Dairy manufacturing unit proprietor, 74, dies when cabinets carrying 25,000 wheels of cheese collapse and bury him, authorities say.
The proprietor of a dairy manufacturing unit close to Bergamo in northern Italy has died when cabinets carrying 25,000 wheels of cheese collapsed and buried him.
All evening, rescue staff tried to save lots of Giacomo Chiapparini, 74, from underneath the lots of exhausting Grana Padano cheese, every wheel weighing 40kg (88lb).
However assist got here too late for the cheesemaker, who was confirmed lifeless, a spokesman for the Bergamo fireplace brigade stated on Monday morning after a 12-hour operation.
Chiapparini was engaged on Sunday night within the warehouse of his dairy manufacturing unit within the small city of Romano di Lombardia not removed from Milan when one of many steel cabinets on which the big cheese wheels have been ripening collapsed.
This triggered a domino impact, and the cabinets, reaching to the ceiling and stacked to the highest with cheese, fell one after the opposite till they buried the person, the spokesman stated.
Firefighters weren’t in a position to get better the physique till Monday morning.
It’s not clear how the primary steel shelf collapsed though materials fatigue or a technical fault are suspected to be the trigger.
The manufacturing unit reportedly produces about 50 wheels of Grana Padano a day, or greater than 15,000 wheels a 12 months.
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