His comments came during the presentation of a report by the parliamentary inquiry commission on labour conditions in Italy following the deadly railway incident of Brandizzo on August 30, 2023.
“Security on the job is the necessary condition to make effective the fundamental and inalienable right to health …,” said Mattarella.
“[This security] cannot find limits in the lack or inadequacy of appropriate measures to make jobs and the workplace healthy and devoid of dangers.
“The commitment for this by institutions and social representatives will never be sufficient,” concluded the president.
Five track maintenance workers lost their lives in the rail accident in Brandizzo near Turin.
The two survivors of the accident - the foreman and the Italian rail company RFI employee responsible for the worksite - are among 15 put under investigation by prosecutors in Ivrea.
One of the key issues probed is why work was allowed to begin before there was confirmation that traffic on the line had been halted.
There are also concerns regarding the inadequate implementation and respect of security procedures for workers.
Sources say investigators believe work started even though the RFI employee was denied the all-clear for it to begin in three phone calls with network officials.
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