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So, under the workers compensation act, there is a specific provision when um there is what’s called a safety violation. Um so, first off, you would still have claims for primary compensation, which could be lost wages, permanent partial disability, loss of earning capacity or retraining benefits, and medical expense. But when there’s also a safety violation or if the if there’s what’s called an unsafe work environment or an unsafe work uh place that causes the injury, those benefits,
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those primary benefits that I just went over could be subject to an increase of 15%. So what’s important to know is what is the value of the combined lost wages, permanent partial disability, uh loss of earning capacity, retraining benefits, and the medical expense. Because once you know that, then you can calculate if in fact there is a safety issue or a safety violation, you can calculate what that 15% increase would look like. One thing to keep in mind is there is a cap on safety violation claims. So even if
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there is a safety violation found uh and if it’s 15% of a large uh amount of benefits, there is a cap of $15,000. So, if 15% exceeds the $15,000, the maximum safety violation claim would only be that $15,000 amount.
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