Collapsed Scaffold May Have Been Overloaded

A heavy concrete load may have caused the collapse of a 14-story scaffold at a Park Avenue office building that killed five construction workers, a police report said.

Buildings Department spokeswoman Ilyse Fink also said no permit had been obtained to erect the scaffold.

Fink said the department was still investigating and has yet to pinpoint the cause of Wednesday’s accident, which also injured 10 workers, a pregnant bystander, and 15 firefighters and police officers.

The police report said the scaffold, erected Oct. 15 by Tri-State Scaffolding and Roofing, “possibly” failed because of the concrete placed on its 11th floor.