MEC&F Expert Engineers : 05/22/18

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

The explosion and a subsequent blast early the morning of May 2 at the Meridian Magnesium factory in Eaton Rapids, MI occurred because the fire suppression system at the plant added water to molten magnesium. That is like arming a bomb.











Auto parts plant blast: Fire suppression, magnesium acted like a bomb
Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press 

 May 21, 2018


An explosion during an auto parts plant fire that ultimately stopped production of the Ford F-150 was so violent that it threw a worker through the air into a door jamb. Vehicles in the parking lot caught fire and were damaged by flying debris. A fire "detector did not alert occupants."

The explosion and a subsequent blast early the morning of May 2 at the Meridian Magnesium factory in Eaton Rapids occurred because the fire suppression system at the plant added water to molten magnesium. Experts said that is like arming a bomb.

Firefighters called to the factory went to the maintenance room "and looked at the bottom of the scrap conveyor (where) we saw a white glow in the tunnel. We exited the plant at that time,” Eaton Rapids Fire Chief Roger McNutt wrote in his official report.

The report, made public Monday, said the plant sustained an estimated $8 million in damage. It makes highly specialized auto parts used in Ford F-Series trucks and several other vehicles. General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Mercedes and Ford were affected, with F-Series production fully shut down for eight days.


The Michigan Occupational Health and Safety Administration is investigating the incident.

The factory has a history of safety citations since being acquired in December 2013 by Chinese automotive firm Wanfeng Auto Holding Group. The company has been fined a total of $6,700 for violations of standards relating to worker safety around electrical equipment, die-casting machines and industrial trucks, including separate incidents in which employees suffered burns.

On May 2, the fire report said, “We went to the sprinkler system … and found water was flowing through the pipes … We saw the damage from the first explosion on the west side of the building. I called for an engine to come to my location to extinguish some fire in the mechanical room where no magnesium was. We started to get the engine ready, I sent a firefighter to hook to hydrant. This is when the second explosion occurred.”

It was 2:01 a.m.

“After the second explosion it was reported that there were two employees injured, one by debris that was ejected from the plant and the other employee was injured by the blast of the explosion at the south end of the plant by the scrap tunnel ... We did not try to extinguish any fires at the plant because of the molten mag in the area. The roof of the re-melt building caught fire and burned, there were three machines with two crucibles each with ten thousand pounds of molten mag in them.”

An initial cause of the fire has not been determined.

“With the destruction that the second and third explosions caused, it was impossible to find what caused the first explosion,” McNutt told the Free Press Monday. “The second and third explosions were the result of water and molten magnesium. That was observed by myself and employees of the plant after the first alarm was sounded.”

Livonia Fire Capt. Michael Magda, a team leader for the Western Wayne County Hazardous Materials Response Team, said firefighters would usually use Class D extinguishers on magnesium or other metal fires because the powder would smother the oxygen of a fire and eliminate a reaction.

“When you’re adding little drips of water onto a magnesium fire, it’s exploding and exploding, and all that liquid melting metal then gets onto combustible materials like wood, fabric, carpeting, walls. And then that would start on fire,” Magda said.

The worker was thrown through the room because explosion causes a shock wave.

“That’s how a bomb works,” Magda said. “And this is very typical of magnesium. Once the magnesium is ignited, it explodes when water added to it. It’s going to be a very dynamic incident. A very dangerous incident for firefighters and the surrounding community. They were lucky there were no fatalities.”

Rob Mickey, 38, of Sterling Heights was one of many laborers, ironworkers, riggers and operators called into work by Walbridge construction immediately following the fires reported to dispatch at 1:32 p.m.

“There were two 12-hour shifts to begin,” Mickey said. “The wind that first Friday made some difficulties getting to some critical dies. We knew there was an urgency to retrieve the dies from the building so parts could be made elsewhere, but we still needed to proceed with safety in mind and we were able to balance those two.”

The devastation was all-consuming as Ford and other automakers worked with Meridian Magnesium Products of America to get tools off site to try and produce crucial car parts elsewhere.

