a worker dies on the construction site of the future metro line 16

Employee of a transport company, he was “hit by a heavy load” at Blanc-Mesnil in Seine-Saint-Denis on Tuesday March 7, according to the Société du Grand Paris.

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An employee died Tuesday, March 7 in the morning on the construction site of the future line 16 of the Ile-de-France metro at Blanc-Mesnil, in Seine-Saint-Denis, announced in a press release the Société du Grand Paris. “The victim was hit by a heavy load”, she says. Seriously injured, the employee had been taken care of by the emergency services before dying in the afternoon in the hospital as a result of his injuries.

The victim was “employed by a transport company, mandated by a supplier of the consortium led by Eiffage Génie Civil, in charge of the works”, the statement said. A psychological help cell was opened for his relatives.

This death brings to four the number of deaths on the construction sites of the Grand Paris Express since the start of work on the automatic metro around Paris. “The construction sites of Greater Paris add up the accidents at work, some of which have been fatal”deplores the CGT 93 in a press release.


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