Guy killed by chipper, USA

[Ian C]

Really horrible way to go, sad.

 

 

 

All those with TW150s dont worry, yours wont do this!

[PeteB]

My condolences to all present or affected by this tragic waste. Please, don't take unnecessary risks.

[skyhuck]

IMHO, OSHA will conduct their investigation and that will be the end of it. It does not mean I care any more or less for what happen to the victim. My uncle lost 1/2 of his arm in a chipper just over 60 years ago and he paid a very high price for the accident. fast forward to the present I believe it is possible to still hurt or kill your self with such machines except I believe more times than not HUMAN ERROR and really bad judgement regarding proper use or lack there of are the single largest contributors to injuries and death from using this type of a machine.

easy-lift guy

 

Well thats blindingly obvious really

 

These machines are built to chip tree "limbs", we all also have limbs, limbs which we use to put tree limbs into the chipper.

 

It would be very difficult and prohibitively expensive to produce a machine that can tell the difference between a timber limb and flesh limb.

 

We have to use these machines with care and respect, if we make an error it can be horrific.

[Ty Korrigan]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji_-m_ylq10]Worker pulled through woodchipper - YouTube[/ame]

 

I found this on Youtube.

Don't worry, its not gruesome, its the investigation.

TY

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I am going to STOP, and think first a lot more because of that article, good post

[Le Sanglier]

A sobering article on chipper accidents.

 

TCIA | TCI Magazine | Chipper Accidents are more Common than Reported

 

Sobering indeed.

[easy-lift guy]

I agree Hamadryad, I believe also this thread and many others published on this site should be incorporated into safety meetings for all personnel esp. folks involved with Risk Management.

easy-lift guy

[john p]

I am going to STOP, and think first a lot more because of that article, good post

 

same here

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I think that article should be put into bold print and given to every arb on the planet it has had a profound affect on my thinking, it inspires a healthy respect for the chipper, to a point that I for one will never ever treat the chipper as just a tool.

 

it is a beast that can and will bite you in the arse if you act like a numbnuts.

[Ty Korrigan]

BUT...

What about U.K accidents?

I don't recall reading on this forum about too many...

Having said that, I left a French company after 2 months employment and one of the reasons was that the level of H@S was frightenly low.

I recall the big Saelin 50hp shredder and a worker in the hopper kicking lumps of wood into the feed rollers.

Top handles used for everything and silky saws just laughed at.

So, is the U.K better educated in these matters?

Also, don't forget the sheer size of the U.S.A population wise, so figures can taken out of proportion quite easily.

Ty