Worker killed in Friuli after being hit while working on tracks

A worker was killed in Friuli Friday

after being hit while working on railway tracks in the latest in

a long spate of accidental workplace deaths in Italy.

The 43-year-old man, a resident of Latisana (Udine), died this

early afternoon in an accident at work that occurred along the

railway tracks near the San Giorgio di Nogaro station.

The alarm was raised around 1:00 PM.

According to a reconstruction of events—ANSA has learned from

the Udine police headquarters—the man, a Tunisian citizen,

employed by an external company carrying out work along the

Venice-Trieste line, apparently got off a vehicle only to trip

and end up under another train, in transit and without

passengers, coming from the opposite direction.

The impact was fatal.

The railway police and forensic team are investigating.

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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