A worker was crushed to death in a
work accident near La Spezia Monday, the latest in a long spate
of fatal workplace accidents in Italy.
The man was reportedly crushed by the stabilizer of a crane with
which he was moving some boats inside a shipyard at Ameglia.
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
on the verge of death from their critical burns.
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