Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170132930 - Employee killed when crushed between two logs

Accident Summary Nr: 170132930 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 11/21/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124752775	11/21/1994	2411	0	G Cochran Logging Co Inc

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 a.m. on November 21, 1994, Employee #1, of G. Cochran Logging, was felling timber in a sloped area of the timber sale. He had just felled a tree and bucked it up. As he was walking back to fell another tree, the log he was on moved, causing him to fall and the log that was lying on top of that one to roll. Employee #1 was found dead approximately 15 minutes later with his upper body caught between the two logs.

Keywords: TREE FELLING, LOG, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LOGGING, LOST BALANCE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124752775			Fatality	Fracture	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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