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,...

Many jobs require workers to keep repeating the same motions or keep parts of the body in awkward positions. This can put excess pressure on the body and result in a repetitive strain injury. Repetitive strain injuries can affect manual laborers and clerical workers....

When accidents occur on the job, those injured may receive benefits through their employers’ workers’ compensation insurance. To receive such assistance, however, they must file the appropriate forms and gain approval from the insurance carrier. Understanding how to...

Employers have a responsibility to provide safe working environments for their employees. Since the 1970s, working with employers to provide safe environments and holding them accountable has resulted in fewer workplace fatalities. Nevertheless, workplace accidents...

As more people across Tennessee and the rest of the nation shop online, the need for warehouse workers, and the demands on those workers, increase. The surge in online commerce has led some warehouse employers to cut corners when it comes to safety. Many warehouse...

Your ears serve a crucial function as one of your five senses. Like many of your others, it can also be extremely fragile. In fact, continued exposure to sounds over 85 decibels can lead to gradual loss of hearing. You can also experience this loss through short but...

Hearing loss is among the most common work-related injuries facing American workers in most industries. You face an especially high risk of experiencing it if you make your living as a law enforcement officer. The hazardous noise levels many law enforcement officers...

Tennessee employees who hurt themselves on the clock may not know whether they qualify for workers' compensation. They must know how long they have to file a claim while waiting to see whether their condition improves. Chron explores factors that determine how long...

When you suffer a serious on-the-job injury, you may look to your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance to provide you with the money you need to secure medical care and recover. Tennessee’s workers’ compensation law requires most employers to provide coverage...