MELVILLE, Sask. —
A Canadian National Railway employee has died after being injured in a railway yard in Saskatchewan.
CN (TSX:CNR) spokesman Patrick Waldron says in an email that the employee was fatally injured early Friday while performing "regular duties" at the company's Melville Yard.
Details of the injury were not released.
The Teamsters Canada union stated in a news release that the worker was a 26-year-old woman with about three year's experience.
The Transportation Safety Board says it was notified of the incident, but explains that Transport Canada will handle the case since it is considered a labour investigation.
The worker's name has not been released.
"Instead of celebrating the holidays, the family of one our Teamster sisters will be in mourning," François Laporte, President of Teamsters Canada, the union representing workers at CN, said in the news release.
"On behalf of Canada's 125,000 Teamster members, I would like to express my sincerest condolences to her family, friends and co-workers."
Waldron said the circumstances of the accident remain under investigation.
"The thoughts and prayers of all of us at CN are with our colleague's family, friends and co-workers," Waldron said in the email.
The Canadian Press
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CN says one of its conductors died while working at a yard site in Melville, Sask., on Friday. CN spokesperson Patrick Waldron said the circumstances of the accident are under investigation.
Teamsters Canada said the conductor was a 26-year-old woman who had been working for CN since 2014.
Christopher Monette, director of public affairs with Teamsters Canada, said accidents of this kind do happen occasionally.
"Obviously the teamsters are heavily invested in building up strong safety first, safety positive workplaces, and heavily invested in trying to make sure these events are as rare as possible in order to ensure the safety and security of our members."
However, when accidents happen, it is painful, particularly at this time of year, he said.
"Teamsters are a big Teamster family here and when one of our sisters dies in the line of work, it's a tragedy for all 125,000 members from coast to coast to coast."
Monette said a Transportation Safety Board investigation is underway.