ILHR Dept. 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 .