Truck at sea to Giorgino, Pasquale Piras' colleagues: "That maneuver was simple for him"

A tragedy that everyone calls absurd the one that happened yesterday morning around 10.30 when Pasquale Piras, 59 years old from Maracalagonis, died ending up with his truck in the sea , inside the construction site along the "east" arm of the Port Canale, next to the Giorgino beach.

Absurd also because Piras, an employee of a company in Assemini, after more than forty years driving large construction vehicles was a very expert hauler : "The trucks were his second home, he did this job since he was a boy", tell his colleagues. . Which forcefully exclude the wrong maneuver: “For him those operations were simple. We think he had an illness, there are no other explanations ".

The maneuver in question was a reverse descent towards the new quay under construction to unload stones and boulders . But the vehicle ended up in the water and Piras drowned. It looks like he didn't even try to open the door and there would be no skid marks.

To reconstruct the dynamics, the specialists of the Spresal, the prevention and safety service of the working environments of the ASL of Cagliari , and the agents of the Flying Squad, arrived on site with the experts of the Forensics , are at work.

The prosecutor has ordered an autopsy on the body of the truck driver , recovered by the divers of the fire brigade: the examination will be carried out between tomorrow and Friday. Today there will be the assignment to the coroner.

Piras leaves behind his wife and two children.

THE REACTIONS - "It is not acceptable for a worker to lose his life while carrying out his activity in a workplace where it is assumed that all the necessary measures are in place to prevent this from happening." Thus the confederal CGIL of Cagliari together with the territorial Filt . "It is essential to put the topic back at the center of priorities, to build and spread the culture of safety, with an approach that puts the right to work in safety at the forefront - declares the general secretary of the Chamber of Labor Simona Fanzecco - it can be done through a pact between institutions, businesses and social partners to ensure that those who work are never put in risk conditions, a goal that can be achieved with a variety of actions, first of all prevention, starting from schools, which could include subject Health and safety at work in the educational programs, then with the continuous training of workers, and also with control and monitoring activities ".

"We immediately put ourselves at the disposal of the competent authorities so that clarity can be made on the possible dynamics that determined the tragic accident", the words of Massimo Deiana, president of the Port System Authority of the Sea of Sardinia .

(Unioneonline)

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