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Manhattan Construction Worker Falls to His Death

Posted on Apr 16, 2008

A construction worker on the East Side of Manhattan fell to his death on Monday, April 14, 2008, when a safety strap system failed. The 25 year old man was installing windows on a condominium tower when he fell 9 floors from the 23rd to a 14th floor balcony. The New York Department of Buildings is inspecting the death, but acknowledge that the "failure of the safety strap connecting the worker to the concrete ceiling played a role."

The building site had been cited by city inspectors for 25 code violations during the last year, according to city officials.

This is the tenth death at a New York high-rise construction site since January.