US EditionRhône. Explosion in Seveso Plant: One of the Injured Employees Succumbed to His Injuries
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Two days after the explosion in the Elkem Silicones factory, in which one of the four injured died, the prosecutor's office decided to investigate the case of manslaughter. CGT and CFDT, by means of a press release, call for a full explanation of the reasons for the tragedy.
Who were the victims of the explosion personnel were employed in a plant pilot workshop, classed Seveso at high risk of exposure. Among the victims were a chemical engineer, two specialist technicians and an employee from the Department of Health-Middle. The company director Jean-Pierre Lerat explained that the explosion had been performed during an experiment to test a process of devoluting hydrogenated silicone oils, a common operation in pilo…
One of the four people injured on Monday 22 December by the explosion in the silicone factory in Saint-Fons (Rhône) died on Tuesday. This is the second fatal accident on this site, which had already been the subject of several alerts by the state services. Two investigations are opened.
On December 23, 2025, after the explosions, and the ensuing fire, at the industrial site of Elkem Silicones, in Saint-Fons in the Rhône, the Lyon Public Prosecutor's Office announced that it had opened an investigation "of the cause of involuntary injuries by legal person followed by incapacity for more than three months".
The victim was injured after the explosion on Monday inside a chemical site workshop, classified as Seveso High Threshold.
Four people were injured on Monday in explosions in the Elkem factory in Saint-Fons near Lyon. One of these victims died on Tuesday afternoon according to information from Progress.
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