Overview

• On July 22, a 64-year-old Lazio Servizi Srl employee working at Quick Turn Engine Center Europe Srl’s Fiumicino facility fell from a roof near Gate 5 and died despite emergency intervention.
• Magistrates have arrived on-site to reconstruct the accident’s dynamics and establish whether fall-protection equipment was present and properly used.
• CGIL of Rome and Lazio expressed deep condolences and is urging stricter enforcement of protective gear rules and reforms in procurement processes to hold contractors more accountable.
• USB union has called a four-hour strike on July 26 at Rome Fiumicino airport in protest of recurring safety failures linked to subcontracting chains.
• Italy’s multi-tier subcontracting model and uneven regulatory oversight have been highlighted by unions as key factors endangering airport workers across the country.