AN investigation has been launched into the cause of a scaffolding collapse at a building site in Braintree.
The side of the five storey Riverside structure, behind the railway station, came crashing down on Tuesday morning at around 10am.
Paula Marten was walking her dog near the River Brain shortly just as the scaffolding collapsed.
"When I went past at about 9.30am and the scaffolding was up, but then when I walked back it had all come down.
"A lady I see walking her dog a lot said her nephew was working there and was really shaken up after it happened," said the 50 year-old of Beadon Drive, Braintree.
The Riverside development is being built by Parkland and will be made up of 55, one and two bedroom affordable flats, that are around halfway through an 18 month project, due to finish in December this year.
A spokesman for the Black Notley based developer, said: "On Tuesday of this week we suffered a partial scaffolding collapse.
"The site was subsequently closed and the incident was inspected by our structural engineers and health and safety consultants, and the police were also in attendance.
"The access road and pathway were temporarily closed to the public until the structure was made safe by our independent scaffolding contractors.
"No site personnel or members of the public were injured and our health and safety consultants are undertaking an investigation into the causes of the incident in conjunction with health a safety executive with whom the incident was promptly reported.
"Parkland takes its health and safety responsibility very seriously and will conduct a full investigation into the incident to ensure this type of incident doesn't occur again and to fully understand the causes."
