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Talk about an "oh *****" moment. That could not have been pleasant.
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if he went head first , it was pretty quick.
Now the other way..that would have felt like forever. Rika |
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04-10-2008, 12:29 PM
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just no way for that to be anything but bad.
Do you think it'll be an open baggy funeral?
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I saw that. Probably not actually painful, except for anyone who might have witnessed it.
Must have really left a mark. I always thought that the Coen Bros. were sick bastards for putting that in "Fargo".
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I like the part that states "they are still looking for people that may have see the accident"
At what point could you see this happen and say "hmmm I wonder if dinners ready" and not call someone????
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04-10-2008, 12:46 PM
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Working in the paper industry for 30+ years I always got a thrill and a little uneasy walking by the chipper. Takes up to a 30" X 4' log and chips it in 2 -3 seconds. It would have been a very quick way to end it all and the chips are in the digester within minutes after that.
That chipper in the picture looks like rear feed, how did he FALL into that? |
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Maybe it wasn't an accident/unintentional. Or he tossed in a long branch and the machine grabbed it with him still holding on. What a scary way to go. I'd guess if he went in feet first or sideways there would be a second or two of real pain but then the body would *shutdown* the sensors...hopefully... Tools like those are freaky dangerous.
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What goes threw the mind the split second before you realize what is going to happen? Ouch.
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Wonder if he had his safety shoes on??
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If you went in any way but head first, no matter the pain and if you had the slightest cognizance wouldn't you be scrambling to hold onto ANYTHING...which would only prolong the agony (and the horror) a moment or two?
Gawd, what a way to go.
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I'm sure his wife misses him very mulch.
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Should have been some type of a safety mechanism on it.
I don't know what though. Poor guy just doing a day's work. To bad for his family. Hard Hat Gloves Leathers Steel toed Boot's and Safety Glasses won't save you in that situation. K.T. 1973 911 E 2.4 MFI 1983 911 SC 1978 911 SC 1965 Devin "D" / 1967 912 Power Plant 1998 GMC Serra 4X4 Z71 John Deere LT166 Money Can Buy Happiness........Buy A Porsche......a |
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The chippers that I see on the street like that do seem to be rear feed, so I wondered how he could fall out of a tree and into it.
My thought was that maybe in the interest of efficiency, he somehow aimed the opening upward, climbed up into the tree, then cut the branches, dropping them directly into the chipper! In theory would have been a good plan. |
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