| Show Potash Worker Dies From Injuries Suffered Tuesday A Helper Utah carpenter 1 was was- brushed to death Tuesday when trapped be between huge wooden beams being used in the construction of an ore storage bin at the Texas Gulf Sulphur potash development 20 miles southwest of Moab The victim Hugh Cummings 46 was employed by Timber Structure Co of Portland Ore a subcontractor to the plant erector Stearns-Roger Stearns Manufacturing Manufacturing turing Co The accident occurred while the victim and other men were attempting to move one of the 70 foot 70 foot laminated wooden beams from a stack on en the ground As a crane removed the beam the rest began to move and Cummings fell feU between them He lIe was trapped there for approximately approxImately approximately ap ap- proximately five minutes accordIng according according ac ac- cording to Stearns Roger safety supervisor Jim Another rig was rushed to he scene to remove the beams trapping the carpenter The Injured man lived briefly after being removed and placed in an ambulance He was deacon dead deac on arrival at the Dr I. I W W. Allen AUen Hospital in Moab Fatal injuries were believed to be a broken back or neck The accident happened at pm p.m. and brought work to a standstill on the project until an n investigation could be under under- taken The death was the second fatality on the 30 million dollar doUar i potash project The first occurred occurred oc oc- I in the shaft being sunk by International Harrison I 1 ate late last year Mr Oren Shipman project supervisor for Stearns Roger revealed that his company until an accident Monday had worked nearly man hours without without with with- out a lost time e accident The fatality of course involved a different contractor than the plant contractor |
