Inspection Detail

Inspection: 125812248 - Syar Industries Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Sacramento Mining & Tunneling District Office

Inspection Nr: 125812248

Report ID: 0950651

Date Opened: 10/15/2002

Site Address:
Syar Industries Inc
2301 Napa Vallejo Hwy
Napa, CA 94558

Mailing Address:
Po Box 2540, Napa, CA 94558

Union Status: Union

SIC:1429

NAICS: 212319/Other Crushed and Broken Stone Mining and Quarrying

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/15/2002

Emphasis: L:Tunnel

Case Closed: 12/06/2002

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362104333

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170619449

Event: 10/15/2002

Homeless Person Is Killed While Sleeping in Truck Bed

At approximately 4:30 a.m. on October 15, 2002, Employee #1, a Mack truck driver started his truck and drove to a Lake Herman plant in Vallejo, California to be loaded. This truck was the third or fourth one scheduled to be loaded that morning and each trailer was loaded with approximately 13 tons of 0.375-inch material. Employee #1 arrived at the Napa facility at 6:20 a.m. and dumped his load without noticing any problems. However, the following truck driver observed Employee #1's load being dumped and observed a body. The following truck driver alerted Employee #1and the employer of the situation. The body belonged to a 31-year-old homeless person who apparently spent part of the previous night sleeping in the front trailer of a Mack transfer truck. The homeless person's cause of death was suffocation. According to witness interviews, the homeless person was not known.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, BURIED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125812248			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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