molten metal injures three employees at the Novasco factory in Hagondange

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Monday November 25, 2024, at 9:45 p.m., a major accident at work took place in the Novasco factory (formerly Ascometal) in Hagondange, in Moselle, as spotted France 3.

A pocket of liquid steel was accidentally openedconfirms the steel site. Of molten metal. – around 1,500°C – injured three employees, two of them seriously.

Three employees burned at the Novasco factory in Moselle

The three burnt employees were immediately taken care of by their colleagues, Novasco said in a press release. They were then transported to the service of serious burn victims from Mercy, near Metz. Two were categorized “ seriously injured » and a “slightly injured”. Their vital prognosis is not engaged.

15 SDIS engines, 40 firefighters as well as the national police went to the site, details the Moselle prefecture.

An investigation is underway

Novasco reports that the installation was secured and that the firefighters, accompanied by an expert, were able to note the absence of any risk of contamination or from pollution “both for the employees present and for those surrounding the factory”.

An investigation is underway to shed light on the exact causes of the accident. The steelworks remains shut down for the duration of the analysis. A medical-psychological emergency unit has been set up on the site and an extraordinary social and economic committee will be held in the middle of the afternoon.

“It’s a dangerous job”

Yann Amadoro, CGT representative of the site, was on site this Monday morning, at the same time as the labor inspectorate.

According to the trade unionist, these are three temporary workers who were reportedly injured. He further states that 30 %of the factory's employees are temporary workers.

Even if he does not mention a causal link between their status and the accident, Yann Amadoro explains that although these replacements are well trained, they do not have “the same experience” as a regular. “It’s a dangerous job, there can belots of dangerous situations», he recalls.

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