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Rome Factory Worker Killed in Machine Crush as Same-Day Accidents Spur Safety Demands

Union leaders use the European safety week to press for concrete protections after fresh workplace deaths across Italy.

Overview

  • The victim was crushed by an industrial machine at the Elt Group electronics plant on Via Tiburtina in Rome’s Settecamini district.
  • He had been performing maintenance with a colleague employed by a subcontractor, and the colleague was airlifted to hospital in critical condition.
  • Firefighters freed the workers at the scene and ASL inspectors began inquiries, while prosecutors ordered an autopsy in the separate Mugnano fatality.
  • ANSA reported three deaths on Friday in Rome, Mugnano and the Piacenza area, along with a life‑threatening fall in Cicciano and a serious electrocution in Montalto di Castro.
  • CGIL and CISL condemned the incidents and called for urgent safety measures, citing CGIL data of 47 fatalities and 17,322 reported injuries in Lazio from January to July 2025, up 11.79% year over year.