During the first three years of the Grand Paris Express project, there were six deaths, not counting accidents.
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- Omissions
- The exact start date of the three-year period is not specified in the claim; the Grand Paris Express construction began in 2020
- The sixth death may have occurred near the end of 2023 or early 2024, making the 'first three years' timeframe approximate
- The claim was made in February 2026, so more recent data on total fatalities would have been available but the claim specifically references the first three years
- Union sources (CGT) documented five deaths by April 2023, suggesting the sixth death occurred shortly after
- Sources
- SecondaryCGT - Confédération Générale du TravailFive workers have died since the beginning of the construction site in 2020 (Cinq ouvriers sont déjà morts depuis le début du chantier en 2020)
- SecondaryBatinfoSecond worker death on January 5, 2022; first death recorded in December 2020 at La Courneuve on line 16