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Tree company worker dies after reported wood chipper injury

Police say a person died after they received a call that someone working for a local tree company was injured by a wood chipper in Davenport. According to Capta...

Police say a person died after they received a call that someone working for a local tree company was injured by a wood chipper in Davenport.

According to Captain Brent Biggs with the Davenport Police Department, the call came in a little after 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, 2015.  The call indicated that someone in the 2200 block of East 32nd Street needed medical attention after being injured by a wood chipper.

When police arrived on scene, the person was dead, according to Biggs.

"At this time there is no foul play suspected and the investigation of this incident is being handled by the Davenport Police Department and Scott County Medical Examiners Office," said Biggs.

Authorities were withholding names while the family was notified.

Biggs said on Thursday that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration had been brought in to investigate the incident.

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