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What were some complications during the construction of the Empire State Building in New York?
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There was a problem with suicide. The first suicide occurred even before its completion, by a worker who had been laid off so a fence around the observatory terrace was put up in 1947 after five people tried to jump during a three-week span.
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Avoiding the rumors that spread during the building's construction, there were only five (5) workers that died during the construction process. One worker fell down an elevator shaft, another worker fell from a scaffold, another worker was in the blast area during an explosion, another worker was hit by a hoist, and, finally, the last death was a worker that was struck by a truck.
