Friday, December 30, 2005

Alleged Shredding?!?!?!

By Felix Doligosa Jr., Rocky Mountain News December 29, 2005
LOVELAND - An employee of a tree-trimming company was found dead at work Wednesday afternoon after an apparent accident with a wood chipper.
Police have not released the victim’s name or age.
A wood chipper with blood stains was taped off near where the body was found. Police said they were awaiting the results of an autopsy before confirming that the employee was killed because of the wood chipper. Investigators characterized the death as an industrial accident.
The victim was part of a two-man crew trimming a tree using a wood chipper and chainsaws at a house at in the 2300 block of Fountain Drive, said Sgt. Rae Bontz of the Loveland Police Department. A wood chipper is a machine that shreds wood into compost.
An accident occured at about 1:30 p.m. and the partner ran up to the house to call 911.
The victim was dead when authorities arrived. A chaplain arrived to comfort the co-worker who was "as well as one can expect," said Bontz. The homeowners declined to comment.
Signs on trucks parked at the scene bore "Brian’s Trimming Service." Messages left with the company were not returned.
Investigators with the coroner’s office, the police department and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating the death.

*** Hmmmm now I don't want to speculate without knowing all the facts but this one looks cut and dried. Wait isn't Loveland near Boulder? I wonder if the investigators frome Loveland are better than the ones from Boulder?!?! Hmmm time shall tell!

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