“The power of the blast blew a large hole in the roof and back wall of the building, but also triggered every safety hatch on the roof of the building, and those had to be closed before some weather hit on Sunday and Monday,” Mickey said. “It was a coordinated team effort.”

Eaton Rapids Fire Chief McNutt said his team simply vacated the plant immediately.

“We didn’t fight any fire up there. Everything happened too quick," he said. “The only thing we did is set the ladder truck up and look at the top of the building. If there’s any mag fires, we don’t fight them. We let people at the shop do it. But this was beyond their control. They simply evacuated.”

Benjamin Wu, chief legal officer and public affairs director for Meridian Magnesium Products of America, said the insurance company is conducting a third-party investigation at the 200,000- square-foot site.

Wu previously defended the company's safety record, noting that it has one of the better safety records in the die-casting industry. “We always try to prevent accidents. In the manufacturing environment, accidents happen,” he told the Free Press earlier this month. “We have high standards for our safety.


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Ford F-150 pickup supplier had trail of safety violations before blast hit plant

Phoebe Wall Howard, Nathan Bomey, Justin A. Hinkley and Eric Lacy, USA TODAY Network  May 11, 2018


Ford has temporarily stopped producing its F-150 trucks because it run out of parts after a fire at a key parts supplier for the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. Aleksandra Michalska reports. Newslook



(Photo: Matthew Dae Smith / Lansing State Journal)


The automotive parts factory where an explosion has resulted in the temporary halt in production of the Ford F-150 pickup has a history of recent safety violations, according to public records.

The violations included separate incidents in which employees suffered burns at Meridian Magnesium Products of America in Eaton Rapids, Mich., according to Michigan safety documents.

Of the safety citations at the plant over the last decade, all occurred after the plant was acquired in December 2013 by Chinese automotive firm Wanfeng Auto Holding Group.

The non-unionized plant's safety record is coming under scrutiny after two people were injured and more than 100 employees were evacuated when a fire and multiple explosions rocked the small mid-Michigan community May 2.


The plant has been cited for seven safety violations — three of them serious — since early 2014, according to public records.

Inspections conducted at the company in 2011 and 2012 resulted in no citations, according to Michigan safety records. Those inspections took place before Wanfeng bought the plant.

In recent years, the plant has been found in violation of Michigan Occupational Safety & Health Administration standards relating to worker safety around electrical equipment, die-casting machines and industrial trucks.

The company was fined a total of $6,700 for those violations, records show.

Violations included:

• An employee "was burned on multiple body parts" on Nov. 1, 2016, because the company did not provide "metal shielding to protect employees from inadvertent metal splash during die casting," according to Michigan OSHA records. The company was fined.

• An employee was "burned by an arc flash explosion" on Sept. 28, 2015, and the company was cited "for not requiring employees to wear appropriate protective equipment and for not requiring them to use insulated tools."

• The company received a serious citation for lacking wheel chocks on powered industrial trucks during an inspection Jan. 13, 2014.

Last week's explosion closed the plant. It stopped the flow of parts to Ford, which, in turn, had to indefinitely suspend all production of the F-150. The pickup is the jewel of the F-series lineup, which qualifies as the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. and is a Ford profit king. The pickup is assembled at two Ford plants.

At the same time, production at the Meridian parts plant could be offline for weeks. The plant makes support parts for the pickup's radiators.

Ford has warned the shutdown will have "an adverse impact on the company's near-term" profit. The incident also forced Meridian's other corporate customers, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler and Mercedes-Benz, to adjust production schedules.

Benjamin Wu, chief legal officer and public affairs director for Magnesium Products of America, said the company has one of the better safety records in the die-casting industry. Meridian also operates a factory in Ontario, Canada.

“We always try to prevent accidents. In the manufacturing environment, accidents happen,” Wu said Friday. “We have high standards for our safety. Both facilities have had a long period of time without lost-time incidents. Our Canadian facility went over three years without a single lost-time incident.”

Eaton Rapids Meridian plant manager George Asher said last week that the company followed protocols during the May 2 incident.

"Safety is our primary concern," he said in a statement. "We will provide more information as soon as we are able."

Meridian also had a small fire at the plant about a year ago, but it was contained to one of its molding or casting machines, Abhay (Abe) Vadhavkar, director of manufacturing, engineering and technology at the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, told the Detroit Free Press last week.

