Overview

• The lift basket at a Vomero-Arenella renovation site overturned on July 25, sending three workers—Vincenzo Del Grosso, Ciro Pierro and Luigi Romano—falling from the seventh floor.
• Prosecutors Antonio Ricci and Stella Castaldo have opened a negligent homicide inquiry and placed the condominium administrator, site safety coordinator, contractor and lift lessor under investigation.
• Preliminary reconstructions point to a support column failure caused by excessive weight, suggesting the lift exceeded its certified load capacity.
• Investigators confirmed two victims were employed off the books and that none of the three wore helmets or safety harnesses that might have prevented the fall.
• Prosecutors are reviewing technical dossiers on equipment load limits, safety compliance and worker documentation as they build their case ahead of autopsy results.