THE EAGLE. MM and EH, the two crane operators of a building materials company who on 22 August 2023, during an unloading operation of building material in Civita di Bagno, caused the death of the buyer, Viorel Stupariu56 year old resident of Pettino for years.
The hearing was held yesterday before the judge Marco Billi. The victim’s family members are assisted by Giesse Risarcimento Danni, a group specialized in compensation for fatal accidents at work, based in Montesilvano.
The tragedy occurred in a few moments in the early afternoon of August 22, 2023, within a plot of land overlooking State Road 5 bis which connects the town of the Bellavista district with the hamlet of Civita di Bagno. Viorel was assisting with his wife Anica at the unloading procedures of the building material purchased for some work planned on their land. The two workers-crane operators from Edil-Fer, who arrived with a truck equipped with a crane, promptly began the operation of unloading some bags of cement and mortar first by hand, then moving on to using the crane for the main load, a pallet of concrete blocks.
A few moments and the tragedy occurred. «The workers attempted to lift the load of 1,450 kilos using a crane with a capacity of only 990 kilos», explains Mario Ricci of Giesse, «moreover without correctly positioning the feet of the hydraulic stabilizer and without even using the harness straps correctly. the load, so as to make any movement of the same impossible during lifting and unloading operations”. The two, in fact, as also reconstructed by the technicians of the service for prevention and safety in the workplace of L’Aquila who intervened on site shortly afterwards, had inserted two large irons under the pallet containing the concrete blocks, hooking the four ends straps then hung on the crane. «The crane, however, was unable to lift the load easily, so the two decided to manually unload part of the blocks», continues Ricci, «but, in a few moments, both the truck and the heavy load hanging from the crane lifted they are inclined and the concrete blocks, coming apart, ended up overwhelming poor Viorel who was assisting the operation and was also ready to provide help. Unfortunately, little would have been enough to avoid this tragedy.”
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