Alberta oil and gasoline operator Cenovus Vitality Inc. says one employee was killed and one other was injured late final week at a web site in northeastern Alberta.
The Calgary-based firm says they have been employed by a third-party contractor on the Christina Lake North web site south of Fort McMurray, east of Freeway 881 close to Conklin.
Alberta Occupational Well being and Security says the employees have been struck by a pipe that rolled off a truck they have been unloading.
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Work instantly stopped within the space the place it occurred, however operations at Christina Lake North have continued.
It was the second fatality in current weeks within the oilsands; a contractor at Suncor Vitality Inc.’s Fort Hills oilsands mine died when heavy equipment they have been working sunk into muskeg.
The province is investigating the office deaths at Christina Lake and Fort Hills.
Cenovus stated Monday it’s working with the suitable authorities.
“We’re deeply saddened by this incident and prolong our profound sympathies to their households, associates and colleagues,” the corporate stated in a written assertion.
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