A file for manslaughter, currently against persons unknown, and an autopsy to establish the full circumstances of the death of Saim Myrtaj, the 59-year-old worker who fell on Monday afternoon from scaffolding in via Coletti, in Rivabella di Rimini. Prosecutors have opened an investigation and ordered the seizure of the scaffolding on which the accident occurred.
According to initial findings, the man had been working on the second level of the scaffolding, which had been set up for maintenance work on a residential building. He reportedly fell to the level below, possibly through the opening used for the connecting ladder. A resident raised the alarm, having been alerted by a loud noise.
The 59-year-old was given first aid and resuscitated at the scene, then airlifted by rescue helicopter to the Bufalini hospital in Cesena, where he died a few hours later. Investigators will now need to reconstruct the dynamics of the accident in detail and verify the safety conditions at the site and the use of protective equipment.
The tragedy has also brought unions out onto the streets. Fillea-Cgil, Filca-Cisl and Feneal-Uil, together with territorial confederations, organised a demonstration outside the Rimini Prefecture. “We cannot keep counting the dead,” the organisations declared, calling for more inspections at construction sites, more inspectors, better training, and greater scrutiny of the chain of contracts and subcontracts.
The mayor of Rimini, Jamil Sadegholvaad, also expressed his condolences, describing workplace deaths as an “unacceptable scourge” and calling on institutions, businesses and social partners to share responsibility.
