Man who fell into Menlo Park wood chipper ID’d
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Man who fell into Menlo Park wood chipper ID’d
(Image courtesy Menlo Park Police Department)
MENLO PARK, Calif. (KRON) — A man who was killed when he fell into a wood chipping machine in Menlo Park was identified by a San Mateo County Sheriff’s coroner on Wednesday.
Jesus Contreras Benitez, 47, of Redwood City, was working as a tree trimmer on Peggy Lane when he fell around 12:50 p.m. Tuesday, according to investigators. Benitez died from his injuries before emergency crews arrived on scene.
Cal/OSHA Division of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating to determine what lead up to and caused the industrial accident.
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When I checked out this story on Microsoft Bing a number of such cases of landscapers falling into and being killed in woodchippers over the years came up, including one not far from where I lived in Toronto. I couldn't believe how many times it has happened. It makes the example of a person being devoured by a woodchipper in the movie Fargo almost commonplace.
Here are better images taken from other sources of the story.
Close look at the scene where a tree trimmer was killed by a wood chipper in Menlo P{ark, Calif. (KTVU FOX 2)
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Overhead view of the scene in Menlo Park, California, where a landscaper was killed by a wood chipper. (KTVU FOX 2)
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It's kind of a gruesome way to go.
There was a famous industrial accident at a place where I went to work as a kid. It involved a somewhat well known boxing trainer by the name of Allie Colombo. It's something that people who witness such tragic events don't forget.