Workers Were Hospitalized When Scaffolding Tilted Over. Three construction workers were hospitalized Monday morning when scaffolding they were working on tilted over, the Northampton County Sheriff’s Office said.
A construction worker at the scene off River Road in the Whippoorwill Hills subdivision said the workers, including the job foreman, fell between 15 to 20 feet while working on a house. The worker for Howerton Construction of Gasburg, Va., offered no other details.
4 Men Were On The Scaffold When It Tilted
Deputy Fontay Macon said a construction worker told him around 9:15 a.m., four men were on the scaffold when it tilted, causing three men to plunge to the ground.
Injured were Frankie Howerton, Frank Edmonds and Brandon Jones. No ages or addresses were available. Macon said one worker sustained a back injury, one hurt his foot and the other sustained a wrist injury. Macon said it was not clear who sustained which injury.
Two of the workers were transported to Community Memorial Health Center in South Hill, Va., while another was taken Halifax Regional Medical Center in Roanoke Rapids.
Macon said it was not clear which man was transported to which hospital. Macon planned to turn the accident over to the detective division for further investigation.
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