Accident at work, construction worker dies at 39

Accident at work today in Palmariggi in the Lecce area. A 39-year-old construction worker died while demolishing the attic of a garage, which collapsed. The death of Fabio Sicurezza, a young man from Martano who has been a member of Fillea for years (the category of the CGIL that protects the rights of construction workers), hit the union. The CGIL Lecce all gathers around the young man’s family and expresses anger and disappointment at the umpteenth death at work. “The tragedies in the workplace are open wounds in the social and economic fabric of the territory. This time, unfortunately, we were really hit, because Fabio was a worker enrolled in Fillea and close to our union. We express pain and closeness to the family, to which the deepest condolences go from the whole Chamber of Territorial Labor and the category ”say the provincial general secretaries of Cgil and Fillea, Valentina Fragassi and Simona Cancelli. The tragedy of Palmariggi, where Fabio was busy with other colleagues in the maintenance work of a farmhouse, is added to the long list of “white deaths” that have struck Puglia and the province of Lecce in particular since the beginning of the year. A recent study by the Vega Engineering Occupational Safety Observatory in Mestre has nailed the territory to its responsibilities: 13 deaths at work in the first 7 months of the year in Salento, 49 in Puglia, 677 in Italy (almost 100 per month). And unfortunately the bulletin got worse in August and September. “We need investments in information, training, safety, controls and culture. Everyone in the field must do something, both financially and at a regulatory level. In our small way we will do our part: it is time to launch a large unified information campaign in the area, together with CISL and UIL, because it is not acceptable to leave home to work and never come back ”, explains Fragassi. Simona Cancelli goes into detail on the construction sector, which unfortunately holds the sad record of the sector most affected by white deaths: the aforementioned study counted 64 victims between January and July. “It is not up to us to comment on the causes of the accident, on which the judiciary will shed light. Unfortunately, as soon as signs of recovery are perceived, construction also records a proportional increase in accidents on construction sites. For years, like Fillea, we have been asking for greater attention to the issue of safety, proposing the license with points on compliance with contractual rules and against accidents, but we have also proposed the introduction of the crime of homicide in the workplace. They are impact measures, also to ensure compliance with the measures. Often the dizzying pace to which the workers are subjected to complete the work, but also the savings on labor costs, which translate into unexpected savings on safety, are the basis of accidents on construction sites ”conclude CGIL Lecce and Fillea CGil Lecce.