A 53-year-old factory worker was
run over and killed by a reversing lorry in the courtyard of a
factory near Bergamo on Monday, the latest in a spate of
workplace deaths that have spurred calls for greater action to
assure safety on the job in Italy.
The accident, which took place at Spirano, follows the deaths of
Maurizo Gritti and Marco Oldrati, also in the province of
Bergamo, on May 6 and 8 respectively.
But it was the May 5 death in a textile machine accident near
Prato of the 22-year-old mother of a five-year-old son, Luana
D'Orazio, that really placed the issue front and centre in
Italian political and public debate.
Premier Mario Draghi said last week that more must be done on
workplace safety after the deaths of D'Orazio and at least five
others in the space of a week.
Over 2,000 additional workplace safety inspectors will be hired
adding to the 4,500 now on duty, he said.
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