Almost 500 killed in work accidents this year so far

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 21 - Almost 500 people have been killed in work accidents among payrolled steady workers in Italy so far this year, the national observatory on the phenomenon said Friday.
    Former engineering worker Carlo Soricelli, who complies the figures, said 492 people had died at work from January 1 to June 20 this year.
    But the figure rises to 670 if temp and gig workers are included, he said.
    The sectors where most people have died are agriculture, construction and haulage, he said.
    Italy is seeing a long spate of fatal workplace accidents.
    Te spotlight has returned on gangmastering after a 31-year-old Indian farm labourer, Satnam Singh, was left to die with his severed arm placed beside him after a farm machinery accident at Latina south of Rome this week. (ANSA).