In the days after a scaffold fall, the most important evidence often disappears: footage gets overwritten, the worksite gets cleaned, safety logs are updated, and witnesses move on to other projects. In a smaller city like Stephenville, that can happen even quicker because job teams rotate and site managers may not stay in place long.
Taking action early helps you:
- document the setup (how the scaffold was accessed, decked, and secured)
- request incident records while they still exist
- connect the injury timeline to the fall (treatment records, follow-ups, restrictions)
- avoid giving insurers a version of events that can be used against you later


