Another four workers died in
accidents across Italy Tuesday as a spate of workplace
accidental deaths continued despite promises to stem the rash of
cases.
A factory worker fell to his death from five-metre-high
scaffolding near Padua.
The man was employed by the Lavor Metal company at Loreggia.
An emergency team rushed to the scene but could only confirm the
man had died of multiple internal injuries.
An autopsy has been ordered.
Near Turin, another worker fell to his death from two-metre high
scaffolding at a mechanical firm at Nichelino.
Earlier Tuesday two workers, an Italian and an Indian, were
frozen to death by leaked liquid nitrogen at a
university-hospital near Milan.
The accident happened at the Humanitas University, next to the
hospital of the same name,at Pieve Emanuele.
The pair, who were employed by external firm Sol, died of
frostbite.
Police said they were probably killed by liquid nitrogen that
leaked into the room.
The victims were named as Emanuele Zanin, 46, and his Indian
colleague Jagdeep Singh, 42.
As part of the Sol Group, they worked for the Autotrasporti Pé
transport company at Costa Volpino near Bergamo. It was their
job to transport liquid nitrogen, Sol said.
Premier Mario Draghi on Monday sealed an accord with trade
unions to up work safety by stiffening regulations and hiring
thousands of new inspectors.
Some 667 people lost their lives in workplaces accidents in the
first seven months of the year, sources said Tuesday.
The issue has been on the front page since the death of the
22-year-old mother of a five-year-old boy, Luana D'Orazio, in a
textile mill accident near Prato on May 3.
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