Asked about that incident, Wu said: “You’re injecting molten metal into (a) die. You’re going to have minor incidents.”

Eaton Rapids Fire Chief Roger McNutt said Meridian intends to rebuild and reopen its entire complex in four months. The plant's roof was destroyed when the north end of the main structure caught fire.

Meridian has hired a crew of about 300 to remove charred debris, McNutt said. The southwest end of the plant reopened Tuesday. About 150 of the company's regular employees were working in parts of the building where there was no damage as of Thursday.

Jesus Silva Romero, 36, employed by Arborwell Inc., died after he fell 30 feet from a tree at Stanford West Apartments in Palo Alto, CA











Tree trimmer dies in accident at Stanford housing complex
Cal/OSHA investigates circumstances surrounding fatality at Stanford West Apartments

by Palo Alto Weekly staff / Palo Alto Weekly



A tree worker died while on the job at Stanford West Apartments on Clark Way on May 19, 2018. Image courtesy Google Maps.



A 36-year-old man died while working on trees at a Stanford University housing complex in Palo Alto on Saturday afternoon, Palo Alto fire officials said Monday.

He has been identified as Jesus Silva Romero of San Jose, according to the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner's office.

Firefighters responded to a report of an injured worker at Stanford West Apartments at 700 Clark Way around 12:40 p.m., Deputy Fire Chief Geoffrey Blackshire said.

"He had been cutting limbs in a tree" prior to the accident, Blackshire read from a department incident report.

Dispatchers also received a request for a technical rescue that was later canceled when crews pronounced Romero dead at the scene, Blackshire said. Palo Alto police officers also responded and assisted in cornering off the area.

One dispatch report indicated Romero had been in a tree with a chainsaw, Battalion Chief Bobby Davis said. Romero was found laying on the ground next to a tree roughly 30 feet tall and visible from Sand Hill Road.

Stanford West Apartments is a 628-unit residential complex for university faculty and staff on the northwest side of the campus.

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating the work-related accident that turned fatal, Cal/OSHA spokesman Luke Brown said. Romero was employed by Arborwell Inc., a tree trimming and maintenance company based out of Hayward.

Cal/OSHA investigators were on scene Saturday looking into the circumstances surrounding the accident. The investigation is expected to take about six months to determine if there were any workplace safety code violations, Brown said.

A search of online Department of Labor records showed the state agency opened five investigations into Arborwell Inc. over the past five years.

The employee was a foreman for Arborwell and died in "climbing-related accident," company spokesman Larry Kamer said in an email Monday night.

"This is the first employee fatality we have ever had in our company's history, and we are shocked and saddened by this terrible tragedy," Kamer said.

Arborwell officials have offered their support to Romero's family and are working with Cal/OSHA and other agencies in the investigation into the accident, according to Kamer.

The company also has grief support services available to colleagues and co-workers, Kamer said. The Fire Department, Cal/OSHA and Kamer didn't provide further details on how the accident played out.

Caterpillar welder Steven E. Wade, 60, died after he suffered traumatic crushing injuries when he was struck by a steel plate in the weld shop area of Caterpillar’s South Milwaukee plant

DEERFIELD, WI — 

Within days of reporting improved safety results and zero fatalities in 2017, Caterpillar Inc. recorded the death of a production worker at a Wisconsin facility — the second fatality at the factory in seven years.

The 60-year-old employee sustained “traumatic crushing injuries” May 10 when he was struck by a steel plate in the weld shop area of Caterpillar’s South Milwaukee plant, according to the company and local authorities.

Steven E. Wade, a welder who worked at the plant for 23 years, died May 15 at an area hospital, according to the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s office and local media accounts.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with this employee’s family, friends and co-workers. The company has arranged for counseling to be available to employees who may request it,” the company wrote in a prepared statement.

The statement continued: “We strive each day to have a safe workspace for our employees, contractors and visitors. Caterpillar is a company firmly committed to protecting the health and safety of its employees at the South Milwaukee facility and at all Caterpillar facilities around the world.”

