Charlie Knapp never had a chance.
The 59-year-old worker was operating a lathe in May 2009 In Springfield, Missouri, when a 12-pound piece of rotating metal, nearly 3 feet across, flew off and hit him in the head. The metal hunk was moving at about 60 miles per hour—after it hit Knapp, it traveled another 20 feet before crashing into shelves. He died on the spot, his head split open.
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