Trans Mountain Pauses Pipeline Expansion Construction After Worker Seriously Injured

Construction of the Trans Mountain Pipeline is seen underway in Kamloops, B.C., on Sept. 1, 2020. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward

Trans Mountain said it will suspend all pipeline expansion construction until January, a day after a worker suffered a serious injury at the Burnaby Terminal in British Columbia.

Trans Mountain said its has voluntarily enacted a “project-wide safety stand down” that will put off the entire expansion work starting from Dec. 18, 2020 to Jan. 4, 2021.