Two more workers were killed in
accidents in Italy on Tuesday to take the number of fatal
labour-related accidents up to five in less than two days to
continue a long series of workplace deaths.
"What we are facing is a massacre, not an emergency," said
Maurizio Landini, the leader of the CGIL trade union.
"People continue to die because health and safety is considered
a cost.
"Profit counts, not the person. The person has become a
machine".
A 62-year-old man died after being hit by a vehicle while
unloading goods in the yard of the company where he worked in
Carpiano, near Milan, early on Tuesday.
The UIL trade union said the man had retired but had been forced
to find a job at a logistics centre because the cost-of-living
crisis meant his pension was no longer enough.
A 24-year-old construction worker, meanwhile, died after falling
from scaffolding in the Lambrate district of Milan.
On Monday a worker was electrocuted in the Ciociaria area
between Rome and Naples, a construction worker fell to his death
near Naples and another worker was killed at a metal plant in
Veneto.
Premier Giorgia Meloni said her government was allocating 650
million euros in new money to boost workplace health and safety
before the May Day national holiday last week.
The government will meet trade unions on Thursday to discuss the
issue of health and safety.
Workplace accident insurance agency INAIL said Monday that
work-related deaths had risen by 8.37% to 205 in the first
quarter of the year.
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