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Abraham Zafrani

Description

Mejia was working on a trench for a retaining wall at a home near the Pacific Coast Highway and Deer Creek Canyon Park when it collapsed on him. An autopsy showed he died from asphyxia by chest compression. The contractor was not licensed.

Prosecutors

Unavailable

Incident Type

Trench Collapse

County

Ventura

State

California

Date

September 15, 2011

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Contact for Additional Information

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Victims

First	Last	Age	Title	Employer	Injury Type
Antonio De Jesus	Mejia	48	Unavailable	Abraham Zafrani	Fatality

Defendants

Name	Type	Title	Plea Information	Conviction Sentence
Abraham Zafrani	Individual	Contractor	Unavailable	Convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Zafrani received a sentence of six months in county jail followed by 18 months of supervised release.
Penal Crimes Charged Involuntary Manslaughter			Other Crimes Charged Labor Code violation causing death to an employee (Cal. Lab. Code Sec. 6425)