Frank Gornick died instantly according to police.

Authorities believe he was shoveling debris into the chipper when he was pulled in completely.

He was working with two adult employees of Old Dominion Tree and Lawn Care. They were away from the chipper when Gornick was pulled in.

The company is owned by Robert Strickland. He and his wife took Gornick into their home after the death of both his parents.

A policy analyst for the state labor department tells the Daily Press that Virginia child labor laws prohibit anyone under 18 from operating any power woodworking machine. By definition, a wood chipper falls into that category.

The Pearl Room in Bay Ridge, NY, was fined by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division because the teenager was working in violation of the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

The teen was killed when he tried to stop a rolling minivan from hitting another parked car.

Police say the teen had hopped out of the vehicle without putting it in park.

When the van started rolling backwards, he ran behind it and tried to stop it from moving. But the force of the van threw him backward, pinning him against another vehicle.

The FLSA prohibits 17-year-old workers from driving vehicles after sunset as part of their jobs.

The $50,000 penalty is the maximum allowed under a recent amendment to the FLSA. The $604 was for the employer’s failure to record the young worker’s date of birth.

OSHA had investigated this case and referred it to the Wage and Hour Division.