An employee of the Forvia factory in Caligny died on Wednesday April 17 following a workplace accident the day before. A gendarmerie investigation has been opened. Injured in the head by a falling piece of metal beam, he was rushed to the Caen hospital center.
An employee of the Forvia factory (formerly Faurecia) in Caligny (Orne) died on the morning of Wednesday, April 17, following an injury caused by a work accident that occurred the day before, the gendarmerie informs Orne.
A gendarmerie investigation is opened to determine the circumstances of the accident, entrusted to the Flers brigade, also informs the gendarmerie.
The man, aged 60, was injured in the head on Tuesday April 16 by the fall of a piece of metal beam at his workplace, the Forvia automobile parts factory, in Caligny, near Flers. . Six firefighters responded to the scene shortly after the accident, around 3 p.m. The victim, then still alive, was airlifted to the Caen hospital center. The man died there this Wednesday morning.
Forvia specializes in the production of mechanisms for automobile seats. The company employs 1,200 people at its Caligny site, opened in 2009.
