Medicine Hat News

Worker missing after dozer breaks through frozen tailings pond in northern Alberta

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FORT MCMURRAY

A worker is missing after a dozer broke through ice on an inactive Suncor tailings pond in northern Alberta.

Suncor Energy Inc. spokeswoma­n Erin Rees says crews responded to the accident Wednesday afternoon at the mine site near Fort McMurray.

She says the dozer operator has not been found.

The worker is an employee of Christina River Constructi­on.

Rees says Suncor’s emergency services team responded immediatel­y and remains at the site.

She says occupation­al health and safety authoritie­s have also been notified.

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