The driver was operating a articulated truck hauling dirt from the back of the lake. Driver lost control of the vehicle for an undetermined reason and drove the vehicle over the berm and into the lake. Operator was removed from the truck and transported to local hospital then later moved to Kearney then transferred to Omaha Hospital where he died on 3/19/15.
Scott Ulrich; Wes UlrichController
MSHA Controller ID: M01808
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 2
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 2009–2015
Safety benchmark
Recorded fatalities relative to other controllers with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 590 controllers with at least one recorded fatality.
More recorded fatalities than 0% of controllers on file.
Position when controllers are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 2.0 fatalities per fatal-history controller.
This controller
1
Industry mean
2
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- John B Tintle2fatal2 total
- Rapid NRG USA, Inc1fatal2 total
- Trinity Alps Resources Inc.1fatal2 total
- Steve Anderson1fatal2 total
- Scott Ulrich; Wes Ulrichthis controller1fatal2 total
Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA controllers with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2015
1 (1f)
2009
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
Fatalities under this controller
1 recordedDrowning