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Worker dies after falling through factory roof skylight near Rome
A 57-year-old worker died on Monday after falling about eight metres through a skylight in a factory roof in Fiano Romano, near Rome.
He was working on the roof of an industrial building that was still being fitted out.
The fall happened shortly after 9:30 a.m.
on Via del Lavoro, but investigators have not established what caused it.
Emergency crews tried to revive him but could not save him.
Carabinieri and workplace-safety officials are examining the circumstances, and the Rieti prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation.
The death follows two other work-related deaths in the Rome area on Thursday, in a garage and a warehouse.
The investigation will seek to establish what happened during the work on the roof.
A 57-year-old worker died after falling through a skylight while working on a factory roof in Fiano Romano, near Rome.
He fell about eight metres at a site on Via del Lavoro, according to reports.
The fall happened on Monday morning, and the cause has not been established.
Emergency crews attempted to assist him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Carabinieri and workplace safety officials are investigating the circumstances.
- Who
- A 57-year-old Italian worker, identified by RomaToday as Sabatino Biondi.
- What
- He died after falling about eight metres through a skylight while working on a factory roof.
- When
- Monday morning, shortly after 9:30, according to Il Fatto Quotidiano.
- Where
- Via del Lavoro in Fiano Romano, near Rome.
- Why
- The cause of the fall is still being investigated.
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The worker fell through a skylight while working on the factory roof in Fiano Romano.
Emergency crews attended, but the worker could not be revived.
Carabinieri and workplace safety officials began investigating the circumstances.
- Worker
- 57-year-old Italian man
- Location
- Via del Lavoro, Fiano Romano
- Fall height
- About eight metres
- Site
- Factory building still being fitted out, according to Il Fatto Quotidiano
- Investigation
- Rieti prosecutor’s office opened an investigation, according to Il Fatto Quotidiano
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