One man died this afternoon and one remained seriously injured as a result of an accident in the port of Salerno which involved two young officers from Messina who worked as first and second officers on the ship ro-ro Cartour Delta of the company Caronte & Tourist, who were run over by a tractor.

'The Port System Authority of the Tyrrhenian Sea Central - said the president of the institution, Andrea Annunziata - expresses his deepest disturbance for what he is success today in the port of Salerno. It's a very difficult. We must take note of the fact that this dramatic accident at work shows us how much more and more Everyone's culture of safety is important, especially in such a delicate area as the port one».

The unions have proclaimed 24 hours of strike in the ports Campania. Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti have denounced that Today's accident represents "yet another human life broken on the work in the maritime and port sector". Joining to the pain of the family of the young worker, struck by the serious mourning, to which they expressed all their closeness and solidarity, the three unions stressed that for years They ask "to keep up the guard and attention on the Accidents in the maritime and port areas where it is necessary do much more than the issue of health and security, strengthening the system of safeguards and controls".

"From this point of view - they highlighted Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti - we denounce how serious it is that they are not the necessary regulations have been issued to allow coordination of laws 271 and 272 of 1999 with the discipline of the decree Legislative Decree 81/2008 on the Stop-Work Authority. It is also necessary to increase information and training at all workplaces through the involvement and participation of company RLS and site. It is essential that maritime work and port operations take place in full compliance with the procedures with particular attention to the risks due to interference that occurs They check when several companies work in the same place'.

"We appeal to all institutions and authorities competent - concluded the three trade unions - to give start of a permanent confrontation to achieve a radical change of The goal of eliminating deaths at work becomes an imperative for everyone."