One dead and one wounded at ArcelorMittal Florange

One man died and another was injured in an accident at an ArcelorMittal plant over the French border on Wednesday.

According to French channel France 3 Lorraine the victim was employed by Harsco, a sub contractor employed by Luxembourg subcontractors DM Services.

The incident reportedly occurred when an engine tyre exploded at a factory in Florange, south west of Thionville.

It was one of a line of fatal incidents which took place in Lorraine this month. On Monday, a 48-year-old construction worker was crushed to death by a 3-tonne slab of concrete following a fire at the site the future Nancy train station.

A worker from the Island of Reunion drowned when the digger he was driving at a building site in Hérange fells into a pool of water three-metres deep.