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August 2015: 

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 A 12-story steel framed building with concrete floor slabs was under construction and the
exterior of the building was to be clad with glass curtain walls. The construction was almost
complete on March 23, 2015 when during the disassembly, one of the mast climbing work
platforms collapsed. The mast supporting the platform partially collapsed. At the time of the
incident, there were four employees on the platform perched near the 9th floor. All four fell to
the ground with the falling mast and platform. Three were killed and the fourth fell on the roof
of a portable toilet, and suffered severe injuries

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