Overview

• On July 25 at a Rione Alto, Naples construction site, a maintenance basket overturned more than 20 m high, killing three workers.
• The Procura di Napoli has issued four notices of investigation to two entrepreneurs and two safety officials, opening a multiple-count involuntary manslaughter inquiry.
• Autopsies on the victims are set for July 29 as prosecutors probe equipment failures and the absence of safety belts and helmets at the Naples site.
• A separate accident on July 28 in Pompei saw a hydraulic arm collapse under a mobile basket, causing two telecom workers to fall about 12–15 m.
• Procura di Torre Annunziata has seized the Pompei site and is investigating machinery malfunctions and compliance with harness and helmet regulations as the injured remain in critical condition.