The dispute stems from a 2020 workplace injury during a highway project in Sioux City. An employee of Iowa Trenchless, L.C. was injured after two employees of RP Constructors, LLC mistakenly informed him that a hose was not under pressure. When the employee attempted to handle the hose, it discharged and knocked him onto a steel H-beam, causing injury. Iowa Trenchless’s workers’ compensation insurer, Midwest Builders’ Casualty Mutual Company, paid out benefits to the employee.