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====Deaths during construction==== Nine workers died during construction; one in the Amsteg section, two in the Sedrun section, and three each in the southernmost Faido and Bodio sections.<ref name=Memorial>{{cite news |url=https://www.alptransit-portal.ch/en/media/press-releases/detail/article/memorial-ceremony-for-deceased-tunnel-workers/ |publisher=AlpTransit Gotthard AG |location=Lucerne, Switzerland |title=Memorial ceremony for deceased tunnel workers |date=31 May 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> {|class=wikitable ! Date !! Nationality !! Details <!-- !! Location --> |- | 8 June 2000 || German || Hit by a boring bar that fell {{convert|700|m|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |author=Gieri Venzin |title=Andreas Reichhardt, β 8. Juni 2000 |publisher=[[Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen|SRF]] |url=http://www.srf.ch/sendungen/dok/andreas-reichhardt-8-juni-2000 |date=30 May 2016 |access-date=1 June 2016 |language=de}}</ref> |- | 12 March 2002 || South African || Buried by excavation material.<ref>{{cite web |author=Gieri Venzin |title=Jacques Du Plooy, β 12. MΓ€rz 2002 |publisher=SRF |url=http://www.srf.ch/sendungen/dok/jacques-du-plooy-12-maerz-2002 |date=30 May 2016 |access-date=1 June 2016 |language=de}}</ref> |- | 3 April 2003 || German || Hit by a rock.<ref>{{cite web |author=Gieri Venzin |title=Heiko Bujack, β 3. April 2003 |publisher=SRF |url=http://www.srf.ch/sendungen/dok/heiko-bujack-3-april-2003 |date=30 May 2016 |access-date=1 June 2016 |language=de}}</ref> |- | 11 September 2003 || Austrian || Crushed by a toppling cable drum.<ref>{{cite web |author=Gieri Venzin |title=Albert Ginzinger, β 11. September 2003 |publisher=SRF |url=http://www.srf.ch/sendungen/dok/albert-ginzinger-11-september-2003 |date=30 May 2016 |access-date=1 June 2016 |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Matthias Chapman |title=Die Toten vom Gotthard |newspaper=[[Tages-Anzeiger]] |url=http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/standard/Die-Toten-vom-Gotthard/story/14276219 |date=12 October 2010 |access-date=1 June 2016 |language=de}}</ref> |- | 21 January 2005 || Italian (1)<br />Italian (1) || Hit in a mine train collision.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |author=Gieri Venzin |title=Salvatore di Benedetto, β 21. Januar 2005 |publisher=SRF |url=http://www.srf.ch/sendungen/dok/salvatore-di-benedetto-21-januar-2005 |date=30 May 2016 |access-date=1 June 2016 |language=de}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |author=Gieri Venzin |title=Andrea Astorino, β 21. January 2005 |publisher=SRF |url=http://www.srf.ch/sendungen/dok/andrea-astorino-21-januar-2005 |date=30 May 2016 |access-date=1 June 2016 |language=de}}</ref> |- | 23 November 2006 || German || Crushed by a mine train.<ref>{{cite web |author=Gieri Venzin |title=Thorsten Elsemann, β 23. November 2006 |publisher=SRF |url=http://www.srf.ch/sendungen/dok/thorsten-elsemann-23-november-2006 |date=30 May 2016 |access-date=1 June 2016 |language=de}}</ref> |- | 24 June 2010 || German || Catapulted from an inspection train.<ref>{{cite web |author=Gieri Venzin |title=Hans Gammel, β 24. Juni 2010 |publisher=SRF |url=http://www.srf.ch/sendungen/dok/hans-gammel-24-juni-2010 |date=30 May 2016 |access-date=1 June 2016 |language=de}}</ref> |- | 16 July 2012 || Italian || Fell from a scaffold.<ref>{{cite web |author=Gieri Venzin |title=Giuseppe Liuzzo, β 16. Juni 2012 |publisher=SRF |url=http://www.srf.ch/sendungen/dok/guiseppe-liuzzo-16-juni-2012 |date=30 May 2016 |access-date=1 June 2016 |language=de}}</ref> |}
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