Worker dies in an accident at work in the Bolognese Apennines
Quick Look
- A 35-year-old Albanian worker died in the early afternoon in the woods of Castiglione dei Pepoli, on the Bologna Apennines, after being hit by a trunk while cutting trees using a cableway.
- The Carabinieri, the Local Health Authority Occupational Medicine and the Alpine Rescue intervened on site.
- The body was recovered and made available to the judicial authorities.
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Why It Matters
The accident occurred during tree cutting work in a wooded area where a cableway with pulley for lifting the trunks had been installed.
Accident at work in the woods of Castiglione dei Pepoli on the Bolognese Apennines. In the early afternoon, a 35-year-old Albanian worker, while he was busy cutting some trees in a wooded area in the Rasora area of Castiglion dei Pepoli, according to an initial reconstruction by the Carabinieri, while arranging some trunks, for this operation a cableway with a pulley had been installed, was apparently hit by a piece of wood, then falling down a cliff.
The emergency call was immediately called: there was a colleague with him. The Carabinieri, the Local Health Authority's Occupational Medicine Unit, which is completing investigations into the dynamics of the accident, and also the Alpine Rescue Service intervened on site. The body of the man, who worked for a landscaping company, was recovered and made available to the judicial authorities.
Open Questions
- What was the exact dynamics of the accident?
- Had the landscaping company complied with all workplace safety regulations?
- Had the cableway and pulley been installed correctly and checked?
- Was the worker wearing the necessary personal protective equipment?