Caterpillar’s annual sustainability report, which was published early in May, noted substantial reductions in workplace injury rates since base year 2003, with safety goals for 2020 nearly met or already exceeded in 2017.

The recordable injury frequency has declined 92 percent to 0.49 injuries per 200,000 hours worked in 2017 — already exceeding the goal of 0.60 by 2020. The rate of injuries resulting in lost time per 200,000 hours worked declined 94 percent to 0.17 in 2017, nearly meeting the goal of 0.15 by 2020.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the circumstances that led to Wade’s death, the only incident to involve OSHA at the plant since a 2011 fatality in the same area of the facility, according to the agency.

The other worker died in the weld shop at the plant in September 2011, about three months after Caterpillar took over the factory with its acquisition of Bucyrus International.

A 30-year-old crane operator, Jeffrey B. Smith, died at the plant when a crawler frame unexpectedly pivoted and crushed him, according to conclusions of an ensuing OSHA investigation that were later detailed in court documents.

An exact cause of that accident was never determined, though OSHA concluded that Bucyrus International contributed to the death by not providing a workplace free of crushing hazards. The agency issued a fine of $7,000.

Under OSHA guidelines, the agency has six months from the date of the accident to complete its investigation, issue citations and propose penalties if safety violations have occurred.
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Obituary for Steven "Steve" E. Wade

Passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on May 14th, 2018 at the age of 60. Loving husband of Bonnie (nee Stellwagen). Supportive father of Jessie (Steve) La Rosa and Justin (Nichole) Wade. Cherished Big Papa of Breanna, Logan and Antonio. Also survived by Louis (parrot), Jake (black lab), nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

A visitation will be held at THE FUNERAL HOME on Saturday May 19th from 9am until time of service at 12pm.

Steve was a proud member of the United Steel Workers Local 1343. Steve loved to spend time on his Harley, be with his grandkids, boating and camping. A lot of the time you could also find Steve working on a welding side job.

In lieu of flowers, memorials to Humane Animal Welfare Society (HAWS) are appreciated.

The family asks that everyone attending who owns a motorcycle of any sort please ride it to the funeral home in honor of Steve.
 


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60-year-old Steven Wade of Oak Creek, the Caterpillar worker injured after being struck by a steel plate Thursday, May 10 has died



Medical examiner: Caterpillar worker injured on the job dies from his injuries
May 15, 2018



 

SOUTH MILWAUKEE, WI —

The Caterpillar worker injured after being struck by a steel plate Thursday, May 10 has died, the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed.

The medical examiner’s office identified the man as 60-year-old Steven Wade of Oak Creek. He died from his injuries on Monday, May 14.

Officials say Wade was welding plates at the time of the incident.

Caterpillar released the following statement:


“We are deeply saddened by the death of our employee who was involved in an incident in our South Milwaukee facility on May 10. Our thoughts and prayers are with this employee’s family, friends and co-workers. The company has arranged for counseling to be available to employees who may request it.”

“We strive each day to have a safe workspace for our employees, contractors and visitors. Caterpillar is a company firmly committed to protecting the health and safety of its employees at the South Milwaukee facility and at all Caterpillar facilities around the world.”

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been involved in the investigation of the incident.

OSHA has up to six months to complete its investigation, and issue citations and propose penalties if violations of health and safety regulations are found.

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Medical examiner releases the name of Oak Creek man killed in Caterpillar accident
Erik S. Hanley, Now News Group Published 12:14 p.m. CT May 15, 2018 | Updated 2:05 p.m. CT May 15, 2018

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(Photo: Erik S. Hanley, Now News Group)


SOUTH MILWAUKEE - The 60-year-old Caterpillar employee struck by a heavy metal plate May 10 has died.

Steven E. Wade of Oak Creek was pronounced dead May 14 as a result of his injuries, according to a report released May 15 by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner.

Wade was admitted May 10 to Froedtert Hospital, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., for "traumatic crushing injuries from a work-related accident," the report stated. He suffered several rib fractures, a collapsed lung, asphyxia, spinal fractures, and developed seizures, according to the report.

