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How to calculate the benefits that William Fininis should receive when his hearing was damaged while he was at work.
Calculation Background
The first step to calculate how much benefits one should receive when they lose hearing while at work is to take an Audiogram. An Audiogram is a test which shows one’s ability to hear in different situations. It tests one’s ability to hear a whisper, an adult conversation and busy traffic. The test is performed by speed range. The speed range varies from 125 till 8000. When one is trying to determine if one has hearing loss, they must add the hearing scores that they received in the 1000 range, the 2000 range, and the 3000 range. Once these numbers are added up, then one must divide that number by 3, then subtract …show more content…
Fininis should be compensated, the next step is to calculate how much money he should receive. The first step in calculating this amount is to calculate Mr. Fininis’s Permanente and Partial Disability weekly rate (“PPD”). The PPD weakly rate is determined by talking 2/3 of one average weekly wage. Therefore, in this case Mr. Fininis earns $36 an hour and works 40 hour a weeks. Therefore, he makes $1,440 per week. If one then multiplies 60% by 1,440 it equals 864. Therefore, Mr. Fininis’s PPD weakly rate is $864. Then you must calculate how many weeks he should be receiving compensation. This is done by taking the maximum number of weeks times the percentage of loss of hearing in the ear. In this case the maximum number of weeks one could receive benefits for a hearing loss is 50 weeks. Therefore one would multiply 50 by 20% in the right ear, which equals 10 and 50 X 40% in the left ear which equals 20. Then you multiply 10 and 20 by 864, and you will get $17,280.00 in the left year and $8,640.00 in the right ear. Then you add these amounts together you will get $25,920.00, which is the total amount of benefits he must receive to be compensated for his loss of
How to calculate the benefits that William Fininis should receive when his hearing was damaged while he was at work.
Calculation Background
The first step to calculate how much benefits one should receive when they lose hearing while at work is to take an Audiogram. An Audiogram is a test which shows one’s ability to hear in different situations. It tests one’s ability to hear a whisper, an adult conversation and busy traffic. The test is performed by speed range. The speed range varies from 125 till 8000. When one is trying to determine if one has hearing loss, they must add the hearing scores that they received in the 1000 range, the 2000 range, and the 3000 range. Once these numbers are added up, then one must divide that number by 3, then subtract …show more content…
Fininis should be compensated, the next step is to calculate how much money he should receive. The first step in calculating this amount is to calculate Mr. Fininis’s Permanente and Partial Disability weekly rate (“PPD”). The PPD weakly rate is determined by talking 2/3 of one average weekly wage. Therefore, in this case Mr. Fininis earns $36 an hour and works 40 hour a weeks. Therefore, he makes $1,440 per week. If one then multiplies 60% by 1,440 it equals 864. Therefore, Mr. Fininis’s PPD weakly rate is $864. Then you must calculate how many weeks he should be receiving compensation. This is done by taking the maximum number of weeks times the percentage of loss of hearing in the ear. In this case the maximum number of weeks one could receive benefits for a hearing loss is 50 weeks. Therefore one would multiply 50 by 20% in the right ear, which equals 10 and 50 X 40% in the left ear which equals 20. Then you multiply 10 and 20 by 864, and you will get $17,280.00 in the left year and $8,640.00 in the right ear. Then you add these amounts together you will get $25,920.00, which is the total amount of benefits he must receive to be compensated for his loss of