(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 13 - A 48-year-old construction worker was
crushed to death by a metal panel near Treviso on Wednesday.
The man, from Pieve del Grappa, was hit by the panel which
crushed his skull at a building site at Caerano San Marco, local
sources said.
The man died instantly, sources said.
An autopsy has been ordered.
It was the third workplace accident death in Italy in a day, as
a recent spate of such deaths continued.
A 58-year-old Italian warehouse worker died of her injuries in
hospital Wednesday after being crushed by a pallet in the
plastic stamping firm where she works near Florence on September
2.
And a A 54-year-old Italian factory worker died in a fall from a
catwalk at a wood panelling firm near Alessandria on Tuesday
night.
Italy is enduring a spate of workplace deaths which have roused
union protests and spurred government action. (ANSA).
Worker crushed to death by metal panel near Treviso
3rd workplace accident death in Italy in 24 hrs, spate continues