Fatal fall of five floors, making the décalade

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A security perimeter was erected at the corner of Clark and Sainte-Catherine where occurred the tragedy Saturday morning.

Antoine Lacroix

Saturday, October 14 2017 13:43

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Activity sociofinancement in the city centre of Montreal took a tragic turn Saturday when a 33 year-old man who indulged in the décalade died falling off a five storey building.

“It is a shock wave, for us,” falling leaves Steven Leblanc-Hébert, an employee of Décalade.com the company responsible for the activity.

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“An internal investigation is underway to re-evaluate our ways of doing things, whether it is human or technical error. Our other events are cancelled until the end of the investigation “, he adds.

It would be likely the first accident to occur in Quebec in the practice of this discipline, which involves abseiling.

“We are the only grouping to do this for the last 17 years. This is the first time that it happens, ” said Mr. Leblanc-Hébert.

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The standards Commission, equity, health and safety in the workplace (CNESST) investigation, she also officially to shed light on the circumstances of the accident.

Warm-up

“Investigators are on site. There is expertise — in particular on the equipment to do and people to meet. We deal with the case as a workplace accident, ” says Diane Thibault, a spokesman for the CNESST.

The company Décalade.com believes that its employee was in the process of warm-up for her day as a coach for the charity challenge, Jump for freedom, for the benefit of Amnesty international, on the walls of the House of sustainable development. The event has been cancelled after the tragedy.

The identity of the deceased has not been revealed Saturday, but it states that she had several years of experience.

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“It is a volunteer member who had completed our courses of security “, simply indicates that Mr. Leblanc-Hébert.

“On their arrival, the paramedics tried everything, but, unfortunately, they have witnessed the death on the premises,” said Stéphane Smith, a spokesman for Urgences-santé.

Two people were transported to the hospital to treat a severe nervous shock.

– With the QMI Agency