Rovigo, four workers died exhalation of sulfuric acid – Corriere della Sera

Rovigo, four workers died exhalation of sulfuric acid – Corriere della Sera

IN POLESINE

Cloud of ammonia, four dead
in the company that processes the waste

The incident happened at Co.Impo of Adria. The fourth body found three hours after the accident. Among the victims, a truck driver Venetian. Two injured. Intoxicated with a firefighter

Accident at Co.Impo of Adria, three dead

ROVIGO – Accident at work at Adria. Four workers were killed and two were seriously injured, one was intubated Hospital of Rovigo. The body of the fourth worker was discovered after three hours of the incident. The incident happened at Co.Impo, a company that has eight employees and is responsible for the processing of special waste. Two employees, one is a truck driver who worked for the Paduan an outside firm. These are the names: Nicolo ‘Bellato, 28, and Paul Valesella, 53, both of Adria, Marco Berti, 47, and Joseph Valdan, 47, of Campolongo Maggiore (Venice). The first three were workers of the firm, while the fourth, the driver, seems to be an outsider. The seriously injured. M.G. 41 years old, also from Adria.

  The fact would be due to a cloud of ammonia caused by the chemical reaction created by the spillage of sulfuric acid in a slurry

tank. It would have been the exhalation of ammonia to kill the three workers and the truck driver outside. The incident happened at mid-morning, between 10 and 10.30. The police have Adria “armored” the site for the reliefs. On the spot also came the technicians Spisal that will determine whether the workers had complied with all the safety measures. The surveys are coordinated by the prosecutor on duty of the prosecution to Rovigo, Sabrina Duò, which opened an investigation. Later in the morning they arrived in front of the company’s mayor Massimo Adria Barbujani and vice Giorgio D’Angelo. With them was Senator League Emanuela Munerato. “It’s a disgrace,” said the policy attentive to the world of work and factories. “I never received no reports of any problems related to the security of this production site,’s complaint only to those who live nearby to the fumes that were spread in the air.”

The bodies of four workers are were removed later in the day before because the company has secured the area to prevent the acid fumes can cause problems other people. A firefighter fell ill and was taken to hospital in Adria for a slight intoxication.

Antonio Andreotti