According to initial reconstructions, the fifth wheel tractor of the port company that overwhelmed and killed a young Second Officer of the Caronte & Tourist company and seriously injured a First Officer in the port of Salerno “during commercial operations it was reversing onto a dock in the port.”
The shipping company based in Messina announced this in a note expressing “enormous pain” and “consternation” for a “huge tragedy” that has already caused the loss of a young life, of an officer “well-liked and appreciated by all”. The two men serving on the Cartour Delta ship were overwhelmed in the early afternoon “while they were on land” the company added.
For the Second Officer, the rescue efforts proved useless, while the First Officer was transported to the Ruggi hospital in Salerno seriously injured.
A 24-hour strike has been called by all workers of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port System Authority, starting at 15.30:XNUMX pm today. The unions Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uilt announced it in a note.
“We express – they add – dismay at the tragic accident at work that occurred this morning in the Port of Salemo, in which a maritime worker lost his life and a second was seriously injured, both from the Caronte & Tourist Company.
It is unacceptable that a young person can die while doing his duty, because work should not mean death”The unions express their full solidarity and closeness to the family and to all seafarers and port workers. “Safety in the workplace is a fundamental and inalienable right.”
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