Jamie Paris, a 29 year old TransCanada worker, was the welder who died after falling from a scaffolding at a Northern Alberta pipeline construction site while working for the energy company on March 21, 2016. According to Alberta Occupational Health and Safety the workplace accident occurred at approximately 10:45 a.m. Jamie Paris was contracted by TransCanada, and as an employee of Horton CBL Ltd. Paris was working on a storage tank that was recently fabricated and he was using bracket scaffolding that was attached to the top of the storage tank when he lost his footing and fell over 20 metres. The Wood Buffalo RCMP has investigated and determined that the fall was accidental, ruling out the possibility of foul play. So far it has not been determined whether Paris was wearing fall protection gear, and Alberta Occupational Health and Safety is still investigating the accident.

Jamie Paris was working at the TransCanada Northern Courier Pipeline Project when he fell from the scaffolding. According to Mark Cooper, the spokesman for TransCanada, “We are deeply saddened by this and our first thoughts are with the family of the worker, as well as his employer.” A stop work order was issued by OHS on March 21 as a result of the accidental fall. According to Jamie Paris’s Facebook page he originated from New Brunswick and the website for the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Lodge 146 stated that Paris had been a member of the union for two years. Paris survived the fall but he passed away in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.