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A failure to properly stabilize a balcony that later collapsed and improper securing of lifelines are among the findings of an investigation by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration into the fatal collapse of an oceanfront balcony in Sea Isle, N.J., back in February.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a contractor more than $18,000 for violating multiple procedural standards at the time of a Sea Isle City balcony collapse in February that led to a workers death.

Some balconies at the Sea Isle City condo complex remain off-limits pending further investigation.

An investigation is underway into a deadly collapse of a balcony at the Spinnaker condo complex in Sea Isle City

Jose Pereira, a 43-year-old man who worked for Ferguson Contracting Inc. of Yardley, Pennsylvania, died when a concrete slab fell on him after a balcony collapsed at the Spinnaker condominium complex in Sea Isle City Friday.

An investigation is underway into a deadly collapse of a balcony at the Spinnaker condo complex in Sea Isle City

An investigation is underway into a deadly collapse of a balcony at the Spinnaker condo complex in Sea Isle City