More deaths at work, the victims are two workers. Two burn victims in a refinery

More fatal accidents at work. This time the victims are two workers in Fabriano, in the province of Ancona, where a 57-year-old worker was crushed by a press, and in Malcesine (Verona), where a 46-year-old was hit by a raft carrying a crane which overturned on Lake Garda.

In both cases, investigations are underway to understand the dynamics of the accidents which shine a light on the issue of safety for workers. Then, in the Pavia area, two workers were burned by steam at the Eni refinery in Sannazzaro de' Burgondi. Employees of an external maintenance company, aged 36 and 27, were working on scaffolding in the afternoon.

The first tragedy occurred in the morning in the Biondi cardboard factory, in via Bachelet, in Fabriano. The victim, Balvir Singh, 57 years old, of Indian origin Sickh, living with his family in the city of Marche, ended up under a press to compress sheets and produce cardboard. It is not clear whether he was caught and then dragged by the conveyor belt into the machinery or if for some reason the press was stopped and suddenly started again.

The police investigations, on site with the police and forensics, will clarify what happened and whether there were functioning safety devices. On site, in addition to the firefighters and health workers, also labor inspectors and the medical examiner. Prosecutor Valentina Bavai will open a case for cases of manslaughter and violations of workplace safety regulations. A tragedy that affects the entire city of Fabriano: "I express my deepest and most heartfelt condolences to his family and to the Sikh community of Fabriano, a hard-working and integrated component of the social fabric of the city affected by a pain that belongs to all of us", writes the mayor Daniela Ghergo.

"In the face of this death - underline Slc-Cgil, Fistel Cisl and Uilfpc Uil Marche - we feel the duty to reiterate that the objective of zero deaths at work must translate into a daily commitment. The search for maximum efficiency and production speed can never compromise health and safety".

The second accident occurred in the early afternoon in the Veronese area. The deceased 46-year-old worker was on a floating platform used for interventions along the edge of the lake, in the landing area of ​​paragliding pilots. According to initial reconstructions, the barge capsized and two transported cranes overwhelmed the worker, killing him. The causes of the platform overturning and the precise circumstances of the accident remain to be clarified.

In Rome, the unions and the municipal administration remembered Octav Stroici, the worker who died a year ago in the collapse of the Torre dei Conti during some renovation work on the building a stone's throw from Via dei Fori Imperiali. For him the first 'stone of memory'. "But enough massacres at work", called the CGIL-Fillea of ​​Rome and Lazio.