• Workers fell 40 feet when decking gave way during renovations at a townhouse in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn.
• Pallets of concrete blocks were being loaded onto the deck when the accident happened Sept. 10. A supervisor signaled a crane operator to stop, but not in time.
• An I-beam could not handle the added load, and the collapse trapped the worker who died under blocks.

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One construction worker was crushed to death and another was badly injured Monday when a Brooklyn building partially collapsed and sent them plunging 40 feet from the roof. ...