Construction sites move quickly. In the days after a fall, photos get deleted, equipment gets dismantled, incident logs get revised, and witness memories fade—particularly when multiple crews are working in and around the same area.
What Northglenn residents should do within the first 24–72 hours:
- Seek medical care promptly (even if symptoms seem minor at first).
- Write down what you remember while it’s fresh: weather conditions, how the person accessed the scaffold, what safety gear was (or wasn’t) present.
- Request copies of any incident report forms you’re given.
- Save contact information for anyone who saw the fall.
- Take your own photos/video if it’s safe to do so (scaffold setup, guardrails, access points, debris, and signage).
If you wait, it becomes harder to answer the questions insurers focus on—what caused the fall, whether safety rules were followed, and how the injury links to the incident.


