Pomigliano Another serious workplace accident, more injuries, more fear. It happened at a car wrecking yard in Pomigliano d'Arco, where three workers were seriously injured—one of them in critical condition—following an explosion or a malfunction still under investigation.
On the spot were attended by i Carabinieriof Pomigliano and Castello di Cisterna, who, under the authority of the Nola Prosecutor's Office, are attempting to reconstruct the events that occurred. The investigation will determine whether it was human error, a fatality, or a violation of safety regulations.
“A national plague that will not stop”
Five Star Movement MP Carmela Auriemma, deputy vice president of the Five Star Movement group in the Chamber of Deputies and provincial coordinator for Naples, spoke out about the incident, calling it "yet another open wound" in the Italian labor market.
“The Pomigliano accident,” Auriemma declared, “is only the latest in a long and dramatic series.
Every time we find ourselves counting injuries and deaths, but the truth is that workplace safety remains a structural emergency in our country. We cannot allow tragedies like this to become part of normality.”
The parliamentarian's words are echoed in the numbers.
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In Campania, a region with a high industrial and manufacturing density, over 20.000 accidents were reported in 2024 alone, with a particularly high incidence in the construction, logistics, and industrial maintenance sectors.
“More controls and training are needed”
Auriemma then reiterated the need for decisive intervention by the institutions:
"Politics," he emphasized, "has a moral and institutional duty to act. We need more labor inspectors, more training, and more responsibility on the part of companies. Greater coordination among the agencies responsible for inspections is also essential. No worker should leave home without the certainty of being able to return home safe and sound."
The accident of Pomigliano d'Arco comes at a time when the issue of workplace safety is once again at the center of national debate, after months marked by tragedies in factories, construction sites, and industrial plants from North to South.
Each episode, the unions remind us, is not only a fatality but "the symptom of a system that too often puts productivity before the protection of life."
Meanwhile, the three injured in Pomigliano remain hospitalized: one of them is still fighting for his life.
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It's truly sad to hear about workplace accidents like the one at Pomigliano. I don't understand why there are still so many safety issues, and nothing is being done to improve matters and protect workers.