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Man killed in wood-chipper accident
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The Anaheim resident was working with a tree-trimming crew in Tustin. He was throwing branches into the machine one moment, authorities say, and then suddenly 'he was gone.'
By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
10:15 AM PST, November 8, 2007
Authorities in Orange County are working to recover the remains of a 24-year-old Anaheim man who was killed Wednesday in a wood chipper accident in Tustin.

The tree service worker "was standing at the back end of the chipper, throwing branches into it with his co-workers nearby," said Sgt. Pat Welch of the Tustin Police Department.

"One of them looked over, and he was gone."

Authorities took the wood chipper and the truck attached to it to a parking structure at the coroner's office, where they plan to dismantle it.

The accident, which happened about 4 p.m. in the 2600 block of Palmetto Avenue in Tustin, is being investigated by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, authorities said.

The man's name was being withheld until his family was notified.

"We'll just be trying to gather as much of the remains as we can," said Supervising Deputy Coroner Larry Esslinger.

Thirty-one people have been killed in wood chipper accidents between 1992 and 2002, according to a 2005 Journal of the American Medical Assn. report.

Do I have to be the first to say Fargo...?

Beat me to it.

Marge Gunderson: So that was Mrs. Lundegaard on the floor in there. And I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper. And those three people in Brainerd. And for what? For a little bit of money. There's more to life than a little money, you know. Don't you know that? And here ya are, and it's a beautiful day. Well, I just don't understand it

Man, the guy just disappeared in one second. One second he was a person, and the next he was a stain inside the chute.

I always thought bodies were made for wood chippers or vice versa.
In fact I watched the latest David Cronenberg Eastern Promises last night, with HM and his brother and slightly spooked HM Bro.
(Slight spoiler) I said,"Oh I loved the bit when he cut his fingers off with secateurs, ever since my parents got some to prune the roses I've thought how easily they would work on fingers!"

HM knows I have a slightly macabre mind but poor HM Bro isn't used to that sort of cheerful admittance.

Composting. Just add lime.

And the shame of all of it is, he was saving money to go to school to become a tree surgeon.

Fargo?

poor fella.
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Varrrrooooommmmm! Varrrooooooooooooooooooooommmmmm...

Will his family be claiming his tan Cutlass Sierra?

Reminds me of the guy who ran straight through a screen door.



He strained himself.

Carl Showalter: That's it, then. You can have my truck. I'm takin' the Ciera.
Gaear Grimsrud: We split that.
Carl Showalter: [pause] How'dya split a fucking car, ya dummy? With a fucking chainsaw?
Gaear Grimsrud: One of us pays the other for half.
Carl Showalter: Hold on! No fucking way! You fuckin' notice this? I got fuckin' shot! I got fuckin' shot in the face! I went and got the fuckin' money; I got shot fuckin' picking it up. I've been up for thirty-six fucking hours! I'm taking' that fuckin' car! That fucker's mine! You fucking asshole!

What a movie! I love the Coens:D [/thread drift]