Worker killed in Florange accident from Luxembourg

(ADW) The worker who died on Wednesday afternoon at ArcelorMittal in Florange was a 36 year old from Luxembourg who worked for the company DM Services based in Esch-sur-Alzette. An investigation was opened by the Thionville prosecutor to clarify the circumstances of his death. Original reports stated that a tyre of a six-wheeled crane exploded. This has now been ruled out.

An emergency meeting was held on Thursday morning at the Florange plant between Thionville and Metz, where the day before a 36 year old worker and his colleague were removing the wheel of a “scrapper”, a six-wheeled crane. The accident resulted in a death of one man and injury to another. The meeting was attended by the authorities and directors of the companies concerned: ArcelorMittal and Ascor that subcontracts work in Florange to DM Services, a Luxembourg company based in Esch-sur-Alzette.