Agrium Restarts Its Potash Mine in Vanscoy After Fatality, Saskatoon
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Agrium’s potash mine in Vanscoy, Sask., has reopened after the death of a worker shut down its operations earlier this month.
Chad Wiklun, 29, was seriously injured when he was caught between two pieces of heavy machinery while working underground.
He died of his injuries at 10:40 p.m. CST on Aug. 10.
The mine, about 30 kilometers southwest of Saskatoon, was closed for several days after the incident but slowly reopened late last week, with all of its operations up and running by Sunday.
Vanscoy mine general manager Todd Steen said although the workers were still shaken by Wiklun’s death, most had returned to work underground. Some workers were given the day off for Wiklun’s funeral.
“There’s still a lot of sadness and mourning,” Steen said, adding the mine was doing extra training to heighten safety awareness underground.
Agrium’s investigation into the death is ongoing and Steen said he does not expect the investigation to wrap up for at least another week.
He said the province was also still looking into the incident.
Source: (August 17, 2016) CBC News
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