Accident at work this morning in Cagliari, in via Cocco Ortu. A 40-year-old worker fell six meters from a basket which, for reasons yet to be ascertained, overturned. Rescue was immediate, with the worker urgently taken to the Brotzu hospital with a red code assigned. His condition is serious but his life is not in danger: he has suffered several fractures and injuries .
According to an initial reconstruction - experts from the Spresal of the Cagliari Local Health Authority intervened on site to investigate what happened, coordinated by the prosecutor on duty - the worker and a colleague (equipped with all safety systems) were on a basket of the renovation works of a facade of a building a stone's throw from the San Benedetto civic market. The vehicle stopped due to a technical problem . At that point, maneuvers would have been carried out to bring the basket with the two workers back to the ground. Suddenly (to be ascertained whether due to a further technical problem or human error) the basket overturned . A worker was left hanging thanks to his harness. The colleague, who regularly wore the belt and the safety system, instead flew: probably a part of the harness broke in this case too for reasons that will have to be ascertained.
The 118 rescuers arrived on site and accompanied the man to hospital. However , investigations have begun in via Cocco Ortu to reconstruct all the phases of the serious accident at work which occurred in front of the worried gaze of many passers-by and the colleagues of the injured worker who were unable to do anything to help their friend.
