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Man decapitated as he fed branches into a wood chipper

Posted by Phil Voice on September 28, 2010 at 7:25am in Health and Safety
An American tree worker has died by decapitation after a tree line, used for lowering branches to the ground, became wrapped around his neck as he fed the branches into a wood chipper, reports the Telegraph. "The gruesome accident happened in Tampa, Florida, USA, where Vargas, 44, was part of a five man crew trimming trees on a suburban street. "He was feeding branches into the chipper when a rope that had been used by one of the tree trimmers somehow slipped over his neck. "Unable to reach the emergency shut off button, Vargas desperately tried to avoid being dragged head first into the machine where he would have been chopped to bits."
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    Phil Voice September 28, 2010 at 9:11am
    The thought of this kind of accident just fills me full of dread. There's no way in this world that anyone should go to work and never come home again.
  • Jason Felstead September 28, 2010 at 3:25pm
    Heli loggers, they are lunatics, unfortunatly this does happen. I think it was last year over the pond in the good ol USA when actually a groundsman was dragged through a chipper after being caught up by the brush. At that time not all of of the chippers had bars around the mouth which would act as an emergancy cut off when preassure was placed by the body. The climber was unaware of what happened until he called out to the grounds. By this time he had already gone through the chipper.
  • Geoff Norfolk September 28, 2010 at 5:23pm
    You haven't met my wife!!

    Philip Voice said:
    The thought of this kind of accident just fills me full of dread. There's no way in this world that anyone should go to work and never come home again.
  • Jason Felstead September 28, 2010 at 6:16pm
    I agree, sounds like hes tried to remove the lowering rope whilst balancing the brush in the mouth of the chipper
  • Sean Busby September 28, 2010 at 6:27pm
    What about Reggie Perrin?

    Philip Voice said:
    The thought of this kind of accident just fills me full of dread. There's no way in this world that anyone should go to work and never come home again.
  • Karl Carolan GreenArt Landscapes September 28, 2010 at 7:51pm
    Very funny Geoff!! ha ha

    Geoff Norfolk said:
    You haven't met my wife!!

    Philip Voice said:
    The thought of this kind of accident just fills me full of dread. There's no way in this world that anyone should go to work and never come home again.
  • Lawncare-4u.co.uk September 28, 2010 at 8:01pm
    sad. dangerous equipment..
  • Lawncare-4u.co.uk October 2, 2010 at 12:29am
    top 10 most dangerous job in the world !!



    Gardens4u.co.uk said:
    sad. dangerous equipment..
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