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Inglewood worker is pulled into wood chipper, dies
The man was part of a tree-trimming crew and was dragged into the
machine while feeding it branches, authorities say.
By Andrew Blankstein
Los Angeles Times
April 9, 2008
An Inglewood city employee who was part of a tree-trimming crew was
killed after being pulled into a wood chipper, authorities said today.
The accident was reported at 2:35 p.m. Tuesday in the 3000 block of
West 80th Street, said Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Sam Padilla.
The 46-year-old worker, who was not immediately identified because his
family hadn't been notified, somehow got caught and was dragged into
the machine, authorities said.
"Somebody was in the tree trimming and he was on the ground feeding
the branches into the chipper," said Kate McGuire, a spokeswoman with
Cal/OSHA, which is investigating the incident. "Somehow he was pulled
into it. The co-worker did not see the accident but allegedly a
resident did."
Inglewood police determined it was an industrial accident and that no
crime was involved. A 24-year-old man died in a similar accident in
November in Tustin.
Thirty-one people were killed in wood chipper accidents from 1992 to
2002, according to a 2005 report by the Journal of the American
Medical Assn.
The Inglewood victim, an employee with the city's Park, Recreation and
Community Services Department, had worked for the city for eight
years, said Ed Maddox, an Inglewood spokesman.
"Nothing like this has ever happened in the city," Maddox said.
"Obviously, it's a terrible tragedy."
Inglewood worker is pulled into wood chipper, dies - Los Angeles Times