"We are deeply saddened by the death of our employee who was involved in an incident in our South Milwaukee facility on May 10," Lisa Miller, media relations for Caterpillar, said in a statement May 15. "Our thoughts and prayers are with this employee’s family, friends, and co-workers."

As the company did after the incident occurred, Caterpillar is again offering counseling to any employees who request it.

Wade was working in the weld shop at Caterpillar, Inc., 1100 Milwaukee Ave., when he was seriously injured by a heavy steel plate. Police received a call about the accident at 2:01 p.m., according to a news release from the South Milwaukee Police Department.

Following the accident, production employees were sent home for the day, Miller said.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating along with the South Milwaukee Police Department and the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office.

Edward Maines, 40, was found dead after falling on a saw at Shoun Lumber in Butler, Tennessee





BUTLER, Tn. - 
 
An employee at Tennessee's Shoun Lumber was killed when he reportedly fell on a saw earlier this month.
 
On May 10, Edward Maines, 40, was found dead after reportedly falling on a saw. Maines was on the job, and apparently had been alone at the time of the incident.
 
Tennessee's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA) has launched an investigation. It said:
 
Tennessee OSHA was notified of a workplace fatality that took play on May 10, 2018, at Shoun Lumber at 147 George Shoun Lane in Butler, TN. A TOSHA health and safety investigator was sent to the facility to being an investigation into the circumstances that led to this workplace fatality.
 
During the course of an investigation, TOSHA investigators will survey the scene, review company procedures and protocols, and attempt to interview both witnesses and company management."
 
The investigation could take up to six months to complete.
 
The incident comes only a week after a fire destroyed as much as half of the lumberyard. 
 
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Mountain City man dies at Shoun Lumber

By Tamas Mondovics
Editor

A Mountain City man died at the Shoun lumberyard, a large sawmill in Butler, TN, last week when he reportedly fell on a saw.

According to Johnson County Sheriff Mike Reece, Mountain City resident Edward Maines, 40, an employee at the company was on the job when he was found dead at the scene around 5 p.m. Thursday, May 10, at Shoun Lumber, 147 George Shoun Lane.

“Upon arrival investigators found that Maines had an accident at the mill,” Reece said, adding, “He had fallen on a saw, and was deceased.”

Reece explained due to the death occurring at a place of work the incident is now under investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA and the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration, TOSHA. TOSHA investigators have reportedly surveyed the scene, as well as reviewed company procedures and protocols, and interviewed witnesses along with company management personnel.T OSHA officials emphasized that the completion and reaching the results of the investigation may take months, as the agency reportedly will not release any information during the investigative process.When complete and the investigation is closed, findings will become available for review by the citizen of the state of Tennessee.Officials reported that Maines’ body was sent for an autopsy and that they are waiting for those results.

Sadly the accident comes only days after a large fire that broke out at the Shoun Lumber, reportedly damaging nearly half the yard.

Speeding and careless New Jersey State Police Trooper Brian McNally, 30, killed in an off-duty motor vehicle crash on I-78 in Berks County in Pennsylvania Sunday night while returning from weekend military service in Pennsylvania. He failed to slow down due to construction and struck a tractor trailer, which caught fire along with his Jeep SUV.





Speeding and careless New Jersey state trooper killed in motor vehicle crash




Monday, May 21, 2018 04:39PM
TRENTON, New Jersey (WABC) -- A New Jersey State Police trooper died in an off-duty motor vehicle crash in Pennsylvania Sunday night.

The accident happened on I-78 in Berks County. Trooper Brian McNally was a member of the 154th State Police Class, which graduated August 29, 2014. He was assigned to Washington Station.

Prior to becoming a member of the New Jersey State Police, McNally graduated from the Citadel Military Academy and was a Captain in the United States Marine Corps Reserves.

"The men and women of the State Police are devastated by the tragic loss of Trooper McNally," acting State Police Superintendent Colonel Patrick Callahan said. "Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with his family. Brian's life was a testament to his dedication to service of both state and country."

The crash is being investigated by the Pennsylvania State Police.




McNally, 30, of Bedminster, was driving east on I-78 in Berks County, Pa., around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, coming home from weekend duty with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves.

