The operator was cleaning up the warehouse where some of this waste is stored when a powerful gas explosion has occurred. The force of the explosion has thrown it on the banks of the Ega River, next to the dome of the warehouse.
At the same time, after the explosion, the workers realized that one of them was missing. Subsequently, it has been located lifeless by Foral Police officers. The Police Force of the Estella Police House will be responsible for the investigation. The body of the deceased worker will also be subjected to an autopsy, as reported by the Basque Department of Security.
This week two other workers have also died in Euskal Herria, one in Navarre, in Leoz, and the other in Loiu, in Bizkaia. According to the count made by the LAB union, there are already 48 dead workers in Euskal Herria this year.
On Thursday, the unions LAB, CGT, Steilas, ESK, EHNE and Hiru have concentrated on the Plaza del Castillo de Pamplona/Iruña to report the deaths of workers. In the day of yesterday it was reported especially “the incidence of the factor height in fatal occupational accidents in Navarre”. According to the trade unions, over the past three years ten workers have lost their lives by falling high.