Worker electrocuted while working on fiber optic installation

A 33-year-old worker was electrocuted

while working on a fiber optic installation near Naples in

Italy's latest workplace death Thursday.

The Moroccan man, who died at Montesano Salentino, was employed

by a Naples-based company specializing in fiber optic

installation.

According to reports, the electrocution struck him while he was

working on a public electricity pole on a ladder. Carabinieri,

Spesal inspectors, and the mayor of Montesano, Giuseppe Maglie,

were on the scene.

Workplace deaths are in fact a major problem in Italy and

Premier Giorgia Meloni's government has said boosting health and

safety is a major priority.

In November the cabinet launched a digital badge for contractors

and sub-contractors on construction sites, aimed at improving

safety.

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

workplace accidents in Italy.

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