March 13, 1987. Date carved indelible mark in the history of combat deaths in the workplace. Ravenna 13 people died tragically as a result of the fire developed on the ship from which they were carrying out maintenance and cleaning, the infamous Elizabeth Montanari. The case had great resonance and the covering, bringing all the evidence, the lack of adequate security at work with which it was confronted in many productive sectors.
more than twenty years have passed since that fateful day, and were made big steps forward both from a legal point of view is the aspect of mentality is slowly becoming the "safety culture is essential to limit the the possibilities of occurrence of harmful events for health and safety of workers carrying delle loro mansioni.
La strada da percorrere, però, è ancora lunga: tuttora i morti sul lavoro sono più di mille all’anno, gli infortuni circa un milione.
Possono sembrare asettiche cifre senza significato, ma se si prova ad immaginare la disperazione di mille famiglie rovinate senza motivo si capirà la rilevanza del problema.
Quel fatidico giorno persero la vita 13 uomini, molti dei quali giovani, alcuni erano extracomunitari, certi non erano nemmeno in regola, qualcuno era perfino al primo giorno di lavoro. Quando si sviluppò l’incendio si trovavano nella stiva e nel sottofondo della nave, ambienti bui, angusti, disagevoli; non vi erano estintori né autorespiratori e le loro only means of escape (narrow hatches and inconvenience) were the perfect fireplace for the toxic fumes which developed in the combustion of this fuel and polyurethane coatings of tanks in the ship's hold.
They had almost no chance of escape and is easy to imagine the anguish that has gripped them during their last desperate attempts to escape from this hell.
Guardagli with his latest work, "MeCN. Ravenna, 13 March 1987 ", winner of the competition Komikazen 2007, recalls that terrifying episode, recorded on paper with the extreme expression of the trait: a drawing brutal, incisive, vigorous scratching.
Starting from a situation imagined in the present, covering the events by relying on the memory of a former worker: Hector sees in Said, an Egyptian picchettino who has just had an accident, fortunately without serious consequences, the much more unfortunate Mosad, who died years before Montanari on.
but will not be the only point of view adopted in this book, indeed, the author will make the proposals a plurality of perspectives of the major strengths of the work: will be given a voice to victims' relatives, who worked there and witnessed hell, and also those responsible for the site, bringing those who probably are excerpts of their testimonies.
Message is clear and can not leave indifferent the banners lettore.Parafrasando the funeral procession of the victims, "Nevermore."
The book concludes with a rich array of documentary, very detailed, which gives a clear picture of what happened on the ship. Finally, I salute the author who has enriched the book with a dedication to the recent Lucca Comics.
(Images are entitled. I have given for information purposes only)
[Edited November 20]: I found an interesting site about: http://mecnavi.jimdo.com/
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