Overnight, Andrea Moretti fell from a height of ten metres whilst installing a new lighting system. The Minister for Culture, Giuli, has suspended the works and ordered the closure of the amphitheatre. An investigation into manslaughter has been launched.

One hundred and sixty of the 582 deaths in the first seven months of the year occurred whilst travelling to or from work, according to INAIL data: a significant part of workplace safety is at stake on the roads, where inspections and company rules do not reach. But this is a point that tends to get lost in the public debate