6 injured after massive scaffolding collapse in Houston
Source: CNN
By Greg Botelho and Stephanie Gallman, CNN
Updated 1:47 PM ET, Fri October 16, 2015
(CNN)Six construction workers were hurt when a large amount of scaffolding collapsed Friday outside a building under construction in Houston, a city firefighter said.
Video from the scene showed piles of metal lying on the ground outside a roughly seven-story building. The collapsed scaffolding appeared to cover a large section of a city block.
Senior Capt. Ruy Lozano, from the Houston Fire Department, told reporters that all the injured were workers at the scene -- not passersby or first responders. He described all the construction workers injuries as not life-threatening.
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As to whether there might be more hurt or even any killed, Lozano said, "We don't have any confirmation of missing workers."
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/16/us/houston-scaffolding-collapse/
philosslayer
(3,076 posts)I wonder how well the scaffolding was constructed. Perhaps what happens in a right to work state with no or weak unions?
PersonNumber503602
(1,134 posts)I don't even think they have natural disasters.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Hence, the reason American coal mines have such exemplary safety records...
(six of one, half a dozen of the other)
pintobean
(18,101 posts)Someone taking shortcuts so they wouldn't have to patch in the anchor points when the scaffold was disassembled.
maindawg
(1,151 posts)Nothing to see here.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,664 posts)These days, what isn't?
OSHA investigators are eternally grateful for the existence of this.
New video shows scaffolding collapse that injured 6 workers in downtown Houston
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=houston+scaffold+collapse