A drama took place on Wednesday afternoon in the Chantenay district of Nantes.

A 38-year-old man died on a construction site around 4 p.m. after a "multi-tonne plate" fell and hit him on the back, firefighters said.

It was a "metal" plate, according to the police, called to the scene.

“Death was apparent when help arrived (…) he could not be resuscitated”, explained the firefighters.

At the request of the prosecution, the departmental directorate of public security of Loire-Atlantique was seized of an investigation in order to clarify the circumstances of the death.

The labor inspectorate will also be seized.

A worker fatally injured by a machine, in Loire-Atlantique

In Loire-Atlantique, a worker victim of a fatal fall

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