OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221466642
LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT
LOS ANGELES, CA—
Event description
Employee dies after fracturing neck during grappling trainin
Investigation abstract
At 2:18 p.m. on May 26, 2022, an employee was participating in a grappling training that was focused on taking down subjects. The employee was engaged in a training scenario with a coworker. The employee and a coworker were locked onto each other when they fell to the mat on the ground. The employee landed on his neck, fracturing his spine. The employee died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Event type
- 4
- Occupation code
- 418
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