A Bangladeshi worker died in hospital
in Mestre near Venice Tuesday from injuries sustained in a fall
Monday night at the Fincantieri shipyard at Marghera near the
lagoon city.
The man, Islam Miah, fell at around eight o'clock at night.
A local union declared a two hour strike in solidarity with
Miah's relatives and in his memory.
Worker dies falling from scaffolding near Palermo (4)
Latest in long spate of fatal workplace accidents in Italy
Almost 500 people have been killed in work accidents in Italy so
far this year, the national observatory on the phenomenon said
Friday.
There were about 1,000 last year, it said.
Five men died after inhaling toxic gas in a sewer network near
Palermo last month, and seven died in a hydro power plant blast
near Bologna in April.
Eight workers were injured, five critically, in an explosion at
an aluminum plant in Bolzano last week.
One has since died of his injuries while others are said to be
still fighting for their lives from their critical burns.
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