The labor prosecutor’s office sends its agents from the Control of Well-being at Work to the site, the report of which reaches it on June 2, 2023. It includes photos described as edifying at the correctional hearing on December 2. This was devoted to examining the preventions held against the two aforementioned companies: absence of protective equipment for work at height and absence of analysis of the risks of workers on the platform, especially at night, without sufficient lighting and in rainy weather.
The controllers questioned the workers present on the platform. They stated that they had reported to their superiors, several weeks before the accident, the risks they were running due to the lack of adequate protection. As for the site coordinator, he had submitted two alert reports on the same subject.
Lack of professionalism on the part of the two companies, says the labor auditor
The prosecutor considered that the criminal liability of the two companies was engaged. He spoke of a lack of professionalism, especially since a new inspection carried out on April 11, 2022 will denounce new failings. He requested two fines of 24,000 euros.
The companies’ lawyers spoke of the risks of the job, said the workers could have interrupted their work and denied being construction “cowboys.”
The court did not follow them. Warnings established, but suspension of the sentence.
