62 Year Old Marine Terminal Worker Struck & Killed By Industrial Truck [16 April 2018 – San Giorgio di Nogaro, IT]

Posted by admin on Apr 18, 2018 in Bulletins

Blueoceana Company has been made to understand that a 62 year old worker was struck and killed by a forklift truck Monday, at the Northern Adriatic Italian port of San Giorgio di Nogaro.

Other factual aspects of the accident are presently unknown, as is the worker’s identity. However, local media accounts claim that two of the principal Italian dock worker unions have become incensed by this accident’s occurrence and have called for a strike action. Ostensibly, their plan was to deny work activities for a one hour period at the end of each of yesterday’s (17 April) work shifts; at virtually each of Italy’s seaports.

The unions seek a meeting with Italian Labor Minister Giuliano Poletti, at which they intend to forcefully ask for mandatory, uniform occupational safety regulations at all Italian ports.

Link To Media Account:  All Italian Ports to Strike Today (041718)

Link To Media Account:   Yet another dead at work (041618)

Link To Media Account:   Fatal accident in the port of San Giorgio di Nogaro (041718)

Looking back into our files, we note that similar strike actions have occurred in the past at Italian ports in the wake of other workplace deaths. Information memorializing those events may be reviewed at the following links:

Journal of Commerce article dated 17 January 2008:  Strike hits Italian ports (011708)

Journal of Commerce article dated 21 January 2009:  Italy dockworkers strike (012109)

If supplemental facts come into our possession, they will be posted here.