3:34pm–Westport CT–    The Westport Fire Department responded to a scaffold collapse with two construction works injured at the Bedford Square construction site.  Two construction works were getting setup on the 2nd floor to cut steel as part of the ongoing renovations and construction at 52 Post Road East as part of the project when the scaffold they were using tipped over. One worker was on the scaffold and the other was hit by it; both suffered non-life threating leg injuries.  Westport EMS and Police also responded providing primary patient care while firefighters used ropes and rigging to set up a lowering system to remove the two construction workers from the 2nd floor of building. Both construction workers were transported to Norwalk Hospital by Westport EMS.

The Westport Fire Department responded with 11 Firefighters and Officer on Truck 1, Rescue 3, Engine 6 and Cars 3 and 5 and was on scene for approximately 1 hour. Connecticut OSHA was notified and the two construction companies working on the project both had their Safety Officers respond to investigate the accident.