From the September 16, 1911 Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

“Middlesboro, Mass.–A few ounces of steel flying from a machine yesterday killed Frederick K. Robbins, who weighed 500 pounds. Robbins was the heaviest man in Plymouth County, and had refused many offers from museum managers to exhibit himself, preferring the simple life of the farm. He was feeding corn to a grinding machine for a silo when one of the knifeblades broke off and the flying steel penetrated Robbins’ brain, killing him instantly. He was 41 years of age and unmarried.”