If an injured employee or the employee's beneficiaries bring an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained or for death resulting from personal injuries sustained, it is not a defense for the employer that the:
(1) employee was negligent unless the negligence was willful;
(2) injury was caused by the negligence of a fellow employee; or
(3) employee had assumed the risks inherent in, incident to, or arising out of the employee's employment or arising from the failure of the employer to provide and maintain a reasonably safe place to work or reasonably safe tools or appliances.