Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on April 24, 1998, Employee #1 of Lionudakis Wood and Green Waste Recycling was seriously injured when a coworker turned on the wood chipping equipment while he was working on it. Employee #1, with several other employees, was making repairs on a wood chipper. Two employees were replacing a clutch, and the other two employees were welding. Employee #1 was welding inside the chipper; the other was welding on the outside of the chipper. An employee, who was described as sort of a foreman, instructed the employee assisting him to lift the safety bar so he could start the chipper. He started the equipment with Employee #1 inside the grinder section of the chipper, causing injury to that employee. Employee #1 suffered multiple injuries that required hospitalization for treatment.