A new tragedy occurred on Monday on the construction site of line 16 of the Grand Paris Express (GPE) in Aulnay-sous-Bois, in Seine-Saint-Denis. A 46-year-old worker is between life and death after being crushed by a telescopic truck, Agence France Presse learned from the Bobigny prosecutor’s office and a police source.
Shortly before 9 a.m. on July 3, the employee “was hit by a telescopic truck which rolled over him”, according to the latter. Suffering from a fractured pelvis, femur and a swollen abdomen, the man was transported by helicopter to a Paris hospital with a vital prognosis. The Bobigny prosecution indicated that his condition was still critical on Tuesday and his vital prognosis, still engaged.
The Labor Inspectorate will be seized
“The police station is seized and the Labor Inspectorate will also be seized,” added the prosecution. “We are in contact with the works company and we keep ourselves regularly informed of the evolution of his state of health”, declared to AFP the Société du Grand Paris (SGP), contracting authority of the GPE, specifying that the worker was working “on behalf of the WeBuild / NGE business group”.
Numerous serious accidents, including five fatalities, have been recorded since the start of these Ile-de-France projects in 2015. The GPE will eventually represent a 200-kilometre network comprising four new automatic metro lines, numbered 15 to 18, as well as extensions existing lines 11 and 14. Their commissioning should take place between 2025 and 2030.
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