The recent rash of workplace
accidents and deaths in Italy are the reflection of a country
that fails to fully come to terms with the culture of prevention
and the guarantee of health and safety in every workplace,
trades union leaders said in a letter to President Sergio
Mattarella on Wednesday.
"The increase in accidents and occupational diseases are not
numbers: they show us the harsh reality of a country that fails
to fully come to terms with the culture of prevention, with the
guarantee of health and safety in every workplace," wrote
Maurizio Landini, Luigi Sbarra and PierPaolo Bombardieri,
respectively the secretaries of trades union confederations
CGIL, CISL and UIL.
"It is not only a cultural problem, there is a ruthless market
logic that considers safety a cost and not an investment," they
continued.
"We presented a specific unified platform to the government but
have not received adequate answers.
"It is time for extraordinary joint action to achieve the goal
of zero deaths at work," said the union leaders.
On Wednesday three workers died in an explosion at the
Esplodenti Sabino plant in the Abruzzo town of Casalbordino.
The accident came on the heels of a recent rash of work-related
deaths, including the death of five rail maintenance workers who
were hit by a train and killed while replacing tracks at
Brandizzo station near Turin on the night of August 30.
Investigators suspect that they began work in the knowledge that
a train could arrive on the line.
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