OSHA investigating trench collapse that killed 47-year-old man in Grain Valley

Investigators with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating the death of a 47-year-old Kingsville, Missouri, man in a trench collapse in Grain Valley Wednesday, a spokesperson said Thursday. The victim, whose name has not been released, was working for Preferred Plumbing Inc. of Kingsville. The company has no previous known OSHA history, Rhonda Burke, a spokesperson for the agency, said in an email. The worker was killed when the trench he was working in collapsed shortly before noon at a home under construction near Southwest Tisha Lane and […]