LATIANO – Accident during the night in a sugar factory in Latiano. A 46-year-old worker lost his life while working on the conveyor belt of the sugar factory.
According to what we understand, the man was engaged on behalf of an external company in some maintenance activities on the plant, when for reasons still under investigation, the tape severed his arm, causing serious bleeding. All rescue attempts by the 118 health workers were in vain.
The accident occurred after midnight in the factory which is located on the road to Fiume Piccolo. The 46-year-old’s work colleagues raised the alarm.
The firefighters also intervened on site, who recovered the body by transporting it to the ground floor, the Spesal inspectors and the police. The magistrate on duty was informed of the incident, who opened an investigation to establish the dynamics and possible responsibilities.
His name was Vincenzo Valente, the 46-year-old worker from Latiano who died last night in Brindisi following an accident at work in a sugar factory. The Brindisi prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation and the preventive seizure of belt 6, the plant where the man died, has been ordered. The investigations are conducted by the police.
Valente, who worked on behalf of an external company, was engaged in maintenance activities on the belt. The body is now in the morgue of the Perrino hospital in Brindisi.
