Construction Worker Dies on Site in Pescia

Pescia: A worker on Monday died after he was hit by a falling tree while working at a road construction site in the Tuscan city of Pescia near Pistoia. Firefighters, Carabinieri police, and labour inspectors intervened, investigative sources said.

According to Ansa News Agency, the incident was the latest in a long spate of fatal workplace accidents in Italy. Workplace accident insurance agency INAIL reported that it had received 1,000 reports of fatal accidents at work in Italy in the first 11 months of last year, marking a rise of 3.3% compared to the same period in the previous year.

There was a noted drop in cases occurring while working, from 745 to 731, but an increase in those on the way to and from work, from 223 to 269, the agency revealed. Compared to 2023, the incidence of deaths in relation to the total number of employed people rose by 2%, the institute added.