Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221428279

MCA CONSTRUCTION, INC

Event
Collapse, Engulfed, Excavation, Fall, Fracture, Neck, Trench, Unstable Soil
NAICS
236115
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345724249
Employer profile
MCA CONSTRUCTION, INC
Summary number
221428279
Report ID
0419400
Project type
B
Construction end-use
A

Event description

Employee falls into trench and is killed due to neck fractur

Investigation abstract

At 4:30 p.m. on January 11, 2022, an employee stood at the edge of a trench and talked on a cell phone. While talking, a section of the trench wall collapsed under the employee who then fell approximately twelve feet and was engulfed in the soil. The employee received a neck fracture and was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 33 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    0

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