LOS ANGELES : 3 Century Freeway Workers Hurt as Scaffolding Falls
Three construction workers were seriously injured Monday when wood and steel scaffolding collapsed on them during an attempt to remove the support beams from a portion of the Century Freeway project just south of Los Angeles International Airport.
Ruben Holguin was unconscious and on a life-support system at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center following the 2:15 p.m. accident, said officials at the Kasler Corp. of Highland, a firm handling construction at the site.
Another worker, James Warner, underwent surgery and was in serious condition at Harbor-UCLA. The third man, Dan Torres, suffered a broken leg and was in stable condition at Robert F. Kennedy Medical Center in Hawthorne, said Richard Guiss, a spokesman for Kasler Corp.
Monday’s collapse was the second such accident in 14 months at the project, a planned interchange with the San Diego Freeway. There were no injuries in the previous collapse.
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