# How long could a person dance on top of one of those industrial shredders before getting caught?

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**Created:** [July 28, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-a-person-dance-on-top-of-one-of-those-industrial-shredders-before-getting-caught/1031971 "2026-07-28T03:34:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-could-a-person-dance-on-top-of-one-of-those-industrial-shredders-before-getting-caught/1031971/18 "2026-07-30T15:50:18Z")

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> [@muldoonthief](#):
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> Here’s the 14 year old thread discussing this event: [I never knew wood chippers were this dangerous.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-knew-wood-chippers-were-this-dangerous/618409)

Wow, that’s an uplifting thread to read first thing in the morning.

This was particularly frightning:

> [@I never knew wood chippers were this dangerous.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-knew-wood-chippers-were-this-dangerous/618409/4):
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> a good friend of mine was killed while using a circular saw on a tree stump in his garden a few years ago.

I have done that same thing many times. (the cutting with a circular saw - not the dying part)

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