Worker dies after falling from 6 metres up

The latest in a spate of fatal

workplace accidents in Italy occurred Thursday at a metalworking

company in Rosignano near Livorno.

The thirty-year-old victim, of foreign origin, is believed to be

a worker from an external company who, according to initial

investigations, was inspecting a warehouse's attic when, for

reasons yet to be determined, he fell from a height of

approximately 6 metres onto a piece of machinery.

Despite prompt assistance, there was nothing that could be done

for the worker.

Officials from the Prevention Department, the fire department,

and the police responded to the scene.

This is the second fatal accident at work in Tuscany in the

space of a week: on May 27th, a 30-year-old worker, Giacomo

Pucci, lost his life in a company in Altopascio.

A worker was crushed by a pallet in Sicily on Tuesday last week

in the fourth fatal workplace accident in Italy

in one days as a long spate continued.

The 35-year-old Ukrainian man, employed by a company operating

in the photovoltaic system installation sector, was engaged in

unloading material from a truck using a

forklift and was crushed by a pallet containing photovoltaic

panels.

A 30-year-old worker at a logistics company was crushed to death

by a forklift he was operating in Catania's industrial area,

also last Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, a worker died on the job at a company in the

Reggio Emilia area, the Mazzoni firm at Cavriago, crushed by a

forklift.

Still earlier, a worker died in the province of Lucca,

reportedly

crushed by a press. The accident occurred Tuesday morning at a

pharmaceutical company in Altopascio (Lucca).

The four incidents were the latest in the long spate of

accidental workplace deaths in Italy.

In November, in a widely reported case, a 66-year-old worker

died after being trapped for 11 hours under the rubble after

after a section of Rome's medieval Torre dei Conti collapsed.

Workplace deaths are in fact a major problem in Italy and

Premier Giorgia Meloni's government has said boosting health and

safety is a big priority.

In November the cabinet launched a digital badge for contractors

and sub-contractors on construction sites, aimed at improving

safety.

Fatal work accident reports increased in the first 11 months of

2025 to a a total of 1,002, workplace accident insurance agency

INAIL said recently.

Specifically, according to INAIL data, fatal accident reports

filed by last November, "despite the provisional nature of the

numbers," totaled 729 (up 1% from 722 in the same period in

2024); and fatal accident reports during commuting, i.e., on the

way to and from work, totaled 273 (up 3.4% compared to 264 in

the 11 months of 2024).

Trade unions say an average of three workers a day die in

workplace accidents in Italy.

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