The head of the Italian cheese factory was littered with cheese to death (3 photos)

The accident happened in a finished goods warehouse in the city of Romano di Lambardia at the moment when right at the cheese maker one by one to others, racks of Grana Padano cheese began to collapse.





75-year-old founder of the cheese business Giacomo Chiapparini died on the spot under the weight of the cheese that had fallen on him. l'Eco di Bergamo.

According to the publication, heads of Grana Padano cheese in the amount of 25 thousands of pieces lay on metal racks, which suddenly caved in, launching a "domino effect" that engulfed the entire warehouse with an area of 2 thousand sq. m.

According to the publication, the entrepreneur at that moment was setting up an apparatus that rotates the forms of cheese for its maturation on the racks. It is assumed that a malfunction of the mechanism could have caused collapse.

The body of Giacomo Chiapparini was found only in the morning.



The publication notes that the Chiapparini cheese factory was known since 2006. Annually, the enterprise produced over 15 thousand heads of Grana Padano cheese.



Grana Padano (from the words grana - "grain") - hard grainy Italian cheese. It tastes like parmesan, but, unlike it, is produced not only in the Emilia-Romagna region, but also in other areas Italy. It takes 17 liters to produce 1 kg of cheese milk and about 18 months of ripening time. cheese heads have a diameter of 35-45 cm, each weighs from 24 to 40 kg.