He was fired after he refused to meet requirements of the state constitution to live within the town. Co-workers found Robert A. Kinzie trapped between two 20 by 40 foot tables of the press, which exerts about 1,000 pounds of pressure per square inch. Reports say it took employees three to five minutes to pull Kinzie from the machine. Kinzie, who had been at the company for 12 years, was unconscious and had no pulse when paramedics arrived. He was pronounced dead at Goshen General Hospital.
Police continue their investigation.
Emergency workers say Charles Cox's right arm was mangled and he also suffered cuts to his right chest and hip. Cox was flown to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis and transferred to the Hand Center at St. Vincent Hospital. Cox's twin sister, Lauren Yatsak of Noblesville said her brother's arm had to be amputated at the elbow. Yatsak said her brother probably survived because he was on the left side of the plane. From that side, the propeller moves upward and threw him out of the way, she said.