A 52-year-old maintenance worker died
on Thursday after being crushed by machinery at the Stellantis
plant at Pratola Serra in the Campania province of Avellino.
Domenico Fatigati, an employee of an external contractor, was
working in the base engine department when the accident
occurred.
"Stellantis expresses its deepest condolences and sympathy to
the family members for the tragic death of Domenico Fatigati, an
employee of an external company, who died this morning during an
intervention on a machine inside the Pratola Serra plant," said
a spokesperson for the multinational car manufacturer in a
statement.
"The company, to the extent of its competence, is actively
collaborating with the judicial authorities and the police, who
are carrying out investigations into the causes of the
accident," the spokesperson added.
The Irpinia plant, which employs almost 1,800 people, is
awaiting the relaunch of production following the announcement
by Stellantis that it will manufacture engines for its entire
range of light commercial vehicles.
The issue of workplace safety in Italy has returned to the fore
after five construction workers were crushed to death and three
more were seriously injured in a structural collapse at a
building site in Florence last Friday.
On Wednesday the government was said to be working on new
measures to improve safety including stiffer administrative
penalties for illegal and undeclared labour, the
recriminalisation of procurement offences, coordination between
public prosecutors on investigations into workplace health and
safety related crimes and the introduction of a contract ban of
between two and five years for companies found to be in serious
breach of workplace health and safety regulations.
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