There are many concerns a worker has after sustaining an injury on the job. These range from handling medical bills, navigating through insurance issues and dealing with a loss of productivity in the short and long term. The last thing a worker needs is a denied claim...
Of the several different types of hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss is the most common. According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, it occurs when something damages either the auditory nerve or the inner ear. There are several different ways that hearing loss can...
Certain occupations pose more risk to workers than others. One of the common illnesses associated with certain jobs is hearing loss. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that this illness is one of the most common ones related to work, and it...
Anyone injured on the job may be eligible for workers' compensation. However, employees must deal with these correctly and promptly. Generally, this means individuals have 30 days to get the process started. Before anyone can start the process, they must know what to...
A Tennessee construction site is a hazardous place to work. While many employers and employees prioritize workplace safety, the threat of potential hearing loss is often an afterthought. Hearing loss also tends to happen over time, meaning it is often more difficult...
When a worker suffers an injury on the job, securing a treating doctor covered by workers' comp is often a major concern. Employers in the Tennessee workers’ compensation program must provide an injured employee with a list of three doctors to choose from no longer...
People who suffer an injury on the job in Tennessee count on workers' compensation to help them pay the bills during their recovery. Without it, families can find themselves in a precarious financial situation. However, sometimes the review board errs in judgment, and...
Most workers know that loud noises in the workplace may put them at risk of developing occupational hearing loss. However, many do not realize that, in addition to noise, certain chemicals also have the potential to affect people’s hearing. Several industries use...
If you sustain an injury while working on the job, worker's compensation will cover your necessary medical treatment under certain conditions, including surgery. You must follow the claim procedures to recover under a worker's compensation policy, but you also might...
When it comes to work-related accidents, many people realize some of the risks that workers in particularly dangerous fields encounter, such as construction workers falling off of a ladder, truck drivers becoming involved in a motor vehicle collision, etc. However,...
