A 31-year-old worker died on Monday afternoon when a crane fell on the site of a former EDF coal-fired power plant at Blénod-lès-Pont-à-Mousson in Meurthe-et-Moselle. was learned after EDF.
The accident occurred around 15h on the site of this thermal power station in deconstruction for a few years, according to this same source. The crane, which was "being put in place", suddenly "dropped and hit a person who worked for a contractor" intervening on the site, it was explained, confirming information from the website from the regional daily L'Est Républicain. The victim was then with an employee of EDF who was not physically touched, it was said. He was very shocked, but he was hospitalized, they added.
Five shocked people, a psychological cell set up
The helpers, arrived quickly on the spot, "could only note the death" of the victim, one added. A psychological cell has been put in place, according to EDF. Five shocked people were taken care of by this cell, according to L'Est Républicain. An investigation has been opened, according to EDF. Commissioned between 1963 and 1969, the Blénod-lès-Pont-à-Mousson coal-fired power plant was phased out between 1995 and 2014 and is currently being decommissioned, according to EDF. It has been replaced by a gas-fired combined cycle power plant, built next door.