Gruesome way to die
Don't those things have safety guards?
Tree trimmer killed in woodchipper accident, reports say
A tree trimmer in Virginia was killed in a woodchipper accident Tuesday, according to reports.
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Not even going to click on that
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Read about an identical accident a month or two back. Those things can definitely be dangerous.
Sorry for the young man. Yes a "Gruesome," way to die.
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Getting pulled in head first is the only way I would want to get pulled in.
Say, are we able to get Joe Biden a job as a tree trimmer?
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Don't those things have safety guards?
https://www.wdbj7.com/2023/11/29/tree-trimmer-killed-woodchipper-accident-reports-say/
No safety guards, other than be VERY careful! This things are designed to pull trees into them and shred them......a human has ZERO chance!
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You have to know how to feed them. Take no chances of clothes being caught. I have had scary situations with gloves caught in limbs.
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The great debate goes on: Does life follow art, or does art follow life?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bA6RmsV6R00 -
That was a scene from Fargo. "The Snowman" that made the snow for many scenes for that movie lives a mile from us. He also "shook" that chipper as it made too much noise for the audio in the movie!
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That looks like it is a modern unit that should have a safety bar.
I had an old Asplundh "Chuck-N-Duck" with a large Ford V-8. It would make an 8' - 4x4 disappear in 2 seconds. If a branch caught your clothes, it could suck you in. Had to have a second person on a lever to disconnect the drive if that happened.
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Very tragic way to go
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I did a quick internet search.
just , holy cow it happens way more that I imagined lots of stories of falling or getting pulled into a wood chipper
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I heard about that as not far from me. I have fed a few of those large chippers and if you get caught and pulled in, maybe three seconds and they might as well bury the load.
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A good operator running a commercial size chipper can fill a 48 foot semi trailer in 12-15 minutes. They can handle a tree 24 inches on the butt end easily.
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allen griggs - In the movie "Fargo" dude was dead put in, in bits and this wood chipper pulled a live guy in is kind a different. So neither.
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I bet he doesn't do that again!!!
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wow
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We had a guy plow into one of these on a motorcycle on the highway . Police estimated the cycle was doing in excess of 110 mph when he collided with the wood chipper. Dead right there in pieces from hitting the blades . Took several hours to extricate all of his bits and parts . Cannot imagine what it would do to a body if it was running .
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Virginia OSHA actually has specific safety training required for arborists including running a chipper. Bottom line- if it can eat a tree, you will not make it hiccup.
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