Overview

• Gendarmes have opened a judicial inquiry and the labor inspectorate has launched safety audits to establish how a bin door failed on a resurfacing crew.
• Matis’s mother has announced plans to found an association in his name to raise awareness of workplace risks and promote accident prevention.
• The bereaved family is preparing a white march in Sainte-Flaive-des-Loups to demand stronger safeguards for construction workers.
• The 19-year-old “brouetteur” was engulfed by 200 °C bitumen on July 15 and succumbed to his injuries despite immediate rescue efforts.
• The case has drawn attention to rising occupational fatalities in France, where Assurance Maladie reported 759 work-related deaths in 2023.