A Kentucky man was killed in a tragic workplace accident after a mobile home fell on top of him while he was helping install the structure at a trailer park, officials said.

Malcom Joseph Barry III, 63, of Salyersville, died Monday, July 20, after the single-wide mobile home slid off the block piers that were supporting it at Calvin Cain Trailer Court in Salyersville, Kentucky.

According to local reports, Barry was one of four people working underneath the mobile home just before 3 p.m. when the structure suddenly shifted and came down. Emergency crews rushed to the scene, but Barry was pronounced dead there.

The workers had reportedly been installing and leveling the mobile home at the time of the accident.

Chief Deputy Tim Clark of the Magoffin County Sheriff’s Office described the work as dangerous because crews often have to position themselves beneath mobile homes while setting up the blocks or piers that hold the structures in place.

“I’ve always looked at it being kind of dangerous because of the way they have to do it,” Clark told PEOPLE. “They have to be underneath the mobile homes and working to set the blocks or piers, as they’re called, to set those up.”

Clark said the crew even had a machine under the mobile home, but the structure still slid.

“There’s always a danger of them things moving and coming off of the blocks,” he said. “And they even had a machine underneath of it, but it slid on the machine… It’s just one of them tragic accidents.”

Kentucky’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is now leading the investigation into Barry’s death. The agency said the workplace fatality occurred at a Conleys Transportation and Sales LLC worksite in Magoffin County.

“Team Kentucky is committed to ensuring our workers have a safe and healthy workplace,” OSHA said in a statement.

The agency said the investigation remains open and could take up to six months to complete.

Clark said he hopes investigators will be able to determine whether there is a safer way to stabilize mobile homes while they are being installed.

Barry’s obituary said he was born in Chicago and proudly served in the United States Army before being discharged.

He is survived by his wife, Madgeline Cole Barry, along with a sister, three brothers, and many other relatives and friends who loved him.

His funeral was scheduled for Tuesday, July 28, in Salyersville, with military rites to be presented at the service.