Worker Clearing Wood Chipper Pulled To Death

Tampa Tribune ^ | July 7, 2005 | LAURA KINSLER lkinsler@tampatrib.com

[1FASTGLOCK45]

gridlock wrote:
"When a guy with a handle like 1FASTGLOCK45 makes a cryptic statement like that, it gives one pause..."

--Hmmm Is that a compliment i'm lost hehehe.

[TomSmedley]

I'm praying for your son as well.

Ever notice how the intake resembles a megaphone? I spent a few months running a "tree eater" in my youth. 35 years later, I still have ringing in my ears, and some hearing loss.

[linkinpunk]

Yeah, Fargo.

Bad enough to see it in a movie. Very sad here.

[RadioAstronomer]

Bad enough to see it in a movie. Very sad here.

Indeed it is sad. :-(

I am very glad I "fly" spacecraft for a living. The likelihood of a serious on-the-job injury is pretty remote.

[somemoreequalthanothers]

Good picture. The chipper my employer owns is identical. The small bar that loops around the top of the feeder bin engages the drive into forward or reverse. Therefore there is never a need to reach into the unit. They may have been using an obsolete machine or the poor guy was never trained properly.

[jumperbones]

My guess: this guy was an illegal and thus not literate enough in English to read the warnings on the equipment.

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The way I see it, he may have been an illegal and he may be an illiterate, but it doesn't take a passport and a grade school education to know that you don't stick any part of your body into a moving machine. I guess it depends on your place in the gene pool.

I feel really sorry for his family, God be with them.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Thank you for those details.

The site where I got the pictures has smaller ones, I suppose for rental purposes.

People must be extremely careful with these machines.

[jumperbones]

My guess: this guy was an illegal and thus not literate enough in English to read the warnings on the equipment.

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The way I see it, he may have been an illegal and he may be an illiterate, but it doesn't take a passport and a grade school education to know that you don't stick any part of your body into a moving machine. I guess it depends on your place in the gene pool.

I feel really sorry for his family, God be with them.

[kublia khan]

What ever the cause the stupid construction workers are way out of line. A moment of inattention or distraction and a tragic accident happens. We are humans and fallibility is in our genes.

[kublia khan]

I should have said "stupid construction worker comments"

[somemoreequalthanothers]

I agree. I myself am one of them. I despise how television shows always depict construction workers as idiots. It is a damn dangerous way to make a living.
These days the safety training is such that accidents are kept minimal, and in most cases the individual involved in an accident disregarded his/her training.

[dhuffman@awod.com]

Motorvehicles, firearms and now woodchippers, all sources of horrific anecdotes. Don't be a hoplophobe, don't fear the machine, fear the person operating it. There are no accidents with a key in the ignition or a round chambered.

That said, I suppose we now know where Jimmy Hoffa went - up in smoke.

[Sweet_Sunflower29]

My guess: this guy was an illegal and thus not literate enough in English to read the warnings on the equipment.

I'll see your guess and raise you ten million pesos-

[Cincinatus' Wife]

.... Don't be a hoplophobe, don't fear the machine, fear the person operating it.

Hardly. I offer a story to highlight caution.

[libstripper]

It's really a good idea to turn the machine off before trying to clear a jam.

[Mamzelle]

I hear you.

This is a job for engineers. Four accidents? Put the mech-e's on the problem.

[KC_Conspirator]

Thats my guess too. There has to be a reason that his name was not mentioned or anything about his family. Has to be illegal. We know the media drill here.

[truthkeeper]

ping

[Uncle Hal]

Remember "Fargo".

[Tiger Smack]

``A piece of wood got stuck, and he tried to clear it out,''

idiot