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Walkway Collapsed at Atlanta Botanical Garden Resulting in 1 death, 18 injuries

By Jessica Smagacz

p /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"Construction workers have been working on building a ldquo;Canopy Walkrdquo; attraction at the Atlanta Botanical Garden so visitors can walk among the trees. Unfortunately earlier today as workers were pouring concrete for the walkway (600-foot-long, 40-foot-high), part of the structure gave way and collapsed, a href="http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/12/19/botanical_garden_accident.html"Atlanta Journal Constitution reports/a./p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"Nearby residents reported hearing a huge crashing sound along with shouts from the workers. At the time of the accident, no visitors were present./p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"With a chaotic scene, fire and rescue officials were able to remove all victims within 55 minutes. The Atlanta firefighters had to cut a hole in a nearby fence to reach the injured. 15 patients were taken to the Grady memorial Hospital and one arrived at the hospital on his own. As a result of this tragic accident, two workers have brain injuries that a href="http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/12/19/botanical_garden_accident.html"Atlanta Journal Constitution/a reports could be life-threatening. Some victims have head or spinal injuries. Another victim has liver injuries and the Hospitalrsquo;s deputy chief of surgery said many workers have injuries to their arms and legs and some workers said they fell 40 feet or more to the ground./p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"There are reports that two other workers were taken to the Atlanta Medical Center; one is in serious condition while the other is in fair condition./p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"Residents of Park lane, a residence near the Botanical Garden, say that the construction of this walkway has been a controversial issue in the neighborhood and this accident more than likely will fuel more debate./p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"With this tragic accident, many are questioning what went wrong./p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"Hardin Construction has signs on the work site, Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that indicates they are involved in the project as well as Pioneer Concrete Pumping Service./p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"This is a terrible tragedy and our thoughts are with those workers injured and their families. /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt" /p p /p p /pa href="http://atlanta.injuryboard.com/workplace-injuries/walkway-collapsed-at-atlanta-botanical-garden-resulting-in-1-death-18-injuries.aspx?googleid=253688"Originally posted/a at a href="http://www.InjuryBoard.com"InjuryBoard/a by a href="http://www.injuryboard.com/member-profiles/Jessica-Smagacz"Jessica Smagacz/a

Full post as published by Atlanta Personal Injury Lawyer on December 19, 2008 (boomark / email).