Inspection Detail

Inspection: 104893086 - Sweden Tn Highway Excavation Site 1997

Inspection Information - Office: Nys Dol Pesh Rochester

Inspection Nr: 104893086

Report ID: 0253660

Date Opened: 01/07/1991

Site Address:
Sweden Tn Highway Excavation Site 1997
South Ave
Sweden, NY 14420

Mailing Address:
18 State St, Brockport, NY 14420

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1611

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: LocalGovt

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/07/1991

Emphasis: L:Hh

Case Closed: 01/07/1991

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360254874

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 795294

Event: 01/05/1991

Employee killed as rim wheel explodes

At 11:30 a.m. on January 7, 1991, Employee #1 was working at his part-time job driving a 1977 GMC flatbed truck for Zerniak Auto Parts. While returning from Corfu, NY with a load of 11,000 lb of steel, he noticed that his left rear tire was low on inflation. He was near his full-time employer, the Town of Sweden Highway Department, so he pulled in to fill up the tire with air. He parked the truck parallel to the building, facing east in front of the third bay door. While he was trying to fill the two-pieced rim wheel with proper equipment, the rim wheel exploded, causing massive chest, neck, and head injuries. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at 12:09 p.m. at Lakeside Memorial Hospital, Brockport, NY.

Keywords: CHEST, HEAD, CONSTRUCTION, EXPLOSION, INFLATING, MULTIPIECE RIM WHEEL, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, TIRE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104893086			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Truck drivers, heavy

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