The incident took place at about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday and involved an employee from a town contractor, officials said.

A South Florida tree trimmer has died after getting caught in a wood chipper, according to officials . The accident occurred at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday in Ocean Ridge, about 60 miles north of Miami, when a man was trimming trees on the first day of a project at the Ocean Ridge Town Hall and Police Department property.