Esterhazy, Sask.-One employee was killed at The Mosaic Co.’s Esterhazy potash mine in Saskatchewan on Saturday, Nov. 28, when a large above-ground storage bin collapsed around 2:00 a.m. Another employee was injured and sent to a local hospital, where he was last reported to be in stable condition. “We are working with mine safety government officials in investigating the accident,” a Mosaic spokesman told Green Markets. “Our deepest sympathy goes out to the employee’s family and friends in the wake of this tragedy.” The name of the deceased was not released, but the local press identified him as a 28 year-old, married father of two. He was reportedly buried under some 500 tons of potash ore. The injured employee is expected to make a full recovery. The Mosaic accident came just one week after an incident in New Brunswick, where a PotashCorp potash miner was killed (GM Nov. 30, p. 15).
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