Far from the heated debates that have agitated the National Assembly in recent days, a 49-year-old man died of his injuries on Tuesday July 12, three days after his accident.
He worked for a cleaning company at the Palais Bourbon.
The deputies gathered in silence for a few moments, at the instigation of Alexis Corbière (LFI / NUPES) who raised the subject at the start of the session: “I would like this terrible death not to be trivialized.
When a woman or a man dies at work, it is not something acceptable, ”supported the elected representative of Seine-Saint-Denis.
The minute of silence was respected by all the parliamentarians present in the hemicycle.
This man would have suffered a work accident involving a forklift in a parking lot of the institution, on Saturday July 9.
The employee, whose family lives in Mali, worked for a cleaning contractor.
"Pending the reasons for this accident, machines of this nature have been banned on all the ramps that make up the car parks of the National Assembly", detailed Eric Woerth (LR), quaestor of the Assembly.
An ongoing judicial investigation
A judicial inquiry is underway to determine the causes of the accident, after the seizure of the social and economic committee (CSE) and the office of the National Assembly.
The Minister of Public Accounts, Gabriel Attal, also went there in his reaction after this tragedy by affirming "his solidarity and that of the government" to the family and colleagues of the victim.
According to the latest figures recorded, 733 people lost their lives at work in 2019.
