1.16pm – Friday 21 June 2024
(The following text is taken entirely from the press note sent to the Opinion Agency) –
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Explosion at the Aluminum Bozen Srl company –
Joint note from the Government Commissariat, the Autonomous Province of Bolzano and the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Bolzano.
Last night (21 June), around 00.30, the explosion of a machine was reported to the Aluminum Bozen Srl company in Bolzano, located in via Toni Ebner n. 24, whose plant employs approximately 130 people for the production of extruded products in hard aluminum alloys.
A patrol from the local Police Headquarters promptly intervened on the spot and, from the first information acquired from a worker who remained unharmed, it appears that the explosion occurred in one of the rooms intended for aluminum melting, where a fire broke out and was put out in a short time. by the fire brigade teams of the permanent and volunteer corps of Bolzano (Oltrisarco and Bolzano Città).
The accident at work, the causes of which are being ascertained, involved some workers, who were promptly rescued by health service personnel with an emergency doctor, the White Cross and the Red Cross.
The Labor Inspectorate of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano also intervened on site.
Following the serious burns reported, all six injured people involved were initially transported to the San Maurizio hospital in Bolzano. Subsequently, four workers were urgently transferred to specialized clinics: one in Verona, two in Padua and one in Murnau – Munich.
Currently, the place where the serious accident occurred has been seized for subsequent investigations, following the instructions of the judicial authorities.
The President of the Province, on behalf of the Provincial Council, expresses his shock at the incident and his closeness to the affected workers and their families. The rescue was prompt: 2 emergency doctors, 5 ambulances, as well as firefighters from the Permanent Corps and the Bolzano Volunteers. The workers suffered first and second degree burns. Now we need to work immediately to understand what measures to adopt to avoid the recurrence of similar accidents in the future.
