The Brief Two construction workers were left swinging in the wind on unsecured scaffolding nine stories up at an apartment building on Fields Rd. The workers were able to avoid injury by safely climbing off the swaying platform and through an apartment window. in Gaithersburg became the site of a harrowing scene after unsecured scaffolding sent a pair of construction workers flying in the wind and rain. To reach safety, the pair managed to escape the swinging platform by climbing through an open apartment window. What we don't know:It is unknown exactly why the scaffolding was unsecured to begin with, or if the wind alone caused the failure.