Santa Cruz, CA, Workplace Accident: Worker Sucked into Woodchipper, Killed

摘要

A long-time employee with Santa Cruz County was tragically killed when he was pulled into a woodchipper. The worker was reportedly clearing brush outside Watsonville when the accident took place.rnPolice officials reported that Henry Lira Sr., 61, was working alongside a Public Works crew clearing brush on Monday morning, June 7, 2010. Lira, who worked for the county since 1969, was pronounced dead at the scene by responding emergency medical crews after he was pulled into the woodchipper.