(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 18 - A 57-year-old Tunisian fisherman who
lived in Calabria for 20 years was crushed to death by a sail
winch aboard his boat off Punto Stilo in the latest in a spate
of workplace accident fatalities in Italy Friday.
Kamel Kaffaf was the owner of the trawler, Iole.
The accident took place near Monasterace, in the Locride area.
Italy is in the middle of a spate of workplace fatalities.
Three more fatal workplace accidents occurred in Italy on
February 4 as a worker fell to his death from scaffolding near
Venice, a farmer was crushed to death by a tractor that
overturned near Mantua, and a 57-year-old worker was struck on
the head by a wind-blown roof panel at Sora near
Frosinone between Rome and Naples.
The fatalities were the latest in a shocking wave of
workplace accident deaths in Italy that saw 1,221 perish last
year and which has spurred government action.
Such deaths are a national tragedy, Justice Minister Marta
Cartabia said on October 22.
She said the government had intervened by increasing the number
of inspectors and checks, but a new law on administrative
responsibility would be even more useful in stopping the rash of
fatalities. (ANSA).