Worker's Compensation (WC) is a benefit to all employees who have had a work related injury/illness.

Any employee who suffers an injury/illness within the scope of his/her employment is eligible to file a worker's compensation claim.

Employees covered under workers compensation include: Full-time regular employees, part-time regular employees, hourly workers, student workers, graduate assistants, and adjunct faculty.

• Employees must report a work-related injury/incident to a supervisor immediately. The injury/incident must be reported to the State of Tennessee claims administrator within 3 business days.  To report within the required 3 business-day period, please follow the workers compensation instructions referenced below.   In addition, before seeking medical treatment (excluding serious bodily injury or life-threatening injury), the injury/incident must be reported via the 24/7 Nurse Triage Line.
• The statute of limitations for filing claims is one (1) year from the date of the accident.

In the event an employee is injured at work the following steps should be followed.

For additional information, please contact the HRS office at extension 2929.