OPP identify contractor killed at Goderich salt mine

Huron OPP have identified the worker who died over the weekend at the Goderich salt mine.

Details remain scarce, but police and paramedics were called to the salt mine around 6:16 a.m. on Saturday, police said. At the scene, police said an injured male was brought to the surface and was rushed to

At the scene, police said an injured male was brought to the surface and was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead. Compass Minerals, the owner of the mine, said the victim had been working that morning as a contractor.

Police have identified the victim as 36-year-old Darcy Clancy from Chepstow, Ont.

An autopsy was scheduled to be performed on Monday, police said.

According to Compass Minerals’ website, the facility is the world’s largest underground salt mine and has operated since 1959. The mine was acquired by Kansas-based Compass Minerals, parent company of Sifto Canada, in 1990.

In 2011, a 61-year-old salt mine worker was killed at the facility when an F3-level tornado battered the town. Normand Laberge was working high up on the mine’s boom, a large extendable arm which loads freight onto ships, when the twister struck, pinning him under the rubble, media reports said.