--- description: Police say a tree service worker in Florida died on Monday after he accidentally fell into a wood chipper title: Man Killed in "Horrifying" Wood Chipper Accident image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Accident](/tag/accident/) ## Accident Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Florida Man Killed in 'Horrifying' Wood Chipper Accident by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2014 1:05 PM CUT by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2014 1:05 PM CUT Authorities in Florida say a tree service worker died on Monday after he accidentally fell into a wood chipper. “You hear about this stuff in the movies, but then all of the sudden it happens right outside your door step,” Joseph Horta, a nearby resident, [told](http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/06/23/man-killed-after-going-through-wood-chipper/ "undefined") CBS Miami. “All the sudden I hear all these sirens and I look outside and I see some piles of blood. It was horrifying.” The victim, whose name is being withheld until his family is notified, fell into the teeth of the machine and his body was pulled completely through. Cleanup on the street reportedly lasted well into the evening. “This isn’t something you see every day,” Davie Police Capt. Dale Engle [said](http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Man-Dies-in-Wood-Chipper-Accident-264299201.html "undefined"). “It’s not something you can just go home and forget about.” There were 11 [wood chipper deaths](http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Man-Dies-in-Wood-Chipper-Accident-264299201.html "undefined") between 2000 and 2013, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. \[[_CBS Miami_](http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/06/23/man-killed-after-going-through-wood-chipper/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2917186/florida-man-killed-in-horrifying-wood-chipper-accident/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2917186/florida-man-killed-in-horrifying-wood-chipper-accident/"},"headline":"Florida Man Killed in 'Horrifying' Wood Chipper Accident","datePublished":"2014-06-24T13:05:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:05.689Z","description":"Cleanup of the scene lasted well into the night","url":"https://time.com/2917186/florida-man-killed-in-horrifying-wood-chipper-accident/","keywords":["Accident","Newsfeed","Crime","Death","Florida"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/accident/","name":"Accident"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2917186/florida-man-killed-in-horrifying-wood-chipper-accident/","name":"Florida Man Killed in 'Horrifying' Wood Chipper Accident"}}]}] ```