Four fatal accidents in one day in Italy.
In the Milanese area, two workers died from freezing burns in a nitrogen depot.
A worker fell from a five meter high scaffolding and lost his life in Padua and the owner of a workshop fell from a ladder and hit his head violently.
The Milanese incident -
Two workers died in a nitrogen deposit at the headquarters of the Humanitas hospital in Pieve Emanuele in the Milanese area. This is what the firefighters report. The two, workers of an external company, the Sol group, died of frostbite burns. The causes are under investigation. On the spot there are 118 personnel, firefighters, Carabinieri and local police. It may have been a leak of liquid nitrogen in the depot that was the cause of the industrial accident in which the two workers who were handling the nitrogen supply died. The Milan Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating the case and the file will be opened for the hypothesis of manslaughter. On the spot the judicial police team of the department led by the adjunct Tiziana Siciliano and also a doctor of the Ats, in addition to the carabinieri.The two workers were called Emanuele Zanin and Jagdeep Singh. They died while loading a tank of liquid nitrogen used in the university laboratories and to power the fire-fighting system. Zanin was 46 years old and originally from Brescia, his Indian colleague was 42, they worked for the Monza company "Sol Group spa". According to what was learned, the two had already carried out this operation but the loss of nitrogen, caused by reasons yet to be clarified, overwhelmed the two workers, killing them in a very short time. The rescue was useless, the technicians died in the transfer room. The carabinieri and the staff of the Milan Ats work on the case to check if there have been errors in the maneuver or structural deficiencies. As far as has been known,the bodies of the two workers were found on the ground at the bottom of an open-air room, a sort of recess that contains the tank-cistern (it has the brand of the Sol group), while the tanker had been placed next to the part of the tank protruding beyond the ground for nitrogen loading. One of the hypotheses is that the two workers went down to the room that contains the tank and there near the tank they were hit by a nitrogen leak.One of the hypotheses is that the two workers went down to the room that contains the tank and there near the tank they were hit by a nitrogen leak.One of the hypotheses is that the two workers went down to the room that contains the tank and there near the tank they were hit by a nitrogen leak.
The accident in Padua -
A worker who worked in the Lavor Metal company in Loreggia (Padua) died after falling from a five meter high scaffolding. On site the Carabinieri and Spisal officials. The accident at work occurred at about 3.30 pm; the emergency room of Suem 118 arrived on the spot by helicopter but the health workers could not help but ascertain the death due to the too serious trauma. The area where the accident occurred has been fenced off at the moment, and investigations are underway by Spisal for any violations in terms of workplace safety. The Public Prosecutor of Padua is coordinating the findings. His name was Valeriano Bottero and he was 52 years old, a house painter who worked on his own, the man who fell from a scaffolding at the "Lavor Metal" companyin the industrial area of Loreggia. The man was the owner of a painting company based in Loreggia, and was working on a facade of the company, of which he was not a direct employee. The impact on the ground from a height of five meters was fatal for him, and the intervention of the 118 health workers did not save his life. On the spot the carabinieri and Spisal, who are now reconstructing the dynamics of the accident.which is now reconstructing the dynamics of the accident.which is now reconstructing the dynamics of the accident.
The accident in the Turin area -
The owner of the mechanical workshop died this morning in an accident at work in Nichelino, in the Turin area.
Leonardo Perna, 72, died after falling from a ladder two meters high.
According to an initial reconstruction of what happened, he was alone at the time of the accident.
The employees of a company close to the workshop in via XXV Aprile, who heard some noises, called for help.
Orlando, safety plan in the coming weeks -
"The workplace safety plan will be ready in the coming weeks. In the meantime we will take immediate measures that anticipate the plan itself. We will work on building a database to collect the violations that have not occurred so far. We are working to define some more timely sanctions for those who violate the rules ". Thus the Minister of Labor, Andrea Orlando, replied to journalists about the white deaths before visiting the Pasta Rummo plant in Benevento. "We are working - he added - for a full responsibility of the regions that are in charge of controls with the ASL. 90% of the controls in terms of safety concern the ASL and we are strengthening the labor inspectorate. By the end of the year there will be 800 new ones. units, by next year we will reach 2000.And after the meeting between President Draghi and the unions, I hope that something more can be done. "" There are all the conditions for this structure to play an even more central role in the control system. We will then invest a lot in the training system which is another essential chapter to combat this phenomenon ", concluded Orlando.