Piacenza, 54 year old worker dies hit by a car while inside a manhole on the road

A 54-year-old worker died in an industrial accident that occurred this morning in the town of San Nicolò di Rottofreno, in the province of Piacenza. The man, who works for Iren, was inside a manhole on the road, in front of the entrance to a house, to read some water meters, when he was hit by a car that was maneuvering to enter the pit area. The worker died instantly despite the rapid rescue efforts of 118. The Carabinieri of the Piacenza Company were on site for the investigation.

The condolences of the CGIL. “Rebuilding the procurement and subcontracting chain”

The CGIL of Piacenza expresses "deep condolences for the death of the worker who lost his life this morning in San Nicolò, in the municipality of Rottofreno", in the Piacenza area. "Our deepest sympathy goes to his family, his loved ones and his colleagues: behind every death at work there is a person, a broken life, a pain that affects an entire community."

"The investigations are ongoing - observes the union - and it is up to the competent bodies to ascertain the dynamics and any responsibilities. It is necessary to shed full light on the conditions in which the activity was carried out, on the procedures envisaged and on the measures adopted to protect the worker from the passage of vehicles". The activity, continues the union, "would be attributable to an outsourced service within the scope of Iren's assignments". Therefore the group is asked to clarify "the entire chain of contracts and any subcontracts, the contractual classification of the worker and how the safe interventions were organized and verified". In any case, "without anticipating conclusions, there is a general theme that we have been discussing for some time: the extensive use of outsourcing and the fragmentation of work require effective control of the conditions in which all the people involved operate".