Tragic Workplace Accident at Naples Port Claims Life of 45-Year-Old Sailor

He was hit by a semi-trailer during the loading phase onto the ship that was moored at the port of Naples and was preparing to depart for Palermo. This is what happened to a 45-year-old sailor from Trapani: Gaspare Davì. He is the latest victim at work. The man was working aboard the Gnv ship Antares and was completing the loading maneuvers before departure. According to an initial reconstruction of the facts, the man did not notice the maneuver and was crushed, dying instantly. 'An absurd death' as commented by Fit Cisl Campania, which expresses condolences and closeness to the sailor's family. 'We are tired of reading rivers of words and useless comments - says the general secretary Fit Cisl Alfonso Langella - that every time accompany events like the one that happened last night. It is not up to us to identify responsibilities, but as a union, we ask national and local institutions to stop this wave of tragic deaths and to intervene on the rules related to safety at work, which evidently are not sufficient or adequate. We cannot consider ourselves a civilized country if a worker risks losing his life in this way every day.' Gnv also expresses its condolences in a note: 'The Company continues to guarantee maximum cooperation with the authorities in charge to clarify the exact dynamics of what happened.' 'We make a heartfelt appeal to the institutions - adds Langella - today there is a lack of continuous and structural training, which must be the responsibility of all companies. Alongside this, controls must be intensified and more severe sanctions issued. If we do not face the situation head-on, we will only continue to mourn the dead.' 'Another victim, another worker died at just 45 years old while at work, this is a massacre that must be stopped! Indignation is not enough, strong actions are needed, the government must listen to us,' so Giovanni Sgambati, general secretary of the UIL of Naples and Campania, commenting on yet another tragedy. 'Next April 11 we will be on strike because the world of work demands answers, demands actions now. More inspectors are needed, controls are needed, it is necessary to curb the race to the bottom and subcontracting. A special prosecution for workplace accidents is needed to protect people's lives. Because death at work is not simply fate, but it is a real murder. Let's stop this guillotine.' 'Another tragic work accident cost a life last night in the port of Naples. This is just the latest in fatal accidents tragically involving workers and their families; it is yet another white death in Campania that in the last 10 years, with over 1,100 victims at work, ranks at the top of a tragic and absurd national ranking. This is stated by the general secretary of Uiltrasporti Campania, Antonio Aiello, who, expressing the union's condolences, 'finds unacceptable what happens in workplaces regarding the safety of workers and their lives, because nowadays it is not acceptable to die from work.' 'Ours is a country where on average three people die at work every day and, therefore, cannot be considered a civilized and respectful country of the value of life. It is not acceptable to risk and lose life simply to bring home a salary. As a trade union organization, we ask the Government to update the sector regulations that evidently are no longer adequate and at the same time to invest in continuous and structured training. But all this alone is not enough: to say enough to deaths no longer tolerable, it is necessary to intensify the control presidia (increasing inspectors and inspections) and issue more severe sanctions to Companies that violate the rules. Now we can no longer remain silent and we cannot pretend nothing is happening.' 'It is a situation no longer sustainable. In the country in 2024 we are recording workplace deaths almost every day, an average that also places our region among the first in Italy for the number of deaths at work. The Government must intervene with concrete and urgent measures to stop this massacre. For these reasons, with the UIL we have proclaimed 4 hours of strike for next April 11. The points license, as it has been established, serves little. It will facilitate the search for new expedients for the reassignment of points. The life of workers cannot be subject to tricks. Today, however, is the moment of mourning and we gather around the family of the Trapanese sailor who died last night in the port of Naples.' Many messages of condolence on social media for the sailor: 'Cousin, you were like a brother to me' some write. The Banda Musicale Città di Paceco Association gathers around the family of Gaspare: 'Gaspare was a wonderful husband and father, today he is forever an Angel who will watch over you!'