Who is the man victim of the explosion and what was he doing in Manuco?Florian is a 35-year-old electromechanical fitter who is used to working on so-called “Atex” sites, for “explosive atmosphere”, in particular on high-threshold Seveso sites.He had worked for more than a year for the company Montec, which has its headquarters in Metz and a branch in Toulouse.A very serious company.He was sent on a mission to the Bergerac site, where he had never been, for maintenance, in a building, number 75, which is 6,900 m².Florian is a 35-year-old electromechanical fitter who is used to working on so-called “Atex” sites, for “explosive atmosphere”, in particular on high-threshold Seveso sites.He had worked for more than a year for the company Montec, which has its headquarters in Metz and a branch in Toulouse.A very serious company.He was sent on a mission to the Bergerac site, where he had never been, for maintenance, in a building, number 75, which is 6,900 m².What was he doing at the time of the explosion?The first week, he participates in the dismantling of an old tank.He cuts sections of old pipes, decontaminates them and replaces them.The specialist that he is realizes, very quickly, the dilapidation of the building.The hangar is not Atex classified but Florian, who is used to working on these sites, still keeps his helmet and all his protective equipment, which will save his life.He prefers to use his company's specific equipment, bronze tools to avoid causing mini-sparks.He realizes that the working conditions are becoming dangerous, that some teams are not up to Atex standards.The second week it is on refiner engines.At the time of the first explosion, he is on his knees and has his back to the teams dismantling the pipes.There is a first explosion, he is stunned, loses his sense of direction, has violent tinnitus and no longer hears anything.He sees everyone starting to run for the exit.It's two, three meters, and it's the second explosion.The blast throws him six meters and he finds himself in the middle of an alley.The ceiling is completely gutted, there is glass everywhere, everything is falling around.He makes another one or two meters and, at the third explosion, he finds himself trapped under a tank, a large piece of scrap stuck in his helmet.He sees a tank six meters in circumference fly up to almost seven or eight meters before falling.And he is right next to it.At the fourth explosion he doesn't really know what happened.Maybe he lost consciousness.Finally, he heads for the exit as best he can, haggard, full of blood, he hears nothing more.Suddenly, he sees the people who look at him like a miracle.He collapsed, was taken further and then was airlifted in absolute emergency to the Pellegrin hospital in Bordeaux.Not well at all, his condition is very worrying.It was very badly managed by the Pellegrin hospital center which sent him home (near Toulouse, editor's note) without a prescription or anything.It was “you have Doliprane and then call the Toulouse University Hospital with whom we don't have an agreement but we can't do anything for you”.His testicles exploded from the blast.He lost dental fillings.His loss of hearing which is, for the time being, almost total.His left leg is swollen and the right has tripled in size, almost necrotic.His psychological state is dramatic, he has nightmares every night, is in a permanent state of stress, decompensates, has headaches, tinnitus.It became a block of suffering, of pain.He thinks he can't move on in life anymore.For physical, psychological and family reasons.He had planned everything to leave the next day to pick up his son in Prague, in the Czech Republic.He hadn't seen him for several months.Was there any negligence in the safety of the workers, according to him?He said afterwards that the working conditions were dangerous.It was 42°C and there is not even a thermometer in the workshop.While nitrocellulose must be maintained at a minimum humidity level.I think we have to lift the veil on the interventions of other people.And he also insists on the dilapidated state of the premises.Of course, he filed a complaint.No, we have to wait for the return of the investigations for that.Its goal is to obtain the condemnation of the person(s) responsible.This is how we will manage to advance security legislation.Because, obviously, on this high-threshold Seveso site, the building was not classified as an Atex zone.Who was there?Eurenco employees, employees of other companies, subcontractors or not, who worked on site and in the area, mainly Montec, the company to which it belongs, and others, in particular the Bergerac company Lescaut.And the one behind Florian's mission is Actemium.