Three steelworkers were being
treated for serious burns on Monday after being covered by
molten steel in a workplace accident at a steelworks in the
northern city of Padua on Sunday morning.
Their condition was said to be critical but stable.
A fourth steelworker was receiving treatment for less serious
burns sustained at the 'Acciaierie Venete' when a huge hanging
drum transporting 90 tonnes of molten steel came unhooked and
fell to the ground, splashing the men nearby.
The injured are a Romanian national aged 40 and a Moldovan
aged 44, who both sustained 100% burns, and two Italians who
respectively sustained 70% and more minor burns.
Prosecutors have impounded the factory, one of six steelworks
belonging to 'Acciaierie Venete' in northern Italy.
The group has 1,300 employees, including 400 at the Padua
plant.
Metalworkers union FIOM called a strike at all the plants on
Monday.
Representatives of trade union confederations CGIL, CISL and
UIL were also due to meet with Veneto Governor Luca Zaia on
Monday to discuss workplace safety in the region.
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