Truck driver Percell Sherrod, 35, of Nashville, TN died after his Kenworth dump truck blew a tire, causing the vehicle to lose control and run off the left side of the interstate and begin to roll on I-65 northbound in Columbia, TN

Percell Sherrod (right) with his brother Justin (left)

COLUMBIA, Tenn. (WZTV) —

A 35-year-old man died Thursday after a tire blow-out ended with his truck flipped upside down.

Percell Sherrod, 35, of Nashville passed away from the crash. According to preliminary reports from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Sherrod was driving a dump truck along I-65 northbound in Columbia when the vehicle's tire exploded, causing the vehicle to run off the road.

After exiting the road, the vehicle flipped upside down, trapping Sherrod. The THP said he was pronounced dead on the scene.



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By MIKE CHRISTEN mchristen@c-dh.net


January 31, 2019


A driver was killed last week after his dump truck veered off of Interstate 65 and rolled into a wooded area next to the busy highway.

The driver, who died at the scene, has been identified as 35-year-old Sherrod Percell.

The incident occurred in Maury County near mile marker 39 at approximately 12:17 p.m. last Thursday, the Tennessee Highway Patrol reported.

A report of the incident from the THP indicated investigators have determined that the Kenworth dump truck blew a tire, causing the vehicle to lose control and run off the left side of the interstate and begin to roll.

According to the report, the truck came to a rest 100 feet from the highway, with the driver trapped inside the wreckage.

The highway was briefly shut down to allow for responding emergency units to travel on the opposite direction of traffic toward the scene.

“Arriving units found a dump truck in the woods with a patient entrapped,” Maury County Fire Department shared in a post. “Unfortunately, the accident was fatal.”

The truck was carrying contaminated soil to a landfill, the department said. Crews were dispatched to clean the scene of the material, including diesel that leaked from the truck.

Randy Lorenzo Yellowman, 47, truck driver with water-hauling company Overright Trucking Inc., killed in a natural gas explosion in southern La Plata County operated by an oil and gas company, Denver-based Catamount Energy Partners LLC

 Overright Trucking is a water hauling company. With seventeen bobtail, pup and body loads, tractor trailer for all your water hauling needs. From the start of drilling, completion, to disposal after production. Road watering to keep the dust down.

We also have a drop deck flat bed trailer for gas compressor delivery and other products involving the need for a flatbed trailer.

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• Went to KCHS
• Lives in Nenahnezad, New Mexico
• From Nenahnezad, New Mexico
• Single

Worker dies in explosion at natural gas site in Southwest Colorado


Cause of mishap under investigation







By Jonathan Romeo Herald staff writer

Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019


A 47-year-old New Mexico man died earlier this month after an explosion at a natural-gas well site in southern La Plata County.

According to state records, Randy Yellowman was working as a contract truck driver for an oil and gas company, Denver-based Catamount Energy Partners LLC.

Yellowman was working alone at the well site at the time of the explosion, and authorities are still investigating the incident.

An initial investigation says the explosion occurred Jan. 2, likely in the morning. Yellowman wasn’t found until later in the day. It is unclear how he was discovered.

A number of agencies responded to the scene, with the Southern Ute Indian Tribal Police and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration taking the lead in the investigation.

Lindsay Box, spokeswoman for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, said the tribe has “no comment at this time.”

David Nelson, area director for OSHA’s Englewood office, said Tuesday that OSHA is investigating Yellowman’s death. He would not provide more details.

The well site is about 22 miles southeast of Durango and about 6 miles west of Ignacio, on an unnamed road off County Road 318. It’s on private land on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation.

Yellowman was working for Farmington-based Overright Trucking Inc., which was contracted by Catamount Energy. Calls to Overright Trucking seeking comment for this story were not returned.

Rusty Kelly, senior vice president for Catamount Energy, wrote in an email to The Durango Herald it is “unclear at this time” what caused the explosion.

