Tree trimmer falls to death in wood chipper in California accident
A tree trimmer fell to his gruesome death in a wood chipper Tuesday afternoon in Northern California.
The unidentified male worker was in a tree in Menlo Park when he fell, local police said.
Tuesday's accident was at least the second time a tree trimmer has died in a wood chipper in 2022. (Shutterstock/)
Other tree trimmers witnessed the horror, local ABC affiliate KGO reported. The man was dead by the time first responders reached the scene, cops said.
Menlo Park is about halfway between San Francisco and San Jose. It’s best known for hosting the corporate headquarters of Meta, Facebook’s parent company.
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health will investigate the incident.
Tree trimmer wood chipper accidents are not unheard of. A Pennsylvania teenager, also working as a tree trimmer, died in a disturbingly similar accident in August.
