re: Getting wood chippered on your first day on the job

Similar thing damn near happened to me 20+years ago. I was hired by Hunt Lumber in Independence. First day on the job the put me on the "chipper belt" to knock down larger vertical branches/bark etc. I had a 10' rod to knock crap down with, but some of the ol hands advised just kick the pieces down with your boot. No problem. Except about an hour after lunch as I kicked one piece another piece caught my jeans and drug my arse lickety split towards the MASSIVE chipper 20 some odd feet up in the air. As I was yelling my "ohhh shite"s I decided to roll off the conveyor a few feet before the teeth. Somehow one of my boots was knocked off and went into the chipper, but because it was a steel toe it caused the chipper to shut down and alarms to go off. I walked straight to my vehicle and never looked back...scared shitless