*note to self - never climb into a wood chipper* 
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Worker dies after slipping, falling into wood chipper
By Times Staff Writer
Published April 30, 2004
TAMPA - A tree service worker trying to dislodge items from a jammed wood chipper on Thursday slipped, fell inside and was killed instantly.
The man, between 50 and 60 years old, died instantly, according to officials with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.
He was an employee of Albury's Tree Service, on Woodlawn Avenue, and was cutting up trees with three or four co-workers at a home in the 3200 block of Rowan Lane, which is in the Lake Ellen Woods subdivision off Fletcher Avenue.
Just before 5 p.m., something got stuck inside the wood chipper and the man climbed on top of the curbside machine, trying to clear it, officials said.
Somehow, he got caught in the chipper and fell in feet first up to his hips, said Sheriff's Lt. Fred Asteasuainzarra.
He died immediately.
A distraught co-worker could be seen lying in a yard on her side later Thursday afternoon. Trimmed lawns and lush oak and pine trees line the streets of the subdivision.
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So have ya'll ever done anything as stupid as this, and actually lived through it??
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Worker dies after slipping, falling into wood chipper
By Times Staff Writer
Published April 30, 2004
TAMPA - A tree service worker trying to dislodge items from a jammed wood chipper on Thursday slipped, fell inside and was killed instantly.
The man, between 50 and 60 years old, died instantly, according to officials with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.
He was an employee of Albury's Tree Service, on Woodlawn Avenue, and was cutting up trees with three or four co-workers at a home in the 3200 block of Rowan Lane, which is in the Lake Ellen Woods subdivision off Fletcher Avenue.
Just before 5 p.m., something got stuck inside the wood chipper and the man climbed on top of the curbside machine, trying to clear it, officials said.
Somehow, he got caught in the chipper and fell in feet first up to his hips, said Sheriff's Lt. Fred Asteasuainzarra.
He died immediately.
A distraught co-worker could be seen lying in a yard on her side later Thursday afternoon. Trimmed lawns and lush oak and pine trees line the streets of the subdivision.
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So have ya'll ever done anything as stupid as this, and actually lived through it??
