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Diver dies in workplace accident at Piombino - English
(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 26 - A 39-year-old Italian diver died in a workplace accident at a fish farm owned by a firm at Piombino near Livorno on Thursday, local sources said.
The accident happened in the Golfo di Follonica near Grosseto.
Rescue teams said the man was probably hit by a boat.
An ambulance rushed to the scene but could do nothing for the victim.
Police are trying to reconstruct what happened.
Italy is in the middle of a spate of fatal workplace accidents which has spurred calls to raise workplace safety.
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