Teen dies in woodchipper on first day at work, his boss had a heart attack on the spot - Polidicks

why didn't this machine have emergency stops placed all around it

[QUOTE=butre;49302199]yeah that's exactly what happened it had nothing to do with shock or mental anguish and the fact that pressing the emergency stop button isn't regular usage of the machine and that they may not have even been near the button I'm sure they just wanted to see him die[/QUOTE] two experianced workers were overlooking him lol

[QUOTE=Mr._N;49302260]I've gained a fear of woodchippers and want to stay away from them as much as possible after reading that other story about a man's young son who was only a toddler that got pulled into one trying to help his dad.[/QUOTE] I have a fear of wood chippers and steam rollers because this is probably the worst way I can imagine dying aside from like, fire.

[QUOTE=Toy_Soldier;49302341]two experianced workers were overlooking him lol[/QUOTE] idk if you've ever had a manual labor job but "two experienced workers overlooking" usually means two guys who have been working there for a year or two taking a smoke break at every opportunity and talking about how much of an idiot one of the workers is

[QUOTE=Cyke Lon bee;49302075]No amount of regulation can prevent pure stupidity, which is exactly what killed this moron. As far as I know, NC falls under the same OSHA standards are the rest of the US. Morons dying like this comes down to employees being retarded and/or employers not providing decent PPE.[/QUOTE] Making a dumb mistake doesn't make you a "retarded moron" deserving of death. It makes you a human being who fucked up at just the wrong moment. Like, no, he should not have tried to kick in the tree. It was a horrible mistake, and one which he probably immediately would have realized even if he hadn't been hurt or killed by it. I don't get why him making that bad decision makes him worthy of contempt and ridicule? Surely you have blanked out for a moment before and done something stupid that could have gotten you hurt? Does it make you a "retard?" [editline]12th December 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Map in a box;49302333]why didn't this machine have emergency stops placed all around it[/QUOTE] Hell, maybe it did and lax training standards left people confused about what to do in this situation? Or maybe it just happened too fast to save him or the horror of it made the only people in a situation to help completely freeze up. I can only imagine how awful this would be to witness.

"haha wow this guy died by doing something stupid, his entire bloodline must be inbred pricks"

[url=http://www2.worksafebc.com/i/posters/2008/ha2008-21_woodChipper.html]I knew this sounded familiar.[/url] We had this happen locally a few years ago but he came out of it alive. [editline]asdas[/editline] [url=http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Multimedia/slideshows.asp?ReportID=34268]Oh wow, they have a whole presentation and the final report devoted to this.[/url]

I think it's a matter of perspective. The people who ramble on about "natural selection" and the like haven't recognized when they did something dangerous in the moment without considering the consequences. As a result, they can't understand and construe it as stupidity.

Oh my god. What a horrible way to go. I feel bad for everyone involved. Fuck..

Why dont woodchippers have an emergency stop button near the mouth? Surely if he snagged his foot he could've managed to hit something like that?

[QUOTE=Occlusion;49302787]Why dont woodchippers have an emergency stop button near the mouth? Surely if he snagged his foot he could've managed to hit something like that?[/QUOTE] Good luck thinking straight when your body is literally being devoured [editline]oh hamburgers[/editline] One of the other two [i]trained[/i] employees working with him should've known what to do, though.

I hate saying this, but I'm too curious about it to not. How much of that did he feel? At what point would he have lost consciousness and the pain would have stopped? Any medically savvy people want to explain? :/

Another source to help clear up confusion: [url]http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/teen-killed-pulled-wood-chipper-article-1.2458418[/url] [QUOTE]Sisk said the teen had very limited experience in the tree removal industry, and wants to know whether he was being supervised properly when the accident happened.[/QUOTE] Here's a picture of the poor lad, too [t]http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2458299.1449552035!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_970/article-chipper2-1207.jpg?enlarged[/t] He happened to recently graduate. What a fucking awful and tragic way to go, hope his family recovers eventually.

Woodchippers and lathes are scary as shit machines. I was once pushed onto a running lathe by someone running past, luckily my clothing didn't end up being caught in it. I'm probably never going to use one again.

[QUOTE=Dr. Kyuros;49302974][quote]Sisk said the teen had very limited experience in the tree removal industry, and wants to know whether he was being supervised properly when the accident happened.[/quote][/QUOTE] What extra supervision are they even talking about? The guy fucked up bigtime, for not using common sense, end of story! Now they're gonna put this on the poor sod who had a heart attack at the sight of what was left of him? Jesus fucking christ.

[QUOTE=J!NX;49301915]its not that people find it funny, it's that anyone with ANY sense would know better to not play with [B]turned on and currently active [/B]machines that can literally turn you into a blob[/QUOTE] I imagine none of you have ever worked in an industrial setting with energized machines or an industrial setting at all. It's very easy to be doing something to do something you don't think is that dangerous when in reality it could be very dangerous, sometimes you just don't think. There probably was a branch or something sticking out the machine and he applied force with his leg, the branch gave way easier than he thought and he loss his balance. Or he kicked and missed and his legged traveled too far into the machine Just last week when at work doing something I was leaning against the side of a conveyor belt that I didn't know if it was locked out and shut down or just turned off momentarily. If that thing would have cut on it would have possibly killed me. I can just imagine everyone going "What a dumbass, just don't stand on a convery belt" Point is everyone, including everyone in the thread, at one point or another has done something very stupid without thinking that potentially could have ended up bad. This kid didn't end up dead because he didn't "have any sense", he died because he was inexperienced and didn't probably didn't realize the risk of what he was doing. Its just shitty to see tons of people here essentially call this kid a moron when in reality they have probably never worked a job that involves any sort of real danger. And if they have I am sure they have put themselves in dangerous situations before without thinking.

