Accident Report Detail

Accident: 202492476 - Employee Falls Between Logs And Is Fatally Crushed

**Accident: 202492476 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 01/26/2012**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
125828012	01/27/2012	2411	Juan Ruiz Logging Tree Service

On January 26, 2012, Employee#1, logging contractor with Juan Ruiz Logging Tree Service, had contracted to fell timber. Having completed felling a tree, Employee#1 was walking down the tree to buck the tree into log lengths when the log rolled. This caused Employee #1 to fall between two logs. He was fatally injured when the logs rolled together crushing Employee#1.

Keywords: tree felling, torso, crushed, tree, logger, fall, bucking, logging, leg

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	125828012			Fatality	Other	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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