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Worker Dies After 10-Meter Fall From Silo at Veneto Maize Cooperative

Investigators are reconstructing the accident after unions warned of a deadly rise in falls across Veneto this year.

Overview

  • The fall occurred in the afternoon between San Martino di Venezze and Mardimago at a facility of the Cooperativa Produttori di Mais di San Martino in the province of Rovigo.
  • Emergency responders from SUEM 118, occupational safety inspectors from Spisal, and the Carabinieri were on site and opened inquiries to determine the dynamics of the incident.
  • The victim has not been publicly identified in reports, which describe the person as a young worker.
  • Uil del Veneto, through secretary general Roberto Toigo, condemned the death and urged stronger preventive measures, saying safety must come before haste and profit.
  • This is the second fatal workplace incident in the Polesine area within a week, following the death of 29-year-old Luca Domenicale, who was crushed by machinery.