Cory, Sask. — A 31 year-old miner died after an accident at Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.’s potash mine in Saskatchewan Feb. 17. He was struck in a “ground fall” incident around 3:30 a.m., when ore fell and struck him. CPR was administered and he was taken to the hospital, where he passed away. He was a three-year employee at the mine and had a two-year-old son. Another employee was also taken to the hospital as a precaution with non-life-threatening injuries. PotashCorp told Green Markets that it was the first such incident since 2005, which occurred at the Lanigan mine. The Cory mine, which employs 400, remained closed Feb. 18. As of Feb. 20, PotashCorp said the Cory mine was running on a 10 and 4 schedule. It was moving into a four-day-off period, with the mine expected back up after that down time. The facility is back to reprocessing red material into white product.
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