An employee of the Cannes sorting center has his arm torn off

The accident happened early in the afternoon on Tuesday.

A 50-year-old man, a handler at the sorting center of the Joint Waste Disposal Syndicate, west of Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes), had his arm torn off by a conveyor belt, learned

from concordant sources , confirming information from

.

A planned transplant

The employee, a resident of the neighboring town of Mandelieu-La-Napoule, was immediately rescued by one of his colleagues who was able to give him a tourniquet.

He was transported to the Pasteur hospital in Nice, where he could undergo a transplant.

His upper limb could be recovered and conditioned for an operation, according to the regional daily.

An investigation has been opened to determine the exact causes of this accident.

And

specifies that officials from Paprec, the company managing the sorting center, went to the site as part of the investigations.

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