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VANCOUVER, Wash. Frank Arce truly must have a guardian angel looking after him. That's how he explains surviving the unthinkable; being caught inside a high-powered wood chipper when it was mistakenly turned on.
Arce had gone in to the machine to dislodge an object that had clogged up the machine. Before going in, he says he made sure the machinery was turned off in accordance with his company's safety protocol. But once inside he heard a sickening noise; the engine powering on.
The Washington state man says the worst part was being conscious during the entire ordeal and wondering how he was going to survive, ""There was a thought (that I was going to die) but it was more like something was telling me I wasn't going to die that day," he said. "I felt I had a lot of angels out there with me that day a lot of people looking out for me."
KATU-TV reports Arce suffered a broken pelvis, shattered ankle, bruised liver, broken leg and knee, and a cut that runs the length of his body. But he credits the quick thinking of his coworkers who helped him with his injuries until help arrived.
http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/national/man-somehow-survives-going-through-wood-chipper/nc7Bh/
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Man somehow survives going through wood chipper (Original Post)
n2doc
Jan 2014
OP
Someone biffed the lockout-tagout? Yikes, that could have been a horror show.
TwilightGardener
Jan 2014
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theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)1. Anyone else immediately think of the movie, "Fargo"?
That trip to the chipper didn't turn out so well.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)2. Glad I wasn't the only one.
Greybnk48
(10,171 posts)7. Yep, what else. LOL! But this has a very happy ending. n/t
Vashta Nerada
(3,922 posts)8. I did.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)3. That's why they put locks on electric panels
You lock it and keep the key on your person.
Orrex
(63,220 posts)4. One might go so far as to say that he felt quite chipper after the accident.
gordianot
(15,242 posts)5. Good grief!
I heard years ago many people die in serious industrial accidents because co workers are in trauma viewing their injuries and afraid to do first aid. This guy is lucky.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)9. Article title fail
He didn't "go through" the wood chipper....
I'm PRETTY sure that not a survivable experience LOL
Orrex
(63,220 posts)10. Still has a splinter of truth
snooper2
(30,151 posts)11. you're always just a chip off the old block
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)12. Someone biffed the lockout-tagout? Yikes, that could have been a horror show.
postulater
(5,075 posts)13. Happened to a guy here a few years ago. Splat in the blink of an eye.
Hand got caught on a branch, safety disengaged on purpose cuz it was too clumsy, and nothing left to do first aid on.
He had been working with a machine like that all his life and all it took was one time of inattentiveness.