Colorado Man Dies in Wood Chipper Accident

SF Gate & AP ^ | 12/29/05

[GSWarrior]

A man trimming trees was killed after he apparently was pulled into a wood chipper, police said.

The tree-service employee died Wednesday while he and a co-worker were cutting branches at a Loveland residence, Police Sgt. Rae Bontz said.

"It appears he was pulled into the chipper," Bontz said. He described the death as an industrial accident but released no other details, saying police were investigating.

[GSWarrior]

Bummer

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Fargo.

[ErnBatavia]

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Probably didn't even have to check for a pulse...

[lugsoul]

'And that would be your friend in the chipper?'

[yellowdoghunter]

Prayers for his family. What a tragic accident.

[Quick Shot]

There might have been a smattering of pulse.

[cripplecreek]

I worked in a sawmill and I worked with a woodchipper that probably made this one look like a baby. It was one frightening critter.

[itsamelman]

Fargo





You betcha...

[Paleo Conservative]

I bet he didn't feel chipper.

[oxcart]

Are we sure that Saddam or one of his henchmen is not on the loose in CO?

[antiRepublicrat]

[cripplecreek]

Bet he didn't feel mulch.

[Wolfie]

Sigh...I've alwasy had a thing for her.

[Fzob]

and a resident called 911.... and pronounced dead at the scene

Pulled into a wood chipper and they called 9/11? I guess you can't just call for a guy with a mop and bucket can you.

[Wolfie]

Please, how about a shred of decorum.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

'And that would be your friend in the chipper?'

Steve Buscemi is no friend of mine.

;^P

[itsamelman]

[antiRepublicrat]

Damn, my browsing style does this to me all the time. I see a bunch of subjects, middle-click to open them in background tabs, then go through and read.

So I post "Fargo" after someone else already has. I need to hit refresh when I get to the tabs.

[ChadGore]

Paging Uday.

[cripplecreek]

Feelin kinda chipper this morning myself.

[parsifal]

I'm making a log of these comments!

parsy, who is going out on a limb to do this.

[GSWarrior]

Please, how about a shred of decorum

You guys are bad....

[biggerten]

Oh Yeah?

You betcha.

Well, geez.

OK then.

[maestro]

?.....Colorado Man Dies in Wood Chipper Accident......an 'illegal' alien worker?

[nuconvert]

What a horrible thing to witness

[GraniteStateConservative]

It would be weird if it were this guy.

[Wolfie]

Hey, do that again. But a little slower this time.

[cripplecreek]

Mulch ado about nothing.

[yellowdoghunter]

Please, how about a shred of decorum.

I guess I didn't realize this thread was supposed to be a joke. A man doing an honest job and has a tragic accident is now funny, unless of course it is your family member.

[Red Badger]

Happened here a few years back. The witnesses said it was over in a couple of seconds..............

[Rennes Templar]

I was just walking by tree trimmers at a local residence using a wood chipper the other day, and noticed how powerful the machine is to chop up thick braches. I imagine the man stuck his arm too far down into the machine when he was stuffing cut branches and it pulled him in.

[Wolfie]

You guys are bad....

Sorry. I tend to go to pieces when I read stories like this, and a little black humor helps to keep myself together.

[Rakkasan1]

this guy knows it's not poplar to be pining for helping hand

[Sweetjustusnow]

Loose long clothing is the enemy when working with equipment. Had a father in law that got his coat caught in a corn bine (sp)? Luckily he was able to slip his coat before it pulled him in.

[itsamelman]

"Gee, that's a fountain of conversation. Whoa, daddy, step back..."

[EX52D]

I used to work for a company that sold a line of chippers, some are very large and very powerful.

[cripplecreek]

E's not dead, E's pinin for the fiords of Norway.

[GSWarrior]

No apology necessary.

[speedy]

He never had time to spruce up.

[bmwcyle]

Push the red bar forward and it stops.

[MeanWestTexan]

Yeah, this is really a sad moment. I'm sure everyone involved is all torn up about this.

Not torn up as much as Mr. Darwin here, but tore up, nonetheless.

[headstamp]

Holy cats! That's a Burnt Umber Sierra!

[WayneS]

Uggggh.

[MeanWestTexan]

"I used to work for a company that sold a line of chippers. . "

Ever get calls you worred about?

Like a guy who says he has no trees, but wants to make sure it'll take care of a "cow femur" ?

[cripplecreek]

[GSWarrior]

A kid in my hometown lost an arm in a hay baler.

[EX52D]

Thank God no...but we would get "off the wall" brands of chippers that we so rigged and had safety features bypassed that it's almost amazing accidents don't happen more often.

[Boundless]

More detail at:

DenverPost: Tree trimmer killed by chipper
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3351798

Not clear if this was top-loading or chute-loading
chipper.

[Old Professer]

There is a safety bar designed to stop the chipper's cutter drum when contacted by the lower body of the operator; it actuates a caliper brake on a large disk and will upset the chipper itself if not attached to the truck used to tow it.

OSHA will be all over this one.

[cripplecreek]

I know a guy who was stepping over the PTO on a tractor once. We call him one nut willie today.