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.