And this is why I stay the fuck away from heavy machinery, and possibly also one of the subconscious reasons why I dropped out of technical college, one of our classes required us to make use of pretty heavy and dangerous machinery and my class was full of fuckwits that I knew I couldn't trust with not thinking it would be a bad idea to pull a "prank" with one of those machines. I'd handle explosives over anything like a fucking woodchipper. Condolence goes to the family and witnesses, scary as fuck.

[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;49303319]What extra supervision are they even talking about? The guy fucked up bigtime, for not using common sense, end of story! Now they're gonna put this on the poor sod who had a heart attack at the sight of what was left of him? Jesus fucking christ.[/QUOTE] I use to work on conveyor belts before I switched over to our companys scaffolding division and when I started there was a million different little ways you could hurt/kill yourself by just not knowing any better or not knowing what to pay attention too.

[QUOTE=BusterBluth;49303340]I imagine none of you have ever worked in an industrial setting with energized machines or an industrial setting at all. It's very easy to be doing something to do something you don't think is that dangerous when in reality it could be very dangerous, sometimes you just don't think.[/QUOTE] I have, for about 3 months. I even operated a lathe, shortest job I've ever had. The owner made it perfectly clear how to use every machine, and he kept insisting on how quickly shit can go wrong if you're careless, on every step. I learned to respect those machines, and definitely NOT to fool around them. It's still a mix between proper training and common sense. The owner in that article stated his work environment was safe and he deemed it appropiate to assign him that job. If you really think about it, there's no science behind it -- just put the wood on the conveyor belt and the woodchipper does the rest. Safest thing ever, how could he fuck up THIS bad? Clearly poor judgement on his part, nothing more.

[QUOTE=BusterBluth;49303340]I imagine none of you have ever worked in an industrial setting with energized machines or an industrial setting at all. It's very easy to be doing something to do something you don't think is that dangerous when in reality it could be very dangerous, sometimes you just don't think. There probably was a branch or something sticking out the machine and he applied force with his leg, the branch gave way easier than he thought and he loss his balance. Or he kicked and missed and his legged traveled too far into the machine Just last week when at work doing something I was leaning against the side of a conveyor belt that I didn't know if it was locked out and shut down or just turned off momentarily. If that thing would have cut on it would have possibly killed me. I can just imagine everyone going "What a dumbass, just don't stand on a convery belt" Point is everyone, including everyone in the thread, at one point or another has done something very stupid without thinking that potentially could have ended up bad. This kid didn't end up dead because he didn't "have any sense", he died because he was inexperienced and didn't probably didn't realize the risk of what he was doing. Its just shitty to see tons of people here essentially call this kid a moron when in reality they have probably never worked a job that involves any sort of real danger. And if they have I am sure they have put themselves in dangerous situations before without thinking.[/QUOTE] Yeah I work at UPS Worldport, the largest industrial shipping UPS facility on the planet with tons of moving machinery and miles of belts and conveyors that move every which way and can crush you instantly or falling objects that can cave your skull in. Sucks this kid died but it's his fault and he definitely was being a dumbass. Kicking a branch into a wood chipper is up there with dancing by a vat of acid or smoking on an oil rig.

I strongly suggest that you do not look further into this, as I did once in a past event where a same accident occured. You may stumble upon som images you do not want to see. Hint: It's worse than a gore movie. Please take this advice.

[QUOTE=Satane;49303389]Kicking the tree in or not, the real question is why was there no big red button he could hit when he got stuck?[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure there is, but at the time... my guess is they panicked and tried to pull him out, instead of shutting it down.

[quote]Sisk said the teen had very limited experience in the tree removal industry, and wants to know whether he was being supervised properly when the accident happened.[/quote] If you need supervision for a task as complicated as throwing wood in a woodchipper, it doesn't bode well for you.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;49303417]If you need supervision for a task as complicated as throwing wood in a woodchipper, it doesn't bode well for you.[/QUOTE] My thoughts exactly.

I work with chippers everyday and the amount of idiots I see use their foot to help aid the feed is ridiculous. Though the one I use most often has all the safety bars and buttons in place there are some that have no such features. Some don't even have rollers and have a straight up cutting drum. Which are sketchy as fuck, throwing shit around like crazy. Especially with the hardwood trees.

There should be a giant red handle around the feeder so when this happens (which it shouldnt ever because sticking any limb into a shredder = dead/dismemberment) you can grab it as you get sucked in, turning off the machine. Do the US ones not have these?

I worked at a Bookbinding factory with plenty of machines more than capable of ruining my day. There were very strict regulations and training on how to not get yourself turned into a puddle of jam. So basically what I'm saying is it's either his fault for not following guidelines, or his employers fault for not enforcing/implementing these safety precautions.

[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;49301742][hd]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO1TFSmfVw4[/hd][/QUOTE] If the machine was anything like that, i fail to see how an action with more than 0.1% of reasonability would result in death unless it's suicide.

"husnip

[QUOTE=goldenbuttocks;49303653]"hurr durr darwin award lol" go fuck yourself if you say this[/QUOTE] Calm your tits, dude