A collapse occurred this morning on a construction site in Florence
, in via Mariti, on the outskirts of the city where the construction of a supermarket is underway.
The toll from the collapse at the construction site in Florence
is
"three dead, three non-life-threatening injuries and two missing" .
This is what the regional councilor for civil protection Monia Monni reports, in front of the entrance to the construction site.
The second deceased person has not yet been removed from the rubble but her death has already been confirmed.
This is what is explained by the 118 maxi emergency. USAR teams are employed in the search for the workers: the technical unit is that of the Fire Brigade, the health unit is made up of 4 nurses and 2 doctors trained for rescue operations under the rubble.
Teams of firefighters are working to remove the heavy reinforced concrete beams that collapsed, also using machinery, so as to be able to continue the search for the missing.
Dog units are also intervening.
"There were about fifty people on the construction site", explains the president of the Tuscany Region Giani.
In the street to the side, he adds, "there was a minibus that is still there and it was a miracle that the collapse did not spill out and involve the children as well. The minibus is still there and the children were all taken away Street".
The Florence prosecutor's office has opened a case, currently without suspects, for negligent collapse and manslaughter.
The construction site ended up under seizure.
The ASL technicians are listening to construction site staff.
❌ #Florence, collapse of the attic of a prefabricated building on a construction site in the North-West of the city: 3 workers were pulled alive from the rubble by the #USAR #firefighters.
Teams working since 9am for rescue operations [#16February 10.45am] pic.twitter.com/OCQBZm8MjH
— Vigili del Fuoco (@vigilidelfuoco) February 16, 2024
There would be
8 people involved
, according to what Giani said on social media.
"Unfortunately there are some people without life"
reports Giani confirming that
"three people were extracted alive
and transported to our hospital in Careggi".
"All forces - she adds - are working at their maximum to extract another 3 people currently under the rubble".
"
We are still looking for three workers who are not showing any signs
and hopes are reduced to a sliver. Three other workers were extracted alert and present and they are hospitalized under yellow code. The situation is more problematic for two other people extracted, but presumably they are in a state end of life".
Video Florence, attic collapses on a supermarket construction site: there are victims
For further information Agenzia ANSA There were over a thousand deaths at work in 2023, almost three per day - News - Ansa.it In total, 1,041 reports of fatal accidents in the workplace were received by Inail in twelve months, in all of 2023 Almost three deaths a day although down compared to last year and previous years up to pre-Covid (ANSA)
Our health workers, firefighters and police forces are on site.
The accident occurred on a large construction site for the construction of an Esselunga supermarket, in the area of the former military bakery.
The three workers extracted alive were taken to Careggi hospital, two in code red and one in yellow.
There would have been a
"major collapse of one of the main pylons"
at the construction site.
This is what the firefighters who intervened with teams made up of ordinary personnel and Usar light reported.
"Pain and dismay over the tragedy at the construction site of the new supermarket in #Florence. We are constantly following the situation. On behalf of myself and the @comunefi I express my condolences for the victims and I thank all the rescuers in action. Awaiting updates on the other workers involved" .
Mayor
Dario Nardella
, who has been on an institutional trip to Israel and Palestine since yesterday, writes this on X.
For further information Agenzia ANSA From Thyssen to Brandizzo, an endless trail of white deaths - News - Ansa.it Today's accident in Florence is just the latest in an endless series of fatal workplace accidents which have occurred on construction sites.
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Meloni, condolences for the victims
"On behalf of myself and the Government, I express my condolences for the victims of the collapse of a beam which occurred on a construction site in Florence. I am following the evolution of the situation with apprehension and I thank those who are taking part in the search for the missing and in the rescue operations for the injured. Our deepest condolences to the families affected by this terrible tragedy."
Thus the Prime Minister
Giorgia Meloni
on social media.
Nardella, Mattarella expressed his condolences
"I sincerely thank President Mattarella for expressing his closeness and condolences to me on the phone for the tragedy at the Florence construction site. I have proclaimed city mourning for tomorrow with the suspension of all events. I will return from the Holy Land on the first available flight early."
The mayor of Florence Dario Nardella wrote this on X regarding the tragedy in via Mariti in Florence.
General strike CGIL-CISL-UIL Tuscany
Regional general strike in Tuscany today, in the last two hours of the shift: it was called by CGIL, CISL and UIL after the serious accident that occurred this morning in Florence on the construction site of a new supermarket.
"We appeal to institutions, the world of business and politics, control bodies, no more deaths at work!", say the unions in a joint note.
"Today in Tuscany we sent a first signal as the regional CGIL by proclaiming an immediate two-hour strike at the end of the shift in all workplaces and I know that there have already been spontaneous stoppages by the RSU in various factories".
The leader of the CGIL, Maurizio Landini, said this today in Pisa, commenting on the serious workplace accident that occurred in Florence.
"We have another commitment in Lucca - he added - but based on the Florentine situation which is constantly evolving I will evaluate whether to go to Florence".
"In 2023 there were a thousand deaths at work and these accidents are often produced by the subcontracting system and the logic of lowest-cost procurement.
However, I want to remind you that it was this Government that changed the procurement code and reintroduced cascade subcontracting" Landini said.
"There needs to be an immediate reaction and I also think that it is necessary to arrive at a general initiative next week, which I will also propose to the other unions, because it is no longer acceptable to continue dying at work."
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