On behalf of Dowd & Corrigan, LLC | Sep 30, 2016 | Workplace Accident
Construction workers are at high risk of getting hit by equipment or objects while at work, the National Safety Council determined and reported in their latest edition of “Injury Facts.” These often-lethal events can occur during ostensibly innocuous...
On behalf of Dowd & Corrigan, LLC | Sep 24, 2016 | workers' compensation
Try as you might, you can never unsee events after they’ve happened. Sometimes for veterans and first responders like police officers and firefighters, you re-see them continuously. Fortunately, as mental health stigmas are removed, the state of Nebraska now...
On behalf of Dowd & Corrigan, LLC | Sep 15, 2016 | Construction Accidents
The condition of an ironworker who was injured on the job last month at the Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium, which is being constructed in Omaha, has been upgraded from critical to good, the director of the zoo reported at a recent press conference. The non-fatal...
On behalf of Dowd & Corrigan, LLC | Sep 9, 2016 | Construction Accidents
Workplace accidents can happen anywhere, but they are significantly more likely to occur when the work involves manual and powered hand tools. Hand tools are capable of doing great damage to property and severely injuring or even killing workers if they are not...
On behalf of Dowd & Corrigan, LLC | Sep 2, 2016 | Workplace Injuries
Nebraska’s Governor Pete Ricketts had to postpone Thursday’s town hall meeting in Lexington in order for him to speak to some of the corrections officers who were hurt in a recent disturbance at Lincoln Correctional Center. A total of nine COs suffered...
