Western Australian Numbered Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 101

101 .         Calculating permanent impairment compensation

        (1)         The amount of permanent impairment compensation payable under this Division for a permanent impairment described in column 1 of the Table is —

            (a)         if the degree of permanent impairment is 100% — the amount that is the percentage of the lump sum limit indicated for the impairment in column 2 of the Table; or

            (b)         if the degree of permanent impairment is less than 100% — the amount calculated by multiplying the percentage degree of permanent impairment by the percentage of the lump sum limit that is indicated for the impairment in column 2 of the Table.

        Example for this subsection:

                For permanent impairment of the sight of 1 eye, the Table indicates 50% of the lump sum limit. This is the amount of permanent impairment compensation payable for a degree of permanent impairment of the sight of 1 eye of 100%. For less than 100% permanent impairment (for example, 80%), the amount of permanent impairment compensation is calculated as 80% of 50% (to arrive at 40%) of the lump sum limit.

        (2)         For the purposes of determining the amount of permanent impairment compensation for a permanent impairment resulting from an injury, the amount of the lump sum limit is that amount as applying on the day on which the injury occurs.

Table

Item	Column 1 Permanent impairment	Column 2 % of lump sum limit
	EYES
1.	Impairment of sight of both eyes	100
2.	Impairment of sight of an only eye	100
3.	Impairment of sight of 1 eye	50
4.	Impairment of binocular vision	50
	HEARING
5.	Impairment of hearing	75
	SPEECH
6.	Impairment of power of speech	75
	BODY AND MENTAL
7.	Impairment of mental capacity	100
8.	Impairment of spinal cord function	100
	SENSORY
9.	Impairment of sense of taste and smell	50
10.	Impairment of sense of taste	25
11.	Impairment of sense of smell	25
	ARM
12.	Impairment of arm at or above elbow	90
13.	Impairment of arm below elbow	80
	HAND
14.	Impairment of both hands	100
15.	Impairment of hand and foot	100
16.	Impairment of hand or thumb and 4 fingers	80
17.	Impairment of thumb	35
18.	Impairment of forefinger	17
19.	Impairment of middle finger	13
20.	Impairment of ring finger	9
21.	Impairment of little finger	6
22.	Impairment of movement of joint of thumb	17
23.	Impairment of distal phalanx of thumb	20
24.	Impairment of portion of terminal segment of thumb involving one-third of its flexor surface without loss of distal phalanx	15
25.	Impairment of distal phalanx of forefinger	10
26.	Impairment of distal phalanx of middle finger	8
27.	Impairment of distal phalanx of ring finger	6
28.	Impairment of distal phalanx of little finger	4
29.	Impairment of distal phalanx of each finger of the same hand (not including the thumb) in 1 accident	31
	LEG
30.	Impairment of leg at or above knee	70
31.	Impairment of leg below knee	65
	FEET
32.	Impairment of both feet	100
33.	Impairment of foot	65
34.	Impairment of great toe	20
35.	Impairment of any toe other than great toe	8
36.	Impairment of 2 phalanges of any toe other than great toe	5
37.	Impairment of phalanx of great toe	8
38.	Impairment of phalanx of any toe other than great toe	4
	BACK, NECK AND PELVIS
39.	Impairment of the back (thoracic spine or lumbar spine or both)	75
40.	Impairment of the neck (including cervical spine)	55
41.	Impairment of the pelvis	30
	MISCELLANEOUS
42.	Impairment of genitals	50
43.	Impairment from facial scarring or disfigurement	80
44.	Impairment from bodily, other than facial, scarring or disfigurement	50
45.	AIDS	100