Man crushed at Twin Rivers paper mill in Plaster Rock

PLASTER ROCK, N.B. – New Brunswick’s occupational safety agency is investigating a fatal industrial accident at a paper mill in Plaster Rock.

WorkSafeNB says a heavy-equipment operator died Wednesday when he was crushed while working at Twin Rivers Paper Company Inc.

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The Crown agency did not release further details except to say the victim was a man in his 50s.

A stop-work order was issued and WorkSafeNB dispatched inspectors to the site.