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Worker found dead in water treatment plant

Occupational Health and Safety is investigating after a worker was found dead at Athabasca Water Treatment Plant No. 1 in Fort McMurray.

FORT MCMURRAY — Occupational Health and Safety is investigating after a worker was found dead at Athabasca Water Treatment Plant No. 1 in Fort McMurray, Alta.

OHS officials say the worker was by himself, drilling panels over a water holding tank, when at some point he fell in.

His shift would have ended at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday but his body was not found by a co-worker until 8:15 a.m. on Wednesday.