Black day for security in Tuscany. Today, a few hours later, an agricultural worker lost his life and two workers were injured. The first accident occurred around 8.30 in the Municipality of Bagnone in the province of Massa Carrara, in the Lunigiana. A 49-year-old man was working on a tractor near a wooded area in a rather isolated area. With him also a 71-year-old. Suddenly, however, the vehicle overturned and the 49-year-old was crushed, losing his life. The comrade called for help but the doctors could not help but ascertain the death. Only a few head injuries instead for the 71-year-old, however, transported to the Apuane hospital for checks. The carabinieri, the firefighters, and the inspectors of the health and safety prevention department of the ASL also intervened on the spot. The military is still working to reconstruct the exact dynamics of the indicator and verify the presence of protective devices on the tractor.
Also during the morning, a 40-year-old worker fell from the roof of a shed of a company in Cantagrillo (Pistoia). A flight of about seven meters. The man, who works for an external company, was carrying out checks on the exhaust fumes. He probably lost his balance and fell on deaf ears. The impact on the ground was violent: trauma to a leg and arm. Other employees in the company immediately called 118 and was brought shortly after in red code to the emergency room of the San Jacopo hospital in Pistoia. The doctors ordered the hospitalization and ruled out the danger of life.
Third accident instead in Pieve a Nievole, also in the Pistoia area. A worker slipped from about 2 meters high while he was in the boiler room of a company. The man got stuck between the wall and the boiler and the firefighters had to intervene to free him. Yellow code and ambulance headed for the Pistoia hospital.
In recent months there have been numerous similar episodes and Tuscany has had to count victims of work every month. In the construction sector, for example, from January to September 2021, explained Feneal Uil, Filca Cisl and Fillea Cgil Toscana, there were 1,877 reports of accidents, 23.3% more than in the same period last year. Construction, thanks to measures such as the Superbonus 110% and other incentives, has rekindled the engines, experiencing an important restart phase. But consequently the accidents have also increased. “Attention to safety in the workplace, investments in prevention and control, were considered a cost in the period of crisis and today risk being seen as a” tinsel “that slows down the run-up to work and the exaggerated rhythms we are keeping – say the regional secretaries Roberto Colangelo (Feneal Uil), Simona Riccio (Filca Cisl) and Giulia Bartoli (Fillea Cgil) -. The fall from a height is the first cause of death on the construction site, drastic interventions are needed ». The unions also propose an early retirement for construction workers, so as to avoid risky situations for over 60s on cranes and scaffolding. And at the same time it is asked to introduce “a license with points, which allows to penalize those irregular companies that do not respect the contractual health and safety regulations”.
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