BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO INJURED OHIO WORKERS PART I | Toledo, OH Work Injury Attorneys.

A number of different types of benefits can be sought by an injured worker depending on the type and severity of the injury. To give you an idea of the claims that might be filed in your case, we'll review those we see most often in our practice.

Temporary Total Disability

We probably file more claims based on temporary total disability than any other. Usually, people who are injured only have to stay off the job for a relatively short period of time. Fortunately, people can recover from these injuries and get back to work.

Temporary total disability helps replace wages lost for those who are unable to work for a certain period of time. For example, if a worker had a pallet fall on his foot that prevented him from doing his job until he recovered from his injuries, temporary total would be the proper claim to file.

The injured worker must miss eight consecutive days in order to qualify for temporary total disability. For the first 12 weeks of disability, injured workers receiving temporary total disability are compensated at 72 percent of their full weekly wage. That figure is based on the average of the gross wages earned during the six weeks prior to the injury.

After three months, a claimant receives 66 2/3 his average weekly wage. In this situation, the average weekly wage is calculated based on the worker's average gross wages for one year prior to the injury.

It should be noted that although temporary total disability does not completely replace a worker's lost income, workers' compensation benefits are not taxable.

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