(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 28 - Two factory workers died Friday after a steam pipe broke in the plant they were working in near Pavia and they were hit by a stream of ammonium, in the latest in a string of workplace accidental deaths that have spurred calls for government action to boost safety.
    The incident happened at the Digima factory at Villanterio, a firm that collects and works scrap products from butchers.
    One of the workers was said to be 50 years of age, while the other's age was not yet known.
    There have been several workplace accident deaths recently. But it was the May 5 death in a textile machine accident near Prato of the 22-year-old mother of a five-year-old son, Luana D'Orazio, that really placed the issue front and centre in Italian political and public debate.
    Premier Mario Draghi said that more must be done on workplace safety after the deaths of D'Orazio and at least five others in the space of a week.
    Over 2,000 additional workplace safety inspectors will be hired adding to the 4,500 now on duty, he said. (ANSA).