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May 15, 2021 There is a photograph in the proceedings of the investigation into the death of Luana D'Orazio, the 22-year-old young woman from Pistoia who was sucked into a warper in a textile factory in Montemurlo (Prato) on 3 May while she was at work. prove crucial in reconstructing the dynamics of the accident This is the image of a large spider web found on a side column of the machine where the protective barrier slides, the one that should have prevented Luana from approaching when the machine was running. The presence of that dense web patiently woven by a spider - reveals the "Corriere Fiorentino" - would indicate that the security shutter had been raised for a long time and, therefore, had stopped doing its job,that of rising when the machine was stationary and lowering when it was in motion to protect the workers.



The prosecutor's suspicion is that that mechanism has been tampered with to simplify procedures.

It will now be the advice that the Prosecutor has entrusted in recent days to establish whether things have gone exactly like this and if so how long the protective devices had been deactivated.

Under seizure, immediately after the accident that took away Luana, the mother of a child of only 5 years, a second machine of the company ended up, which, ironically, is called after her: "Orditura Luana".


#Luana D'Orazio, a cobweb on the warp: how long was the grating raised?

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- Corriere Fiorentino (@corrierefirenze) May 15, 2021


It is a twin machine a few meters away from the one that trapped Luana, also the one found with the safety gate raised. It will now be necessary to understand if it was a usual practice in the company to work without protective equipment. The prosecutor led by Giuseppe Nicolosi in the aftermath of the tragedy has registered the owner of the company Luana Coppini and the maintenance manager Mario Cusimano (not an employee of the company) in the register of suspects not only on charges of manslaughter but also for the crime of intentional removal of protective equipment against accidents. The investigators seized the two warpers in order to make a comparison between machines and ascertain whether they had both been tampered with to function without protection.



The first to be analyzed by the consultant of the Prosecutor's Office was the "twin warping machine" and an "alteration" would have emerged from a first examination. In other words, the machine would also work with the safety cage raised. Hypothesis also advanced for the device that sucked in the young worker, but which can only be confirmed by the consultant of the Prosecutor's Office. And it will not be an easy task: to work, the warper will have to be assembled again, since the firefighters had disassembled it to extract the woman's body. It is not excluded that the technicians of the manufacturing company, the German Karl Mayer, will also participate in the exam. But to get the first answers it will take sixty days.



The investigations will also be valuable for reconstructing the precise dynamics of the accident. Prosecutor and defense place Luana's injury in two different phases of the process. The investigators, reports the "Corriere Fiorentino", believe that the worker got stuck in the final phase of the machine, the lawyers instead believe that Luana was swallowed by the warper when with the help of the pedals she started the beam, the large cylinder that wraps the wire. Only hypotheses at the moment, which still await confirmation.



Girl's boyfriend: "I want to know why she died"

He does not remain silent, he too wants to know what happened when his Luana was crushed by the warper. Alberto Orlandi, 28, was Luana D'Orazi's boyfriend. After the initial outcry, Orlandi was on the sidelines but now that the prosecutor's investigations are getting to the heart he wants to understand. "I have the right to know the truth - Orlandi told the 'Nazione' - We had plans for a life together and now it's all over, I can't seem to realize it. It doesn't seem true to me that Luana is no longer there". Alberto, who lives in Seano, a hamlet of Carmignano, is a security officer in a company in the area, and has given the lawyer Giuseppe Nicolosi di Prato a mandate to represent him during the investigation.



"He has full right to be made aware of what has happened - said Nicolosi - Alberto and Luana had been engaged for almost two years. They did not live together just because he had the child and they did not want to tear him away from the affection of their grandparents. weekends and they had plans together. These days he's been living in a 'bubble'. He's confused. But now he wants to know. " The assignment has been filed in court and the lawyer Nicolosi avails himself of the consultants of Luana's family.