The large male black bear attacked the woman in a busy part of the sprawling industrial complex, approximately 25 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, on Wednesday afternoon. CALGARY, Alberta May 8 (Reuters) - A female Suncor Energy employee has been killed by a bear on the company's oil sands base camp site near Fort McMurray in northern Alberta, a company spokeswoman said. The Suncor instrument technician reportedly came face to face with the bear shortly after coming out of a washroom at the company’s oil sands base plant, located about 25 kilometres north of Fort McMurray. They called RCMP around 2:15 p.m. Wednesday; Weafer was later pronounced dead at the scene. Seetal said she did not know of any other bear attacks on site. Suncor’s executive vice president Mark Little said the company is shocked “by this very unusual incident.” 
 
 “There are no words to express the tragedy of this situation. Our thoughts and prayers go out to family, friends and co-workers.” 
 
 “We don’t know why this happened and that’s why it’s so important we conduct a complete, thorough investigation,” Suncor spokesperson Sneh Seetal after the event on Wednesday.
– A female employee of Canada's largest oil and gas company was killed by a black bear at a work site in northern Alberta, reports the CBC. The 36-year-old had just emerged from a washroom at Suncor's oil-sands site when she encountered the bear, reports Global News. Co-workers tried in vain to save her, and she was pronounced dead at the scene. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police then killed the bear. “We don't know why this happened," says a company spokesperson, who promised an investigation. "We are reminding people to be especially vigilant in dealing with wildlife." Most of Suncor's production comes from these oil sands, also called tar sands, explains Reuters, and the company has a sprawling industrial complex at the site. The region is heavily populated with bears now emerging from hibernation, it adds.