4 construction workers hospitalized after scaffolding collapse in West Palm Beach

February 19, 2026

Four construction workers were hospitalized after a scaffolding collapse in West Palm Beach Thursday morning, according to police.

A little after 7 a.m., West Palm Beach Police and Fire Rescue responded to the 300 block of Lakeview Avenue, where they found that construction scaffolding had collapsed, injuring four workers, police said in a news release. Paramedics took all four workers to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The collapse took place at the site of Mr. C Hotel and Residences, where construction is underway on a luxury condo tower downtown.

Officials have not said what triggered the collapse, but “everything from the third floor came down to the first,” WPFD Battalion Chief Robert Chyle told WPEC-Ch.12.

As of later Thursday morning, three of the workers were in stable condition and the condition of the fourth was unknown, according to West Palm Beach Police spokeswoman Rachel Leitão. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been notified.

The investigation shut down the 300 block of Lakeview Avenue but the road reopened later in the morning.

Police have not provided further information about identities of the workers or other details about the accident as of late Thursday afternoon.