The sources said the poisoning is likely to have occurred due to prolonged contact with chemical products, probably without adequate safety measures.
The man has been treated for the past two weeks at the cardiac intensive care unit of the Santa Maria Goretti Hospital in the Lazio city.
The 46-year-old was hospitalised due to a serious heart condition.
Doctors later discovered that the worker’s legs, an arm, his nose and spleen were affected by an autoimmune vasculitis.
It was probably caused by his immune system’s reaction to being exposed to pesticides or herbicides, without adequate protection, for as many as three days, medical sources said.
Doctors needed to amputate his legs and one arm, they explained.
Carabinieri, finance guards and police are probing the case and trying to determine which farm employed the Indian national, who does not speak Italian.
Social services are trying to track down his family of origin.
Also in Latina, 31-year-old farm labourer Satnam Singh bled out last June after being dumped outside his hut with an arm severed by wrapping machinery placed beside him on a fruit picking box.
His employers were arrested for gangmastering and culpable manslaughter last month.
The arrest warrants were served following an investigation that was opened on June 17, on the day of the fatal accident.
The death of the Sikh farm hand has spurred outrage at gangmastering, a modern form of slavery which is widespread in Italy, especially in the south of the country.
Unions, politicians and members of the Indian community staged a big demonstration calling for action following his death .
Latina is a Mussolini-founded new town south of Rome that is home to thousands of migrant farm workers.
Although the number of work-related incidents decreased last year, Italy has registered an increase in fatal workplace accidents.
In its annual preliminary report issued last week, the Italian Workers Compensation Authority (INAIL) said that it received 414,853 reports of work-related accidents between January and December 2024.
Based on provisional data, this was down by 1.9 per cent from the 422,880 registered over the same period in 2023.
However, the agency said the number of fatal work-related accidents had increased to 797 in 2024 compared to the 790 recorded in 2023.
The increase in work-related deaths was mainly recorded in the industrial sector and in services, up to 669 from 686, while those in agriculture dropped from 107 to 102.
According to INAIL, the highest number of fatalities on the job were registered in the construction sector with 156 cases.
The transport and warehouse storage industry had 111 cases, manufacturing 101, trade 58 and rental and business support services 38.
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