In the Alpes-Maritimes, dismay after the death of a 16-year-old apprentice on a construction site

In construction jargon, we call it a "Bobcat." This mini-excavator makes the very physical work of public works workers easier by digging and lifting, moving and depositing. On April 30, its use took the life of one of them . Lorenzo Ménardi, 16 years old and an apprentice, died on a construction site in Saint-Martin-du-Var, in the Alpes-Maritimes. A judicial investigation has been opened for involuntary manslaughter by the Nice prosecutor's office. The first hearings have taken place.

"These small machines have a tool that goes up and down at the front. On this Bobcat, there was what looked like a cement mixer at the front," Nice public prosecutor Damien Martinelli told Libération . "The concrete is poured from this tool. The machine overturned and the young man died." As in all workplace accident cases, the labor inspectorate is "systematically contacted" to "examine the victim's working conditions," he explained. The investigation was "entrusted to the gendarmerie's research brigade in conjunction with the inspector