{"id":450345,"date":"2026-02-03T03:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T03:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/450345\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T03:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T03:07:13","slug":"one-worker-killed-another-hurt-by-rolling-pipe-at-cenovus-energys-christina-lake-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/450345\/","title":{"rendered":"One worker killed, another hurt by rolling pipe at Cenovus Energy\u2019s Christina Lake site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted February 2, 2026 5:22 pm<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUpdated February 2, 2026 5:24 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Alberta oil and gas operator <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/cenovus-energy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cenovus Energy<\/a> Inc. says one worker was killed and another was injured late last week at a site in northeastern Alberta.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Calgary-based company says they were employed by a third-party contractor at the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/christina-lake\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christina Lake<\/a> North site south of Fort McMurray, east of Highway 881 near Conklin.<\/p>\n<p>Alberta Occupational Health and Safety says the workers were struck by a pipe that rolled off a truck they were unloading.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>Work immediately stopped in the area where it happened, but operations at Christina Lake North have continued.<\/p>\n<p>It was the second fatality in recent weeks in the oilsands; a contractor at Suncor Energy Inc.\u2019s Fort Hills oilsands mine <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11625063\/suncor-fort-hills-worker-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">died when heavy machinery they were operating sunk into muskeg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11648172\/groundhog-day-2026-spring-predictions\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770088032_597_Screenshot-2026-02-02-080745.png\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tGroundhog Day 2026: Canadian groundhogs predict an early spring\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11648425\/donald-trump-sue-trevor-noah-grammys-joke-epstein-island\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770088033_141_trump-threatens-sue-trevor-noah-grammys-2026.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tTrump threatens to sue Trevor Noah over Epstein joke at Grammy Awards\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The province is investigating the workplace deaths at Christina Lake and Fort Hills.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Cenovus said Monday it is working with the appropriate authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply saddened by this incident\u202fand extend our profound sympathies to their families, friends and colleagues,\u201d the company said in a written statement.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 2, 2026 5:22 pm Updated February 2, 2026 5:24 pm 1&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[185387,45,49,48,185388,52758,185389,178334],"class_list":{"0":"post-450345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-alberta-ohs","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-cenovus","13":"tag-cenovus-energy","14":"tag-christina-lake","15":"tag-workplace-death"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}