A 42-year-old technician has died in hospital after being trapped in a monte-charge at a Monoprix in Paris. The man was seriously injured on Tuesday 10 November at about noon at 8, avenue du Général-Leclerc in the 14th arrondissement. Two days later, he died from his injuries. According to the Paris prosecutor’s office, the accident happened when the technician was blocked between the top of the monte-charge and the ceiling. The worker was employed by an outside contractor and was taken to Georges-Pompidou Hospital in an emergency. Prosecutors say the maintenance operation was underway on the lift linking the ground floor to the basement. A police source reported that an employee in the store called the cabin without knowing an intervention was in progress. The cabin then started moving. A magistrate from the prosecutor’s office unit handling social, consumer and environmental matters visited the scene. The investigation has been assigned to SAIP 14e and the labour inspectorate. The case is now under investigation for involuntary manslaughter, after the man’s death was confirmed by prosecutors.