A new death mourns the construction of the Grand Paris Express at the beginning of March. The accident occurred on the site of the Blanc-Mesnil station (93) of the future line 16 of the Grand Paris Express, announced the Société du Grand Paris (SGP).
The drama took place on the morning of Tuesday, March 7. ” During a handling operation, the victim was struck by a heavy load. She was immediately taken care of by the emergency services before dying in hospital in the afternoon from her injuries. “, declared the Société du Grand Paris (SGP) at the start of the evening.
The victim was employed by a transport company mandated by a supplier of the group of companies, according to the SGP. ” The Société du Grand Paris sends its condolences to the family, loved ones and colleagues of the deceased carrier and joins in their pain “, Continued the public establishment in a press release. A psychological help cell was made available to the relatives of the victim. At the same time, an investigation was opened to determine the exact circumstances of this tragedy.
A site already bereaved in the past
This is unfortunately not the first accident on the construction site of this line. In December 2020, in La Courneuve, a 41-year-old worker had already died by falling into a grinding tank located 30 meters deep. In January 2022, another man died following an accidental fall of equipment on the construction site of the future major station of Saint-Denis-Pleyel. Accidents that are not so trivial according to the departmental union of the CGT 93: “ We are sounding the alarm on the rates imposed to meet the deadlines for the Grand Paris works. This pressure can only be accident-prone “, she believes.
As a reminder, the 200 kilometers of the Grand Paris Express include four new automatic metro lines, numbered 15 to 18, as well as extensions of line 14. Built around a circular line, several branches will connect the airports of ‘Orly and Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle, the scientific center of Saclay, and popular districts of Seine-Saint-Denis which are currently poorly served.
After delays, the new lines are now scheduled to enter service gradually between 2025 and 2030.
Jeremy Leduc
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