A court on Monday indicted
two former oil executives in the asbestos-related deaths of two
workers at an API Group refinery in the seaside town of
Falconara marittima in Ancona province.
Former API chairman Aldo Maria Brachetti Peretti and the
ex-refinery manager Giovanni Saronne will face manslaughter
charges in the 2011 deaths of the two retired workers.
Prosecutors say Alfio Calcina, who worked in the refinery
for 30 years, and administrative employee Roberto Greganti both
died from asbestos exposure to executive negligence at the
plant.
Trial begins March 2 in Ancona.
In July, a Milan court convicted 11 former managers at
Pirelli tire maker over the deaths of some 20 workers caused by
tumours linked to asbestos exposure.
The workers were employed at Milan plants in the 1970s and
1980s. The ex-managers were handed prison sentences of up to
seven years, eight months.
Four former Milan mayors are being investigated for
manslaughter and grievous bodily harm in seven
asbestos-related deaths at Milan's Teatro alla Scala opera
house, while in October, former minister Corrado Passera and
businessman Carlo De Benedetti were among 17 people
indicted in the asbestos-related deaths of former Olivetti
workers.
Senate Speaker Pietro Grasso said last month that
completing a clean-up of asbestos around Italy is "a true
emergency" and that recent measures to spur the elimination of
the deadly material were "the sign, finally, of serious concern
on the part of parliament".
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