Initial information, though, indicates Yellowman was transferring produced water from one of the company’s water tanks to his truck when the explosion occurred, Kelly wrote.

Produced water is a by-product of natural-gas extraction.

“Catamount is committed to the safety of its employees and its contractors,” Kelly wrote. “We at Catamount express our heartfelt condolences to Mr. Yellowman’s family and co-workers at Overright.”

In Catamount Energy’s accident report to the state, produced water was spilled in the accident, likely because of a failure with the water tank. The cause of the water tank failure and how much produced water was spilled are unknown.

Catamount’s report to the state does not go into detail about the explosion.

On Jan. 3, investigators with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission conducted a site inspection and found no critical violations on the well pad. A review of the last inspection conducted at the well site in 2016 also found no major problems or critical violations.

Travis Duncan, spokesman for COGCC, wrote in an email that the commission is working with OSHA on the incident. He did not go into further detail about the circumstances that led to Yellowman’s death.

Attempts to reach Yellowman’s family were unsuccessful.

According to his obituary in the Farmington Daily-Times, published Jan. 11, Yellowman was born in Shiprock, and most recently was living in Nenahnezad, a community on the Navajo Nation between Farmington and Shiprock.

It is unclear how many fatalities there have been in La Plata County for workers in the oil and gas industry. The COGCC does not track oil and gas industry deaths in Colorado.

According to the Herald archives, a blast at a BP American Production Co.-owned gas compression station near Bayfield in 2012 killed one worker, Mancos resident Randy Mathews, and injured two others.

Nationwide, a total of 1,422 workers died from injuries in the oil and gas industry from 2003 to 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In 2017 alone, deaths in the oil and gas industry, as well as in mining and quarrying, increased 26 percent from the year before, with 112 deaths. Federal data show oil and gas accounted for more than 70 percent of these fatalities.

Catamount Energy started operating on the Colorado side of the San Juan Basin, which also spans into New Mexico, around 2016 after purchasing Elm Ridge Exploration Co.’s assets.

Kelly said the company operates 160 wells in Colorado.

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Randall Lorenzo Yellowman 47, of Nenahnezad, New Mexico passed from this life January 2, 2019 in Durango, Colorado. He was born November 26, 1971 in Shiprock, New Mexico. Funeral Services will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 12, 2019 at Upper Fruitland Desert View Church, Upper Fruitland, New Mexico. Interment to follow at the Kirtland/Fruitland Cemetery, Kirtland, New Mexico. Randall is in the care of Desert View Funeral Home, North U.S. Highway 491 Shiprock, New Mexico. (505) 368-4607. 

Joshua Drinkman, 30, of Eagle River, WI died in a deadly incident at Pukall Lumber Company in Arbor Vitae after getting trapped in one of the belt conveyors at the lumber company

ARBOR VITAE, Wis. (WSAW) --


Joshua Drinkman, 30, of Eagle River has been identified as the victim in a deadly incident at Pukall Lumber Company in Arbor Vitae.

It happened just before 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating.

Drinkman died after getting trapped in one of the belt conveyors at the lumber company, according to the Vilas Couny Sheriff's Office.

The incident is not criminal in nature.


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EAGLE RIVER, Wis. —


Joshua J. Drinkman, 30, of Eagle River died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2018, due to a work place accident.


Joshua was born June 8, 1988 in Baldwin, Wis., the son of Bruce Drinkman and Debra Doornink. He graduated from Glenwood City High School and was employed with Pukall Lumber Company. Johsua’s family meant everything to him, he loved spending time exploring and traveling with his family. Anything to do with the outdoors he immensely enjoyed; especially hunting, fishing and farming.


He will be greatly missed by his significant other, Krista Keeley; and his daughters, Chloe and Lillian Drinkman; and by his father, Bruce (friend Betty Jo) Drinkman; and mother, Debra (Marvin) Larrabee; and his siblings, Angela (Matt) Rose, Samantha (Jon) Kocherer, Cori (Paul) Winter, Ian (Tatjana) McChesney, Mike Liphardt, Jesse (Jessica) Larrabee, Stacy Larrabee, Justin Larrabee and Ashley (Andy) Skoug; and further survived by his paternal grandparents, Fred (Barb) Drinkman; and maternal grandparents, Bud (Jeane) Canfield and Cecil Doornink; and by many other relatives and friends.


