WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (FOX 2) – A 48-year-old man was fatally injured in an accident with a wood chipper on Tuesday morning in West Bloomfield.
Police said the man was working in a crew of three people on Champlain Circle near Middlebelt and Lone Pine roads around 9 a.m. when an unknown part of his body got stuck in the chipper.
“(We received a 911 call) from an individual that said his co-worker had been found inside of a wood chipper,” said Deputy Chief Curt Lawson, West Bloomfield Police Department. “They were able to provide first aid to the individual who was, at the time, conscious.”
Paramedics transported the man to a nearby hospital, but he died en route.
