Padlocked barriers, signs reminding the safety rules... On the construction site at half-mast for the weekend, nothing suggests the drama of the day before on the huge construction site in the Horloge district in Romainville (Seine-Saint- Denis).
However, at this location, a worker died from a fall of several meters.
“We saw the firefighters and the police but we had no idea that there was a deceased person,” sigh workers at Syctom, the recycling center, just opposite.
Brick buildings, six to eight stories high, stand on the site, with external spiral staircases or some scaffolding.
Promoters Fiminco and Cogedim could not be reached on Saturday.
No more than Paris Ouest construction, the company where the victim worked.
The assembly of the scaffolding would be in question
According to our information, the assembly of the scaffolding is to blame.
The victim fell six meters.
Samu was called but the help provided did not bring him back to life.
He is a 59-year-old man, living in Val-d'Oise.
Police, prosecutor and labor inspectorate visited the site.
No information on any construction stoppage has filtered out.
“It’s a tragedy, we are thinking of his loved ones, of his family,” reacts the mayor (DVG) François Dechy.
It’s dramatic in 2024 to die on a construction site, the path to guaranteeing safety at work is really not yet complete.”
Frequent drama
This new fatal accident comes less than three weeks after the death of a worker in Montreuil.
This man in his forties died on the urban renovation site in the Clos-Français district.
He was at the foot of a building when a part of the basket fell on him.
This would be the engine or winch of the nacelle which was located several meters higher, presumably directly above the ninth and last floor of the building.
Last year, a “Stop Death at Work” collective, bringing together bereaved families from several regions of France, was formed.
A year ago, in March 2023, they went to the Ministry of Labor to demand guarantees and more safety in the workplace.
In France, more than two people lose their lives every day at their workplace.