Workplace Injuries

• Forklift Safety Is Serious Business

  George Fusner | August 17, 2009 5:31 PM | 5 CommentsNashville, TN

  Last week I wrote about Brandon Walker from Chapmansboro who was killed while operating a fork lift in Nashville. Did you know that every three days someone is killed in a forklift related accident?...

• Catastrophic Workplace Injuries-The Role of the Plaintiff Personal Injury Attorney

  George Fusner | August 11, 2009 4:30 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  I was doing some research today after posting on the death of a worker by electrocution. I ran across an interesting article written for industry on what to do and what not to do. What struck me as...

• Farm and Tree Nursery Workers Exempt From Workers Compensation

  Rob McKinney | July 24, 2008 7:02 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Today, I went to McMinnville ,Tn for a deposition in a case . The tree and shrub nursery industry is big business in Warren County ,Tennessee. The point is that farm workers which includes...

• Metro Nashville Employees Not Covered by Workers Compensation

  Rob McKinney | July 14, 2008 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Before , I went to law school . I worked in Dickson,Tennessee, My boss had a saying "if your green your growing when your ripe your done". The moral is always keep learning.I discovered a...

• Workers Compensation Tip

  Rob McKinney | July 02, 2008 8:55 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  As any worker in Tennessee knows, Governor Bredesen and the Tennessee Legislature gutted workers compensation . They changed the laws for big business. Caps are in place on most injuries...

• Crane Safety Issues In Construction Site Accident Cases

  Rob McKinney | June 10, 2008 7:07 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Recently, crane safety has been in the news after several deaths . Crane inspections are controlled by the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Adminstration. Funny , but they do not ever...

• Injured Railroad Worker Wins on Appeal

  Rob McKinney | June 09, 2008 6:52 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Andrew Blackburn was thrown from a rail carand was seriously injured.He sued his employer , CSX Transportation Inc., under the Federal Employee Liability Act that protects the railroad workers. A...

• Construction Explosion Accident Hurts Fourteen

  Rob McKinney | May 22, 2008 3:16 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  A explosion rocked a hotel under construction in San Diego. Fourteen workers were injured with five critically injured. Most of the workers were treated for burn injuries. Construction...