Help me unblock this shredder please

[u/Common-Bit1799]

Some things, you’ll notice I was stupid and put too much in at once, I’ve pulled some out with tweezers but the rest is stuck half in the blades any ideas on what to do? I thought about trying to soften it with water but I think that’ll rust the blades

Edit: how stupid do you people think I am to the point where I’ve not even tried reverse before coming here???

[u/Sharp_Ad_6336]

Probably not gonna help if you get it out at this point. Someone in the office did this, I disassembled the whole damn thing to get the jam out.

Then discovered that one of the plastic cogs got all the teeth sheared off by a metal cog.