{"id":23783,"date":"2025-10-28T00:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T00:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/23783\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T00:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T00:50:07","slug":"scaffolding-collapse-in-san-antonio-caused-by-weight-distribution-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/23783\/","title":{"rendered":"Scaffolding collapse in San Antonio caused by weight distribution issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO – New details have emerged regarding the partial scaffolding collapse that disrupted weekend traffic in downtown San Antonio. <\/p>\n

The incident occurred near the San Fernando Cathedral, but the road has since reopened, and no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

The city’s Development Services provided insights into the safety measures required for such projects. <\/p>\n

RELATED | Crews work through weekend to stabilize downtown scaffolding after sudden collapse<\/a><\/p>\n

According to the department, safety and protection protocols for construction workers and projects are verified through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). <\/p>\n

As part of OSHA requirements, a “competent worker” must inspect the structural integrity of scaffolding each day before work can continue.<\/p>\n

RELATED | Emergency street closure downtown as crews stabilize buckling construction scaffolding<\/a><\/p>\n

Wiggins from the city’s Development Services stated that while safety protocols were followed, the collapse was not due to structural integrity issues. <\/p>\n

Instead, it was caused by improper weight distribution when a portion of bricks was placed on the scaffolding. <\/p>\n

Attempts to reach MDM Scaffolding, the company owning the structure used by the contractors, for further comment were unsuccessful. <\/p>\n

However, similar incidents have been reported in the area, including a 2019 case where a 100-foot scaffolding fell onto St. Mark’s Episcopal Church due to strong winds.<\/p>\n

The city has assured that it will continue to monitor scaffolding safety to prevent future incidents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO – New details have emerged regarding the partial scaffolding collapse that disrupted weekend traffic in downtown…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[17053,1494,17056,17055,3961,82,84,83,17052,17054],"class_list":["post-23783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-collapse","tag-construction","tag-development-services","tag-osha","tag-safety","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-scaffolding","tag-weight-distribution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}