Jacobs, Thomas Wayne v. Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

TENNESSEE BUREAU OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD (HEARD JANUARY 10, 2018 AT JACKSON) Thomas Wayne Jacobs ) Docket No. 2017-05-0132 ) v. ) State File No. 5629-2017 ) Bridgestone Americas Tire ) Operations, LLC, et al. ) ) ) Appeal from the Court of Workers’ ) Compensation Claims ) Robert V. Durham, Judge ) Affirmed and Remanded—Filed February 7, 2018 The employee, a tire builder for a tire manufacturer and an elected union official, suffered severe burns when a co-worker poured gasoline into a “burn barrel” outside the union hall during a break. The tire…