One more worker dies in workplace accident as spate continues

(ANSA) - ROME, 20 OTT - One more worker died in a workplace accident in Italy Tuesday as a long spate of accidental workplace deaths continued. The 47-year-old man was crushed inside an aerial work platform (a "basket" lift) during a workplace accident that took place Tuesday morning at the Acciaierie Venete steel plant in Sarezzo (Brescia). The man, an employee of an external contractor, was carrying out work at the steel plant when—according to an initial reconstruction—the platform he was in was struck by a heavy vehicle. The impact reportedly crushed him against the structure of the platform. He was treated by medical personnel and transported to the Civile Hospital in Brescia, where he subsequently passed away. Workplace deaths are a big problem in Italy. Workplace accident insurance agency INAIL said in its annual report recently that Italy registered 1,189 work-related deaths in 2025. Although this was 37 fewer than in 2024, a drop of 3.02%, it still means that Italy is averaging over three work-related deaths every day. (ANSA).
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