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

[Bazsil]

[QUOTE=SaltyWaters;49318891]He probably didn't feel any of those emotions. You only feel those things if you were expecting it to happen, when it's a surprise you usually just feel angry that you were so stupid.[/QUOTE]

"God damn it i'm getting ground up into paste darn what a dummy I am"

No, i get the feeling he absolutely was in agony and despair

[Chinook249]

snip late

[coldroll5]

[QUOTE=dale_uk_scout;49314868]sounds like he had a chip in the shoulder[/QUOTE]

not funny die in a hole.

[Nazereth666]

I have been around wood chippers quite a bit and in all honesty I have a ton of respect for them, you have to have proper training and a VERY clear understanding of the machine you are working with. Sadly a lot of people are too comfortable and careless as well as not properly trained. I have met people who don't know about the bump bar and control bar on these machines that are usually within reach of anywhere in the chute.

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The bump bar is a fail safe to stop the in feed rollers if it is activated, granted I have worked on machines that don't have this but they still have the control bar which controls the forward and backwards movement of the in feed rollers and I have had to use it once when a branch caught my glove and tried to yank me in. I had plenty of time to determine what was happening and make the choice to hit the control bar and reverse the in feed rollers and release my glove. The worst thing you can do though is use your legs to kick a branch in, especially when it is within a foot of the in feed rollers yet I see it done all the time.

If you are lucky you hit the bump bar and stop the machine but that doesn't always happen or it isn't a feature of the machine. And sadly depending on how you are orientated when you get caught you might be out of reach of the control bar or be in too much of a panic to use it. Because of this I NEVER use my legs to kick anything into the chipper and if I need to assist a branch into the chipper I always keep my hand near the control bar out of habit. The in feed rollers have a bit of speed to them but if you have the muscle memory you can almost always get yourself out of trouble. Sadly that wasn't the case with this guy and it's horrible to hear about such a needless death.