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Construction workers gather near the area where an electrician died after falling 53 floors from the Wilshire Grand construction site in downtown Los Angeles.

Construction workers gather near the area where an electrician died after falling 53 floors from the Wilshire Grand construction site in downtown Los Angeles.

  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Investigators examine a car on Wilshire Boulevard that the man, who was not identified, struck around noon after falling 53 stories.

  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Upon completion, the 1,100-foot Wilshire Grand tower will be the tallest structure west of the Mississippi. The $1.2-billion hotel and office project is scheduled to be completed next year.

  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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News of the man’s death stunned onlookers who milled around the police tape blocking traffic along stretches of Wilshire and Figueroa Street.

  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

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Turner Construction, the company that manages the building site, issued a statement saying that safety protections were not a factor in the fall.

  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Witnesses along Wilshire Boulevard, who said the man who fell did not appear to be wearing a safety harness or hard hat, heard an impact and turned to find the man’s body near a vehicle. Above, people gather at a news conference near the site.

  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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