As traffic slowed, he moved to switch lanes and struck a tractor trailer, which caught fire along with his SUV, according to police.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

"Tammy and I are deeply saddened by the death of Trooper Brian McNally, who was killed in an off duty car crash yesterday evening while returning from weekend military service in Pennsylvania," Governor Phil Murphy said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the McNally family and the New Jersey State Police at this difficult time."

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Speeding and careless New Jersey State Police Trooper Brian McNally, 30, killed in an off-duty motor vehicle crash on I-78 in Berks County in Pennsylvania Sunday night while returning from weekend military service in Pennsylvania.  He failed to slow down due to construction and struck a tractor trailer, which caught fire along with his SUV.



He served his country, his state, his town. This is Brian McNally, trooper killed in car crash
Updated May 21, 8:17 PM; Posted May 21, 5:54 PM
State Trooper Brian McNally poses with the flag of his military college in Afghanistan during a tour of duty. McNally was killed in a crash Sunday while off duty. (Photo courtesy Kevin McNally)




By Amanda Hoover

ahoover@njadvancemedia.com,

NJ Advance Media For NJ.com

The New Jersey State Trooper who died in an off-duty crash always knew he wanted to serve in the military and had dreamed of taking over his hometown police department as chief one day.

"He's very focused," Brian McNally's father, Kevin, said in a phone call with NJ Advance Media from his Morristown home Monday afternoon. "He always wanted to be in the military, always wanted to be in the Marines and always wanted to be the chief of police."
Trooper Brian McNally, 30, was killed in a crash in Pennsylvania Sunday.

McNally, 30, of Bedminster, was driving east on I-78 in Berks County, Pa., around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, coming home from weekend duty with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves.

As traffic slowed, he moved to switch lanes and struck a tractor trailer, which caught fire along with his SUV, according to police.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

McNally was a graduate of Morristown High School, where he played football. He received a scholarship to study at Citadel Military Academy in Charleston, South Carolina, his father said.

He served oversees for seven months in Afghanistan, Kevin McNally said.

After returning home, McNally attended the State Police Academy and graduated in 2014, and was assigned to the Washington barracks in Warren County.

"The men and women of the State Police are devastated by the tragic loss of Trooper McNally," Colonel Patrick Callahan, acting superintendent of the State Police, said in a statement. "Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with his family. Brian's life was a testament to his dedication to service of both state and country."

McNally's father said his son knew from an early age that he wanted to spend his life serving his country and community. At 14, he became EMT with the Morris Minute Men in Morris Township, and a volunteer firefighter at 16.

"Tammy and I are deeply saddened by the death of Trooper Brian McNally, who was killed in an off duty car crash yesterday evening while returning from weekend military service in Pennsylvania," Gov. Phil Murphy said in a statement Monday. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the McNally family and the New Jersey State Police at this difficult time."

Kevin McNally said services for his son will likely be scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. In addition to his father, he leaves behind his mother and a sister. 



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Off-duty N.J. State Police trooper dies in I-78 wreck in Pa.
Updated May 21, 5:08 PM; Posted May 21, 1:09 PM
 

New Jersey State Trooper Brian McNally (Courtesy photo)



By Tony Rhodin

arhodin@lehighvalleylive.com,

For lehighvalleylive.com

An off-duty New Jersey State Police trooper died Sunday evening in a crash in Berks County, Pennsylvania State Police report.

Brian McNally, 30, of Bedminster, New Jersey, was driving east at 6:30 p.m. on Interstate 78 in Greenwich Township approaching slowing traffic due to a construction site beyond the Lehigh County line, police said.

He switched from the left lane into the right before rear-ending a tractor-trailer driven by Nuritdin Juraev, 33, of Windsor, Maryland, police said.

The SUV and the rear of the trailer caught fire, police said.

McNally was pronounced dead at the scene by the Berks County coroner, police said.

Driver dies after SUV rear-ends tractor-trailer

The crash happened Sunday evening as traffic slowed for construction.


Juraev was treated for minor injuries at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Salisbury Township, police said.

McNally was a Marine on his way home from weekend duty in the Reserves, police said. He was stationed at state police's Washington barracks in Warren County, police said.