"At this moment we need to look at what has happened with great respect and we will carry out all the necessary checks. If there is a need to intervene to make the rules even more incisive, it will be done. The government is not shying away from this issue. Safety at work must be a compulsory subject in schools".
This was stated by the Minister of Labor Marina Calderone during her visit to the construction site in Florence which was the scene of the tragedy of recent days.
In terms of combating "fatal accidents, everyone's commitment must be to ensure that the rules are increasingly efficient, that there are controls. We - the minister observed - have increased the number of inspectors: during 2024 the number of inspections on technical matters relating to health and safety at work will increase by 40%. Certainly we can do even more by hiring more inspectors and ensuring that our checks are even more intense and more targeted".
As for what happened in Florence, the minister stated that "at this moment it is still early to be able to define the dynamics of the accident, to define responsibility. It is not up to us, there are the investigators, the authorities who are working and the ministry of Work, through the National Labor Inspectorate and the Carabinieri per il Lavoro unit, is providing all the support and, obviously, all the necessary consultancy activity".
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