Ohio’s permanent partial disability chart sets a fixed number of weeks of compensation for the amputation or total loss of use of specific body parts, paid at the full Statewide Average Weekly Wage in effect the year you were hurt. For injuries in 2026, that weekly rate is $1,281.1Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. Compensation Rates 2011 to 2026 Injuries that don’t involve a listed body part are paid a different way, described further down, and cap at $427 per week in 2026.
The Scheduled Loss Chart
Ohio Revised Code Section 4123.57(B) assigns weeks of compensation for each listed loss. Multiply the weeks by the SAWW for your year of injury to get the total award.2Ohio Legislative Service Commission. Ohio Revised Code 4123.57 – Partial Disability Compensation
Hand and Arm
- Thumb: 60 weeks
- Index finger: 35 weeks
- Third finger: 30 weeks
- Fourth finger: 20 weeks
- Little finger: 15 weeks
- Hand: 175 weeks
- Arm: 225 weeks
Foot and Leg
- Great toe: 30 weeks
- Any other toe: 10 weeks
- Foot: 150 weeks
- Leg: 200 weeks
Sight and Hearing
- Sight of one eye: 125 weeks
- Partial loss of sight: a portion of 125 weeks based on the percentage of vision lost, with a minimum 25% loss of uncorrected vision required
- Total hearing loss in one ear: 25 weeks
- Total hearing loss in both ears: 125 weeks
Partial Finger, Thumb, and Toe Losses
The chart values partial amputations by fraction. Losing the tip (distal phalange) of a finger counts as one-third of that finger’s weeks. Losing through the middle joint counts as two-thirds. Any amputation beyond the middle joint pays the full finger value.2Ohio Legislative Service Commission. Ohio Revised Code 4123.57 – Partial Disability Compensation
For the thumb, losing the tip counts as half. Losing more than half pays the full 60 weeks. If the metacarpal bone (the palm bone attached to the finger or thumb) also came off, the BWC adds 10 weeks to whatever that digit is worth.2Ohio Legislative Service Commission. Ohio Revised Code 4123.57 – Partial Disability Compensation
Toes work differently. Losing more than two-thirds of any toe counts as the full toe. Losing less than two-thirds of a non-great toe counts as no loss at all. For the great toe, an amputation up to the interphalangeal joint equals half the great toe’s value.2Ohio Legislative Service Commission. Ohio Revised Code 4123.57 – Partial Disability Compensation
Calculating a Scheduled Loss Award
The math is direct: weeks from the chart, multiplied by the SAWW for the year of injury. A hand lost in 2026 pays 175 × $1,281 = $224,175. An arm pays 225 × $1,281 = $288,225.1Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. Compensation Rates 2011 to 2026 Your own average weekly wage doesn’t factor in on scheduled losses; the statute sets the rate at the full SAWW regardless of what you earned.2Ohio Legislative Service Commission. Ohio Revised Code 4123.57 – Partial Disability Compensation
One cap matters if you lost multiple fingers on the same hand. However many fingers are involved, the combined award cannot exceed the 175-week value assigned to the entire hand.2Ohio Legislative Service Commission. Ohio Revised Code 4123.57 – Partial Disability Compensation
Scheduled loss compensation is available even if you have returned to work full-time.
Injuries Not on the Chart
Chronic back conditions, shoulder injuries, knee damage, traumatic brain injuries, and psychological impairments aren’t on the scheduled loss chart. They fall under Division (A) of Section 4123.57 and are paid based on a percentage rating instead of a body part.
A physician rates your permanent impairment as a percentage of the whole person using the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Fifth Edition, which the BWC has adopted as its standard.3Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. Disability Evaluators Panel Handbook That percentage is applied to 200 weeks. A 10% rating gets 20 weeks. A 25% rating gets 50 weeks.2Ohio Legislative Service Commission. Ohio Revised Code 4123.57 – Partial Disability Compensation
The weekly rate on a percentage award is two-thirds of your own average weekly wage, capped at one-third of the SAWW.2Ohio Legislative Service Commission. Ohio Revised Code 4123.57 – Partial Disability Compensation For 2026, the cap works out to $427 per week ($1,281 ÷ 3).1Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. Compensation Rates 2011 to 2026 A 15% rating with wages high enough to hit the cap pays 30 × $427 = $12,810. Lower wages pull the weekly rate down before the cap ever applies.
The gap between the two systems is deliberate: scheduled losses pay at $1,281 per week in 2026, while percentage-based awards max out at $427. The legislature treats amputations and total loss of use as a more concrete, verifiable harm.
When You Can File
You can’t file for PPD right after the injury. The statute requires waiting at least 26 weeks after your last temporary total disability (TTD) payment ends, or 26 weeks after wages paid in lieu of TTD stop. If you never received TTD, the 26-week clock runs from the date of injury or the date you contracted an occupational disease.2Ohio Legislative Service Commission. Ohio Revised Code 4123.57 – Partial Disability Compensation
The point of the wait is that PPD compensates permanent impairment, not the healing process. An impairment rating done before your condition has stabilized will understate what you’re actually left with.
The Percentage Itself Can’t Be Appealed to Court
Once your application produces a rating, the numbers on the chart and the percentage from the exam are what drive your check. If you disagree with the BWC’s Tentative Order, you and your employer each have 20 days to file a written objection, which sends the claim to the Industrial Commission for a hearing before a District Hearing Officer, then potentially a Staff Hearing Officer on further appeal within 14 days.2Ohio Legislative Service Commission. Ohio Revised Code 4123.57 – Partial Disability Compensation4Industrial Commission of Ohio. The Appeals Process – Hearing Levels
The important limit for anyone reading the chart to estimate an award: disputes over the extent of disability (the percentage rating itself) generally cannot be appealed to state court.4Industrial Commission of Ohio. The Appeals Process – Hearing Levels The Industrial Commission has the last word on the percentage. That makes the medical evidence at the BWC exam the single most important factor in the number you eventually collect.