AdvertisementAs Workers' Comp Varies From State To State, Workers Pay The PriceMarch 06, 2015Howard BerkesfacebookEmailJeremy Lewis lost his left arm during a work-related incident while working at a poultry plant in Alabama. The state has the nation's lowest workers' compensation benefits for amputations and sent Lewis into just the kind of downward spiral workers' comp was intended to prevent. (Dustin Chambers for ProPublica)