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According to an annual report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 4,609 American workers were fatally injured on the job in 2011, which is the equivalent of 3.5 fatal work injuries for every 100,000 full-time workers in Tennessee. Despite efforts by federal agencies to make the workplace safer for American workers, on-the-job accidents remain a major cause...
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Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has announced plans to propose legislation related to workers' comp reform, drawing from a new report released by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The report recommends a "structural" change to the Tennessee workers' compensation system – which would effectively move the system out of the courts – and makes a series of other...
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Nashville truck driver David Scales suffered debilitating injuries in a 2010 work accident, when a forklift backed up and rolled over him as he was walking toward a shipping office to complete a delivery at the end of the work day. The accident resulted in multiple devastating injuries, including ripped tendons in his arm and injuries to his neck and...
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According to a recent ruling handed down by the Tennessee Supreme Court Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel, employers in Tennessee may be held responsible for an employee's mental illness or depression related to a serious work injury and subsequent termination from employment. In other words, if you have suffered a major on-the-job injury that ultimately results in severe depression or...
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A new study has found that workers who are offered paid time off for illness are less likely to be injured on the job than workers who don't get paid sick leave. More specifically, researchers found that employees in the United States with paid sick leave have a 28% lower risk of suffering a workplace injury than workers without the...
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Workplace injuries, regardless of what industry the employee works in, can result in devastating consequences, including costly medical bills, loss of income and even permanent physical disability or death. The state of Tennessee has workers' compensation laws in place that protect the legal rights of workers who are injured at work, helping those workers cope with their medical expenses and...
