IDS driver was instructed by Lynch to dump employee's load under unsafe conditions. The berm that the Lynch operator constructed was inadequate/non-existent due to the pile being dug into by Lynch from below. This caused the earth to fall away under back tires. End dump rolled down embankment flipping and landing on its roof. Employee was pronounced dead at the hospital.
LYNCH CORPMetal/Nonmetal
LYNCH CORP. · Surface
Controlled by Stephen P Lynch Jr; David C Lynch Sr
Cumberland, Providence County, RI · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3700070
- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2006–2025
- Latest incident
- Sep 2025
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedStruck against a moving object
Reportable incidents
4 on file (excluding fatalities above)2013 · 1 incident
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was using a utility knife to cut through a section of conveyor belt. Knife slipped off belt and struck employee's right leg (calf area).
2011 · 1 incident
Contact with heat
Employee was taking a break (coffee) with co-workers. Employee complained of light headed, dizzy and nausea.
2006 · 2 incidents
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was completing repair to skirt board rubber on a converyor. Reinstalled the guards and proceeded to step off backward off the frame and at this moment his wedding band became wedged on the wire screen grard.
Flash burns (welding)
EE completed welding task to area of primary jaw hopper. Removed welding hood to locate different area to weld. Used welding glove as a shield rather that hood to tack weld area. (Retrained EE).