The tragedy occurred Monday evening, around 10 p.m. in Saint-Amarin in the Haut-Rhin.
The emergency services intervened to come to the aid of a worker who had suffered an accident in a company in the food sector, reports
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The victim, a 55-year-old man, had been grabbed by a robot on a production line and was stuck in the machine, specify our colleagues.
A maintenance technician, he was found unconscious when the teams arrived.
Rescuers were unable to save him and he died on the spot.
An investigation is opened to determine the circumstances of the accident.
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