Self-inflicted "Fargo"

[Ripsnort]

http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=2534518
SAN JOSE, Calif. Workers safety regulators will look into the death of a San Jose man who accidentally fell into a wood chipper while working with a tree-trimming crew.

Fire officials say 19-year-old Miguel Marquez was standing on the tailgate of the wood chipper yesterday when some tree debris got stuck in the chute. As Marquez tried to kick the jammed wood through the chute, both his feet and legs were pulled into the shredder. He died of massive injuries.

The other members of the three-person crew were clearing branches in a tree and did not see the accident.

The California Occupational and Safety Health Administration -- or Cal-OSHA-- will investigate.

[Lizking]

Of course, it is the chipper manufacturer's fault.

[lazs2]

was he in his bullet proof safety bubble?

lazs

[Dune]

Growing up, my grandfather introduced me to a really cool guy who flew F-80's in Korea.  He also only had one arm becuase he tried to clean the spindles on a cotton picker without turning it off.

Lesson learned: Do not attempt to clean machinery whose purpose is disassembling things while it's one.

[Yeager]

when I was a kid I tried to see if I could hold back the force of a blender spoon of a mixer machine.  I grabbed on and ever so gingerly turned the graduated power handle to ultra slow.  Nearly took my fingers off,  slow like.........lol.

I feel sorry for the guy, sounds like a hell of a way to go.  People spend about 10-15 seconds each day being unthinkingly disconnected from the material world they live in. You know, that brutal place where the rubber meats the road, or flesh seperates from bone, as it were.  All you need is for those 10-15 seconds to line up with something really important, like a red light, a train crossing, a gun you didn't think was loaded.....and your in big big trouble.

It pays well to stay connected.

[Airhead]

If we ran ALL the Illegals through wood chippers we could pack em tighter on the buses that take them back to Tijuana.

[Dune]

We wouldn't have to.  We could use them for mulch.

[Lizking]

Yeah, but who are you gonna get to spread the mulch, since you just mulched the spreaders?!

[AKS\/\/ulfe]

We'll never be short of fresh illegals.
-SW

[Dune]

Originally posted by Lizking
Yeah, but who are you gonna get to spread the mulch, since you just mulched the spreaders?!

[slimm50]

I shouldn't laugh at these comments, I know it just encourages you.......................... ..............

[capt. apathy]

Originally posted by Dune
Growing up, my grandfather introduced me to a really cool guy who flew F-80's in Korea.  He also only had one arm because he tried to clean the spindles on a cotton picker without turning it off.

Lesson learned: Do not attempt to clean machinery whose purpose is disassembling things while it's one.

as a guy works around dangerous machinery/chemicals (the chemicals in a paper mill are designed to take a great big douglas fir tree and break it down until you can wipe with it.), I have a very simple system.  whenever I work on anything that could start unexpectedly and ruin my day I dis connect all power supplies and other energy sources, lock out any parts that can be locked in a safe position, or if neither of these can be done effectively I steal critical parts of of key systems and don't replace them until I'm clear of the machine.

Yeager, that's a good observation and one I've tried to drive home in my kids for the last 20 years.  when ever they ask "what happened to that guy?  or how did that happen" my standard answer is "he probably just stop paying attention for a few seconds"

[Furball]

if only he had his gun on him...

[sling322]

Originally posted by Dune
Growing up, my grandfather introduced me to a really cool guy who flew F-80's in Korea.  He also only had one arm becuase he tried to clean the spindles on a cotton picker without turning it off.

Lesson learned: Do not attempt to clean machinery whose purpose is disassembling things while it's one.

Yee-ouch!  My uncle had a guy working for him back a few years ago when he did cotton harvesting that was told a million times not to wear gloves while cleaning the spindles on a cotton picker while they were turning.  Guy ended up with one spindle drilled thru his hand and one thru his forearm.  Luckily the ratchet gear was set low enough that the head didnt try to pull his whole body in.  Once it met so much resistance  it stopped pulling and the gear started slipping.  The gory part was putting the spindles in reverse to get his hand and arm free.  

[capt. apathy]

Originally posted by sling322
Yee-ouch!  My uncle had a guy working for him back a few years ago when he did cotton harvesting that was told a million times not to wear gloves while cleaning the spindles on a cotton picker while they were turning.  Guy ended up with one spindle drilled thru his hand and one thru his forearm.  Luckily the ratchet gear was set low enough that the head didnt try to pull his whole body in.  Once it met so much resistance  it stopped pulling and the gear started slipping.  The gory part was putting the spindles in reverse to get his hand and arm free.  

unbelievable, he "was told a million times not to wear gloves while cleaning the spindles on a cotton picker while they were turning."

maybe a more effective safety policy would have been-

Don't clean the spindles on a cotton picker while they are turning