An SNCF maintenance worker died in the night from Monday to Tuesday, hit by a freight train, we learned from reliable sources.
The deceased man, aged 33, was with another agent, who was injured and hospitalized, firefighters said, without specifying the latter's state of health.
In a press release, the Sud-Rail union specified that the deceased agent
“was carrying out track geometry measurements when he was hit by rail traffic”
.
When questioned, the SNCF specified that the accident occurred around 11:20 p.m. at Dijon station.
Two investigations have been opened, judicial and internal, according to the company, which does not specify the circumstances of the accident.
The public prosecutor in Dijon, Olivier Caracotch, confirmed the opening of an investigation for
“involuntary homicide and involuntary injuries in the context of work”
, entrusted to the Interdepartmental Directorate of the National Police (DIPN) of Côte-d 'Gold.
Four other shocked people, witnesses to the accident, including a 39-year-old woman, and three men aged 31, 24 and 21, were taken care of, in particular by a medico-psychological emergency unit, according to the firefighters.
Sud-Rail alert
In
a
message broadcast on
The Sud-Rail union recalled that it had
“sounded the alarm to the CEO of SNCF in a letter dated August 4, 2023”
.
“We had affirmed that the working conditions of SNCF Réseau agents were dangerously deteriorating due to the lack of personnel and the production deadlines imposed by the company's management
,” adds the union.
Sud-Rail emphasizes that this is the second death of railway workers
“at work in a week”
after the death, on March 6, of a 40-year-old maintenance worker in a work accident that occurred at the industrial technical center of Bischheim, in Alsace.