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Worker Dies at Suncor Oilsands Site After Machinery Sinks Into Muskeg
The contractor operating heavy equipment sank into muskeg and died; investigation suggests a possible medical event caused the incident near a water body at the Fort Hills site.
- On Jan. 13, a contractor at Suncor Energy Inc.'s Fort Hills oilsands site sank into muskeg while operating heavy equipment and died.
- Suncor said its investigation is early and there are indications the incident may have resulted from a medical event at the Fort Hills oilsands site, an open-pit truck-and-shovel mine about 525 kilometres north of Edmonton.
- RCMP and Suncor emergency crews responded to the incident, and search-and-recovery efforts were underway with the contractor unaccounted for as of last week; neither Suncor nor Alberta Occupational Health and Safety provided a Thursday update on retrieval.
- The department said it will not release further details while Occupational Health and Safety investigates, and Suncor Energy Inc. offered condolences to the worker's family, friends and colleagues.
- Past deadly incidents at the Fort Hills oilsands site include the death of Jonathan Murphy and two workers killed in a bulldozer collision, according to records.
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Worker dies at Suncor oilsands site after machinery sinks into muskeg
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Worker dies at Suncor’s Fort Hills site
A worker has died following an incident at Suncor’s Fort Hills site near Fort McMurray, according to Alberta’s Jobs, Economy, Trade and Immigration department. Officials say the worker was operating heavy equipment on January 13 when it sank into muskeg, a soft, bog‑like terrain common in the region. RCMP and Suncor emergency crews responded, but the worker has not yet been located, and search and recovery efforts continue. Suncor says early sig…
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