A worker died this Wednesday at the end of the morning in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis) on the construction site of a major station of the Grand Paris Express, announced the Société du Grand Paris. This is the second fatal accident in the construction of the future Ile-de-France metro.
An accident occurred on the site of the Saint-Denis-Pleyel station construction site
“This morning around 11:30 am, a dramatic accident occurred on the site of the Saint-Denis-Pleyel station of the Grand Paris Express station. A companion died. A fall of material on the site would be at the origin of this accident according to the first information ”, announced on Twitter the organization in charge of the work of the metro.
Saint-Denis-Pleyel station is one of the key infrastructures of the future Grand Paris Express and will be the busiest in the network, responsible for ensuring the connection between lines 14, 15, 16 and 17 of the Grand Paris Express and the RER D.
A first death in December 2020
In December 2020, a 41-year-old worker was already killed on the construction site of line 16 in La Courneuve (Seine-Saint-Denis) after a fall into a crushing tank located 30 meters deep.
The 200 kilometers of the Grand Paris Express include four new automatic metro lines, numbered 15 to 18, as well as extensions of line 14. Articulating around a circular line, several branches must connect the airports of Orly and Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle, the scientific center of Saclay and sensitive districts of Seine-Saint-Denis.
After delays, the new lines are now scheduled to enter service gradually between 2025 and 2030.