Francesco Stella, a 38-year-old worker who died in Lamezia Terme after falling from scaffolding, died while carrying out his work. He is the first workplace victim of 2025.
LAMEZIA TERME – Francesco Stella, 38 years old, from Lamezia, died after falling from the scaffolding of a profile company where he worked. The tragedy, which also represents the first workplace death of 2025, occurred within the company in the industrial area of Lamezia Terme. According to what has been learned, the thirty-eight-year-old worker fell from the scaffolding from a height of approximately six meters and his condition immediately appeared serious when the 118 health workers arrived. The magistrate on duty from the Lamezia Terme Prosecutor's Office was also on site , the Police and the inspectors of Ispesl (Higher Institute for Prevention and Safety at Work) to verify the conditions regarding safety in the workplace.
WORKER DEAD IN LAMEZIA, UIL CALABRIA COMPLAINTS
Uil Calabria also intervened on the death of Francesco Stella whose regional secretary Mariaelena Seneze in expressing “deep condolences and closeness to the family of the worker who tragically lost his life falling from scaffolding on a construction site in Lamezia”, renewed the denunciation that “work cannot and must never turn into a mortal risk”.
Senese, recalling the Zero deaths at work campaign, recalls how «every death at work is a collective failure of our society. our daily commitment is to strongly reiterate that every life lost is an unacceptable wound for the dignity of work and for the future of our region”. The Secretary also recalled the words of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, who in his end-of-year speech underlined the need to put workplace safety at the center of the national agenda. «His words – added the General Secretary of Uil Calabria – must be translated into immediate actions: we can no longer tolerate delays or superficiality. The data on unrelated deaths, particularly in Calabria, speak of an emergency that requires extraordinary responses.”
THE APPEAL TO THE INSTITUTION AND THE CALABRIA REGION TO IMPLEMENT CONCRETE ACTIONS
Hence Uil Calabria's appeal to the institutions and the business world to «strengthen inspection controls to ensure that safety standards are strictly respected and applied» But to «invest in continuous training for both workers and employers, so that they are fully aware of the risks and importance of the correct use of personal protective equipment and promote a culture of safety, in the belief that prevention must become a priority shared by all, through awareness campaigns and dialogue constant between social partners and businesses and institutions”.
In conclusion, therefore, Uil Calabria reiterated «the urgency of opening an extraordinary table with the Calabria Region to implement an extraordinary plan for safety at work. We can no longer postpone – concluded Mariaelena Senese – every worker has the right to return home safe and sound. Every avoidable death is a responsibility that we must assume as a community.”
