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Did you hear about the woman who got her entire body chewed up by a woodchipper?

GOT IT!!!

http://www.philly.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/5442807.htm


Worker is killed in wood chipper
Crew runs away after accident

LAKELAND - (AP) -- A tree service worker died when she accidentally became caught in a wood chipper, police said. Her entire body passed through the machine.

Roziland Jennifer Mowell, 24, of Lakeland was working with a crew from Ashbranch Tree Service on Wednesday when she became caught in the chipper, police said. Mowell's husband, R. Bryan Mowell, owns the tree service company.

Police spokesman Jack Gillen would not comment on how she was caught in the chipper.

Her co-workers ran from the home, hopped into a truck and left the scene, Gillen said. They called police shortly thereafter, but Gillen said he did not know why the workers fled.

Contractors working across the street heard the wood chipper, which was still running. The machine was attached to a company truck.

''It was their first day here, and we didn't hear them doing any work,'' said Larry Laxdal, who was working across the street. ``We didn't hear any chain saws going all morning. Then, all of a sudden, they all hopped in the truck and left. The only thing we heard after that was the chipper.''

The co-workers were questioned and released, Gillen said.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the accident.

Another employee of Ashbranch died on the job in 1996. Paul Plynaar, 16, was killed when a 30-foot tree trunk fell on him, police reported. OSHA fined the company $750 for a safety violation.

In 1999, two Floridians died in wood chippers.

Kurt McConnell, 14, was killed when he was caught in a chipper while working with his father's tree-cutting crew in Gainesville. In Valrico, Joshua Avery, 22, a tree trimmer, tried to free a stuck branch in a wood chipper with his foot and was pulled into the machine.





I find it quite bizarre that the crew all hopped in the truck and took off after she was sliced and diced.
 
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