Joshua was preceded in death by his stepmother, Mari Drinkman.

a 34-year-old construction worker died as he was working in a trench when one of the walls collapsed onto him in Sioux Falls, SD

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A family is mourning the loss of a 34-year-old construction worker that died on Thursday. Officials say he was working in a trench when one of the walls collapsed onto him. KDLT’S Allison Royal was on the scene Thursday just after 11AM on Bahnson Avenue and Brewster Street.

“We just had two individuals that were working on a construction site over here in a trench,” said Captain Rich Miller of the Sioux Falls Police Department. “It’s approximately 10 to 15 feet deep. While they were digging, there was a partial wall collapse.”

One worker was trapped – buried underneath dirt. Police say nearby construction workers did their best to free the worker. Then, one of them called for help. Police say they were on the scene in Southeastern Sioux Falls in about two or three minutes.

“The person was still in the ditch when fire rescue got here and then Fire Rescue actually went down into the trench and then retrieved the individual from there,” said Miller.

Fire Rescue found the man unconscious and in cardiac arrest. 14 firefighters were on the scene, including an engineer.

“We have an engineer on our department and he happened to be down at station three so he came with,” said Michael Clauson, a Battalion Chief with the Sioux Falls Fire Rescue. “He’s one of our trench rescue collapse specialists.”

Paramedics Plus started resuscitation efforts and continued them in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. Police confirmed later on Thursday afternoon that the construction worker died at the hospital.

The fire rescue also had two chaplains on the scene to counsel first responders and any other construction workers that may need mental health support after today’s potentially traumatic event.

“We get called out when people are having the worst day of their life and so there’s an effect on our men and women too,” said Clauson. We want to make sure that they’re good to go and that’s the purpose of having the chaplains here today.”

Police say the coroner will perform an autopsy within the next several weeks.

OSHA is conducting an ongoing investigation at this time. A representative did say they are “very, very sorry” and that today’s fatality was “preventable.”

Chief Warrant Officer Michael Kozloski, 35, with the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hickory, was crushed to death when a large crane tipped over near the Pioneer Dock in Homer, Alaska

Homer rallies around deceased Coast Guard member’s family

By Renee Gross •  

 

February 4, 2019

It’s been just a handful of days since a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hickory crew member died. Chief Warrant Officer Michael Kozloski died in an accident involving a crane last week on the Homer Spit.

Now, Homer residents and the local Coast Guard community are rallying around Kozloski’s family. He is survived by his wife and four children.

Homer resident Mary Jo Cambridge started a GoFundMe page to help out. She owns a local gym, which Kozloski attended, and she also coached his daughters in softball.

“He was just a giver and a great guy and easy going person with just a wonderful smile, just a great man,” she said.  “It's a huge loss for his family. They're a beautiful, young family, and he was a man who adored his family and was very involved with them and it's just a tragedy.”

As of Monday afternoon, the page raised nearly $15,000 for Kozloski’s wife.
“So I just thought if we could get close to $25,000, that will help her immediately,” she said. “That money will be available to her within a few days. It will go right to her, all of it.”

Dan Cole is the commander of the Homer Coast Guard auxiliary and he says there are many ways residents can donate to Kozloski’s family, including donations through the Chief Petty Officers Association of Alaska. For those who wish to donate in person, there’s also a Brie Kozloski Memorial Fund account open at Wells Fargo.  

He adds that community members are also delivering meals to the family.

“The Coast Guard auxiliary has talked directly with Brie Kozloski, Mike Kozloski’s wife, and offered whatever services she needs: childcare, snowplowing, laundry, food and financial services,” he said.

