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September 8, 2025 RI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Lynch Corp. · Struck against a moving object

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.

May 2, 2013 RI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lynch Corp. · 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).

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