Crime & Safety

Reports: Worker Killed in Rock Salt Pile

The incident occurred Thursday afternoon at the G.R.O.W.S. landfill on Bordentown Road in Falls, according to reports.

A worker has been killed after getting trapped under a rock salt pile at the G.R.O.W.S. landfill on Bordentown Road in Falls, 6ABC.com reports.

Sources told ABC that rock salt buried the employee while he operated a machine at approximately 3:30 p.m. Thursday.

The Bucks County coroner has been dispatched to the scene, and the incident is under investigation.


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