The community is hosting a couple of fundraisers for the family this weekend as well.
The Homer Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with other local organizations will host a barbecue at the Homer Volunteer Fire Department after Homer’s winter carnival parade Saturday. 

Money raised was originally intended for Coast Guard members recovering from the federal government shutdown. But Cole says money will now go to Kozloski’s family.

“The American Legion and Coast Guard Auxiliary are going to assist with grilling hot dogs and hamburgers,” he said. “We encourage people to come down and get a free hot dog. But donations are welcome going to the Kozloski family.”

Paul Banks Elementary School is hosting a carnival from 1-3 p.m. Saturday. All proceeds will be donated to Kozloski’s family.

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A crew member of the Coast Guard cutter Hickory died in an industrial accident in Homer on Thursday.


The crew member died after being struck Thursday by a crane that rolled over.


The Coast Guard identified the crew member as Chief Warrant Officer, Michael Kozloski, 35, from Mahopac, New York.


Homer Volunteer Fire Department emergency medical technicians responded to the crane accident shortly before 2 p.m., the Homer News reported. The crane tipped over in a buoy yard for the Hickory. Kozloski was working the buoy yard, the Coast Guard said.


Medics treated and transported the victim to South Peninsula Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the Coast Guard said.
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The Coast Guard has identified the chief warrant officer who died after being injured in a Thursday crane accident in Homer, Alaska.


Local emergency medical services personnel performed CPR on CWO2 Michael Kozloski and rushed him to South Peninsula Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Coast Guard officials say.


He was 35 and had served more than 17 years in the Coast Guard, most of that time as a boatswain’s mate, said Public Affairs Specialist 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios in Juneau.


“The incident is still being investigated,” Rios told Navy Times.


Originally from Mahopac, New York, Kozloski was assigned to the cutter Hickory.


Nicknamed "The Bull of the North,” the 225-foot, sea-going buoy tender is homeported in Homer, a fishing community on the Kenai Peninsula about 122 miles southwest of Anchorage.


The Coast Guard’s 2018 Register of Officers shows that Kozloski received his warrant effective June 1, 2017.


“It’s with great sadness that we announce the passing of a devoted shipmate, husband and father following this tragic accident,” said Rear Adm. Matthew T. Bell Jr., Coast Guard 17th District commander, in a written statement emailed to Navy Times.


“Chief Warrant Officer Kozloski faithfully served his country for over 17 years and we are forever grateful for his steadfast devotion to duty and sacrifices.”

It’s the second Coast Guard death in Alaska this week.


Seaman Ethan Kelch, 19, was declared dead Sunday morning in Dutch Harbor, where the cutter Douglas Munro was awaiting repairs.


His death also is under investigation.


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Coast Guard releases name of crane accident victim
by Megan Pacer
Saturday, February 2, 2019




A crew member of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hickory died in an industrial accident on the Homer Spit on Thursday.

The man was fatally injured when a crane rolled over and hit him. Chief Warrant Officer Michael Kozloski of Mahopac, New York was 35 years old.

Homer Volunteer Fire Department emergency medical technicians responded to the crane accident on Thursday afternoon in the buoy yard for the Hickory. A large crane tipped over near the Pioneer Dock. Medics treated Kozloski and took him to South Peninsula Hospital, where he died, according to a press release from the Coast Guard.

“It’s with great sadness that we announce the passing of a devoted shipmate, husband and father following this tragic accident,” said Rear Adm. Matthew T. Bell Jr., Coast Guard 17th District commander in the release. “Chief Warrant Officer Kozloski faithfully served his country for over 17 years and we are forever grateful for his steadfast devotion to duty and sacrifices.”

The Coast Guard was able to release Kozloski’s name now that his family has been notified. The accident is being investigated, according to the Coast Guard.

This is the second time a member of the Coast Guard has died in Alaska within a week. A crewman from Virginia was found dead last Sunday on Amaknak Island. He had been assigned to a cutter that was stopped in Dutch Harbor.