OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221428279
MCA CONSTRUCTION, INC
JACKSON, MS·
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
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 0
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