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Glossary of
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Party: Generally includes anyone who has
an interest in your claim (i.e. the insurance company, your employer, attorney,
etc.)
Penalty: An amount of money you receive
because something wasn't done correctly in your claim.
Permanent and stationary (P&S): Your
medical condition has reached maximum medical improvement. Once you are P&S,
a doctor can assess how much, if any, permanent disability resulted from your
work injury.
Permanent disability: Any lasting
disability that results in a reduced earning capacity after maximum medical
improvement is reached.
Permanent disability advance: A voluntary
lump sum payment of permanent disability you are entitled to in the future.
Permanent disability benefits: Payments
you receive when your work injury permanently limits the kinds of work you can
do or your ability to earn a living.
Permanent disability payments: A mandatory
bi-weekly payment based on the portion of permanent disability received before
and/or after an award is issued.
Permanent disability rating: A percentage
that estimates how much a job injury permanently limits the kinds of work you
can do. It is based on your medical condition, date of injury, age when injured,
occupation when injured, how much of the disability is caused by your job, and
your diminished future earning capacity. It determines the number of weeks you
are entitled to permanent disability benefits.
Permanent partial disability benefits:
Payments you receive when your work injury partially limits the kinds of work
you can do or your ability to earn a living.
Permanent total disability benefits:
Payments you receive when you are considered permanently unable to earn a
living.
Personal fall arrest system: A system used
to stop an employee in a fall from a working level. It consists of an anchorage,
connectors, a body harness and may include a lanyard, deceleration device,
lifeline, or suitable combinations of these. As of January 1, 1998, using a body
belt for fall arrest is prohibited.
Petition for reconsideration: A legal
process to appeal a decision issued by a judge.
Phase: In AC power systems, load current
is drawn from a voltage source which typically takes the form of a sine wave.
Ideally, the current drawn by the loads in the system is also a sine wave. With
a simple, resistive load such as a light bulb, the current sine wave is always
aligned with the voltage sine wave. This is called single-phase. A single-phase
power system normally uses three wires, called hot, neutral, and ground, and the
voltage is typically 120/240. Most home and office outlets operate in this
manner. With some loads, such as motors, and in high voltage systems, the
current sine wave is purposely delayed and lags behind the voltage sine wave.
The amount of this lag is expressed in degrees and is called a phase difference.
A common example is three-phase power, where the system has three
"hot" wires, each 120 degrees out of phase with each other.
Physical Hazard: A hazard that is neither
biological nor chemical but that exists around us, or because of the things we
do. Eg.: weather and personal work habits.
Platform: A work surface elevated above
lower levels. Platforms can be constructed using individual wood planks,
fabricated planks, fabricated decks, and fabricated platforms.
Plug: A device to which the conductors of
a cord are attached, which is used to connect to the conductors permanently
attached to a receptacle.
Positioning device system: A body belt or
body harness system rigged to allow an employee to be supported on an elevated
vertical surface, such as a wall, and work with both hands free while leaning.
Protective system: A method of protecting
employees from cave-ins, from material that could fall or roll from an
excavation face or into an excavation, or from the collapse of adjacent
structures. Protective systems include support systems, sloping and benching
systems, shield systems, and other systems that provide the necessary
protection.
Pre-cast concrete: Concrete members (such
as walls, panels, slabs, columns, and beams) which have been formed, cast, and
cured before final placement in a structure.
Pre-designated physician: A physician that
can treat your work injury if you advised your employer in writing, before the
injury occurred. You can pre-designate your personal doctor or a doctor of
osteopathy (D.O.).
Plaintiff: The party who initiates a
lawsuit by filing a complaint with the clerk of the court against the
defendant(s).
Polarity: The relationship between poles
of positive and negative charge, particularly with regard to wiring of
conductors where the ungrounded (hot) conductor and grounded (neutral) conductor
form a circuit.
Potential Incident: A condition (such as
an unidentified hazard), or an event (such as a near miss), or sequence of
events that does not have actual consequences, but that could, under slightly
different circumstances, have unwanted consequences.
PPE (Personal Protective Equipment):
Protective wearing apparel, when used properly, designed to reduce or eliminate
injuries to a worker.
PPM (Parts Per Million): Parts Per
Million, a term often used to describe the intensity of a contaminant in an
area. Often used in relation to H2S and other gases. Preponderance of the
evidence: The greater weight of evidence that persuades a judge or jury to lean
to one side as opposed to the other during the course of litigation. In civil
trials, evidence is required only by preponderance, not beyond a reasonable
doubt. The side with the most persuasive or impressive evidence wins the case.
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