WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) – The owner of an amusement ride on which a Shrewsbury man was killed faces a state hearing later this month and could have his operating license revoked.

The hearing at the Department of Public Safety’s Boston offices will determine whether Carlisle-based Jaro Amusements’ actions contributed to the Sept. 19 accident at a church festival at St. Mary’s Parish in Shrewsbury. Jaro’s owner and president, Jack Keough, will be called to speak.

In addition to facing possible revocation of its license to operate carnivals rides in Massachusetts, Jaro could be fined up to $10,000 for allegedly failing to submit to the state an accurate itinerary of its fall carnivals.

State investigators concluded Jaro failed to properly maintain a 24-year-old ride called the Sizzler and could not produce maintenance records.

A Jaro spokesman has denied the finding that the car Andrew Fohlin was riding in when he was killed had not been serviced. Another man who had been riding with Fohlin was injured, and a woman on the ground suffered minor injuries from falling debris.

A public safety report released Oct. 29 said the safety bar holding the two men in place failed.

That caused their weight to shift, snapping two bolts, one of which had been altered, and the other of which was too small, according to the report.

A week after the report was released, Jaro spokesman Alan E. Ramsay disputed the report’s assertion that Keough and another Jaro employee told investigators that the ride had not been maintained.

Jaro issued a statement Monday defending its safety record. The company said it had passed state safety inspections before the accident.

“All our inspections and maintenance are well-documented and have been made available to relevant authorities,” the statement said.

Worcester District Attorney John J. Conte is pursuing a criminal investigation of the accident, which he has said could lead to charges of negligence or manslaughter.