Worker dies submerged by earth during digging work
A 49-year-old Italian worker died submerged by earth during digging work at a building site in Umbria Thursday, local sources said.
There have been ongoing calls for additional worker-safety legislation. (Photo: ANSA)
There have been ongoing calls for additional worker-safety legislation. (Photo: ANSA)
He was killed while he was inside an excavation for the laying of some pipes in the Valfabbrica area near Perugia, they said.
The man was pulled out alive but later died in hospital.
He is the latest in a long spate of workplace accident deaths in Italy.
ANSA