Upon Deputies arrival, the victim was located adjacent to a loader and a large stack of logs. According to the Sherriff’s Office, the victim had suffered obvious traumatic injuries, was not breathing and did not have a pulse. A logging company worker was performing CPR in an effort to save the victim.  Ambulance and Fire personnel continued with CPR until such time that efforts were determined to be futile and the victim was pronounced deceased at the scene.

As required by law, the Amador County Sheriff’s Office notified Cal OSHA of the industrial accident.  Cal OSHA will be conducting an investigation into cause of the accident. The Amador County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office has identified the victim as Juan Ruben Contreras, 18, of Grayson.  A forensic examination was conducted on Friday October 12, 2007 and determined the cause of death to be blunt force trauma due to logging accident.  The manner of death was determined to be accidental.