The tank of his truck contained 20 tons of chemicals.
A 50-year-old man was seriously burned by calcium hydroxide – better known as lime – while filling a silo in a factory in Limay (Yvelines).
The accident occurred this Tuesday, around 3:15 p.m.
The victim, a truck driver, was covered in around a hundred kilos of slaked lime, causing serious burns over a large part of his body.
This incident took place following an overpressure problem.
The victim hospitalized in Paris
Around thirty firefighters and seventeen emergency vehicles immediately went to the scene.
The man was treated as an absolute emergency in a Parisian hospital.
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The consequences could have been fatal.
According to the European Trade Union Confederation (CES), just over 800 workplace accidents were fatal in France in 2019, compared to 589 five years earlier.
This figure could reach 8,000 in 2030. That is, much more, still according to projections, than in Germany (3,143) or Italy (3,434).