Overview

• The fatal accident occurred June 3 in fields between Solarolo and Castel Bolognese while the worker was operating a large forklift alone.
• Family members raised the alarm after several failed phone calls, leading to the discovery of his body beneath the machine’s forks.
• Carabinieri, local firefighters and labor inspectors from Ausl Romagna are on site reconstructing the sequence of events.
• The Ravenna prosecutor’s office has seized the forklift to assess whether equipment failure or protocol breaches contributed to the death.
• The tragedy underscores a national rise in workplace fatalities, with over 210 deaths recorded in Italy during the first quarter of 2025.