Dsnow

[golfer]

I hope this isn’t anyone you work with. But how does this even happen in the tree business?

Colorado man loses both legs in wood chipper accident 15 minutes into his first day at his new job

John O’Neill, 33, was 15 minutes into his new job when the accident happened

www.yahoo.com

 

[BackofBeyond]

Good luck getting his ankle monitor back on him, copper!


To soon?

 

[Dsnow9]

Poor training unfortunately. It’s not uncommon. I don’t really believe the hooked an ankle. Just the way a chipper works, if it yanked you in your going head first. New guys will push the branches into the chipper with their foot to force it into the chipper. Foot is already on the deck and then yanks the rest of the body in. He is very lucky and must have had a Vermeer chipper with only one feeder wheel. My chipper has two feeder wheels and you’re not pulling yourself out. The only way would be to reverse the feed wheels.

 

[WildWill]

Well it's official I'll never get within a hundred foot of a wood chipper again.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil scenario there. Good lord!

 

[SwaggyD]

Holy smokes. Guess I’ll stick with my desk job.

 

[Dsnow9]

Holy smokes. Guess I’ll stick with my desk job.

You don’t want to see the incident reports for my job…. Things like chainsaws stuck in collar bones, other chainsaw injuries, and getting hit by branches or logs flying through the air are much more common. The chipper is about the worst one and doesn’t happen often but almost always results from someone using their boot to push stuff into the chipper.

 

[Dsnow9]

Ropes DO NOT get anywhere near chippers!

 

[noharleyyet]

 

[Dsnow9]

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I have three daughters. When they get to dating age, me and the boys will have a seat on the chipper feed tray and have a little before the first date.

 

[millerkiller77]

Good luck getting his ankle monitor back on him, copper!


To soon?

It's never too soon.

 

[millerkiller77]

Can we start an "OSHA was never here" thread? I'll start it out with a soils deputy inspecting a drilled shaft while the driller was at lunch. Driller returned from lunch and continued doing what most lever pullers do... he went at it.... A 72" rock auger with 85k torque vs a soft body......