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Colorado Man Dies in Wood Chipper Accident
SF Gate & AP ^ | 12/29/05

Posted on 12/29/2005 9:33:55 AM PST by GSWarrior

Edited on 12/29/2005 9:37:49 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

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.


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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fargo; hatewhenthathappens; ouch; solongchum; woodchipper
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To: Wolfie

I'm making a log of these comments!

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


21 posted on 12/29/2005 9:40:38 AM PST by parsifal
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To: Wolfie; cripplecreek
Please, how about a shred of decorum

You guys are bad....

22 posted on 12/29/2005 9:40:43 AM PST by GSWarrior
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To: Wolfie

Oh Yeah?

You betcha.

Well, geez.

OK then.


23 posted on 12/29/2005 9:40:45 AM PST by biggerten
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To: GSWarrior
?.....Colorado Man Dies in Wood Chipper Accident......an 'illegal' alien worker?
24 posted on 12/29/2005 9:41:43 AM PST by maestro
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To: GSWarrior

What a horrible thing to witness


25 posted on 12/29/2005 9:41:55 AM PST by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
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To: GSWarrior
It would be weird if it were this guy.


26 posted on 12/29/2005 9:42:11 AM PST by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: biggerten

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


27 posted on 12/29/2005 9:42:12 AM PST by Wolfie
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To: GSWarrior

Mulch ado about nothing.


28 posted on 12/29/2005 9:42:50 AM PST by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: Wolfie
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.

29 posted on 12/29/2005 9:42:52 AM PST by yellowdoghunter (Thank you President Bush for Judge Alito!)
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To: GSWarrior

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


30 posted on 12/29/2005 9:43:42 AM PST by Red Badger (And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him)
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To: GSWarrior

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.


31 posted on 12/29/2005 9:44:07 AM PST by Rennes Templar ("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
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To: GSWarrior; cripplecreek; parsifal
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.

32 posted on 12/29/2005 9:44:09 AM PST by Wolfie
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To: cripplecreek

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


33 posted on 12/29/2005 9:44:25 AM PST by Rakkasan1 (Peace de Resistance! Viva la Paper towels!)
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To: GSWarrior

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.


34 posted on 12/29/2005 9:45:32 AM PST by Sweetjustusnow (Oust the IslamoCommies here and abroad.)
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To: biggerten


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

35 posted on 12/29/2005 9:47:02 AM PST by itsamelman (“Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh.” -- Al Swearengen)
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To: GSWarrior
I used to work for a company that sold a line of chippers, some are very large and very powerful.
36 posted on 12/29/2005 9:47:03 AM PST by EX52D
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To: Rakkasan1

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


37 posted on 12/29/2005 9:47:27 AM PST by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: Wolfie

No apology necessary.


38 posted on 12/29/2005 9:47:33 AM PST by GSWarrior
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To: Rakkasan1

He never had time to spruce up.


39 posted on 12/29/2005 9:48:01 AM PST by speedy
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To: EX52D

Push the red bar forward and it stops.


40 posted on 12/29/2005 9:48:24 AM PST by bmwcyle (Evolution is a myth -- Libertarians just won't evolve into Conservatives.)
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