Three companies have been penalized more than $1.2 million in the death of a 26-year-old man who was fatally struck by piece of equipment at Suncor's Base Mine nearly three years ago.

The contractor died on July 7, 2022, at a shovel maintenance pad in the mine, about 30 kilometres north of Fort McMurray.

A piece of equipment known as a pendant line that had been suspended from a crane fell, striking the heavy equipment technician who was conducting shovel maintenance duties on site.

In a statement…