Yaya’s death at Interport, eight heading to trial

BOLOGNA The Bologna Public Prosecutor’s Office has reconstructed what it believes to be the chain of responsibilities that led to the death of Yaya Yafa, a 22-year-old Guinean, victim of an accident at the Bologna Freight Village on his third day of work on October 21 There are eight end-of-investigation notices, an act that usually preludes the prosecution request sent by the prosecutor Michela Guidi, who also questions the Dedalog cooperative, which carries out transport and logistics activities, for the administrative responsibility of the entities.

In particular, according to the accusation, the company did not have an adequate organizational and management model to prevent events such as the one that occurred and the president of the board of directors and Yaya’s employer would have committed the crime “in the exclusive interest of saving on expenses due to the lack of training” of the young employee.

Yafa died inside the Sda plant: he was inside a crane when, upon feeling the movement of the vehicle by the truckers who had hitched it to a tractor-tractor, he stuck his head out to probably understand what was happening . he passing and was crushed between the trailer and the mast of the bay, that is, the space where the goods are loaded. The dispute against the suspects is that of manslaughter with violation of labor safety regulations.

The omissions of adequate measures, information and training for the 22-year-old are also challenged for various reasons by the operations manager of the Bologna Interport center of block 13.4 of Sda, by the same employer, by the warehouse manager, by the director In general, and on behalf of the employer, the work of Senner Italia, a company that subcontracted transport services to third-party carriers, the legal representative of Transporter Logistic, employer of the drivers, as well as the two drivers themselves.