3 Alberta workplace deaths in 3 days

A man injured at an oilfield east of Edmonton has become the third worker in three days to die on the job in Alberta.

A man working for Bearing Oilfield Services in Bonnyville died after suffering head injuries Saturday morning while preparing to offload piping using a small crane.

Tracey Kiptaof Alberta Employment and Immigration said the accident happened in the yard of Tuboscope Canada.

"What had happened was a worker was moving some oilfield pipes using a knuckle-boom picker [small crane], moving it within the Tuboscope Canada site," she said. "He sustained head injuries in the process of setting up to offload the piping."

The man's name has not been released.

Occupational Health and Safety officials are investigating.

On Friday, a contractor died of head injuries after he fell off a ladder at CFB Edmonton.

On Thursday, a 42-year-old man died after he was struck by a vehicle on a Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. site near Fort Chipewyan, north of Fort McMurray.