A 60-year-old Italian worker was crushed to death by a tanker van while refueling a tractor. near Ferrara on Thursday, the latest in a long spate of workplace accident deaths in Italy.
The man, a resident of Taglio di Po (Rovigo) was engaged in operations of felling some poplars and reforestation in open area.
An emergency team could do nothing for him.
Work-related deaths in Italy fell 4.5% to 1,041 in 2023, workplace accident insurance agency INAIL said Wednesday.
Unions said they were still "far too high".
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