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Accident: 142827.015 - Employee Falls Into Trench And Is Killed Due To Neck Fractur

**Accident: 142827.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 01/11/2022**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1572424.015	01/12/2022		Mca Construction, Inc

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 un der the employee who then fell approximately twelve feet and was engulfed in the soil. The employee received a neck fracture and was killed.

Keywords: collapse, engulfed, excavation, fall, fracture, neck, trench, unstable soil

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation				12	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Construction
1	1572424.015	33	M	Fatality		FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Excavation FatCause:

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