Suit Filed Against Kiewit & MMR Group After Worker Struck by Chain

Arnold & Itkin attorneys filed suit in Taylor County, Texas against Kiewit Corporation and MMR Group after a worker suffered serious head injuries in a jobsite incident involving improperly handled rigging equipment. The injuries our client now lives with are the direct result of a coworker's careless handling of heavy equipment and the failure of these companies to enforce basic safety practices on their jobsite.

Our client was working on a project when another employee tossed a heavy chain over a load without checking whether the area was clear and without making sure nearby workers were protected from the obvious hazards of swinging rigging. The chain struck our client in the head, causing severe injuries that could have been prevented with even a moment of attention to the people working nearby.

This is not a complicated safety problem. Anyone handling rigging equipment knows the area must be cleared before a chain is thrown. Anyone supervising that kind of work knows to enforce that rule. Kiewit and MMR Group allowed a culture on this jobsite where neither happened.

Our work injury lawyers are committed to holding both companies accountable for the harm caused to our client and for the unsafe practices that put him in danger to begin with.