Syncrude Canada faces five charges in death of worker at oilsands project in 2021
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This article was published 03/04/2023 (1224 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
FORT MCKAY, ALBERTA – Oilsands giant Syncrude Canada Ltd. has been charged in the death of a worker north of Fort McMurray, Alta.
The Alberta government says on June 6, 2021, in Fort McKay a worker was operating an excavator to build a berm when the bank slumped into the water.
It says the cab of the excavator was fully submerged and the worker drowned.
Syncrude faces charges under Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Act, including failure to ensure the health and safety of a worker.
Other charges include failure to ensure the health and safety of their worker by permitting the worker to operate the excavator on a ramp with an over-steepened slope, failure to comply with Energy Safety Canada safety rules, and other offences.
The Syncrude Project is a joint venture that includes Suncor Energy Inc., Imperial Oil Resources Ltd., Sinopec Oil Sands Partnership and CNOOC Oil Sands Canada.
The case is to be heard in Fort McMurray court on May 24.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 3, 2023
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