A 46-year-old self-employed worker was hospitalized in serious condition after falling approximately four metres while building a wooden porch in Santa Maria la Carità on the afternoon of 12 November 2026.
The incident occurred at about 17:00 outside an apartment on Via Motta Bardascini. According to ANSA Campania and corroborating local reporting, the man was working on the wooden structure when he fell.
Emergency response and hospitalization
The worker was transported by ambulance to the Ospedale del Mare in Naples in code red. He sustained multiple fractures and was admitted with a reserved prognosis.
No further update on his subsequent medical condition was reported in the accounts acquired.
Work area seized as inquiry opens
The work area was seized. The Carabinieri intervened, alongside the Nucleo Ispettorato del Lavoro (NIL) of Naples and inspectors from ASL Napoli 3 Sud.
The Torre Annunziata prosecutor's office opened an inquiry into the incident. The causes and exact dynamics of the fall were still under investigation at the time of reporting.
What is known
- The injured man is 46 years old and described as a self-employed worker.
- The fall was from a height of approximately four metres during construction of a wooden porch.
- The location was an apartment on Via Motta Bardascini in Santa Maria la Carità.
- The time was around 17:00 on 12 November 2026.
- The worker was taken to Ospedale del Mare in Naples in code red with multiple fractures and a reserved prognosis.
What has not been established
- The precise cause and sequence of events leading to the fall have not been established.
- The reports do not provide a confirmed account of whether required workplace safety measures were in place.
- No later medical update was available in the reporting.
- Reports place the incident in Santa Maria la Carità while referring to Carabinieri from nearby Sant'Antonio Abate; the operational reason for that jurisdiction was not explained.
The investigation is continuing.
