A work injury that results in amputation can be compensated as a specific loss. This is also true of hearing loss and vision loss (one or both ears, one of both eyes). These benefits are payable even if there is no loss of time from work. This is the only way to recover money for this type of loss, unless there is some party other than the employer who was responsible for the loss of limb, sight, or hearing. The loss of limb, sight, hearing need not be 100%. The rate of compensation is defined by the Workes Comp Act. It is defined as a certain number of weeks at the wage rate. In some cases, specific losses result in total disability, in whcih case total disability benefits apply.
