![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/man-crushed-to-death-by-15000-wheels-of-parmesan-style-cheese-at-his-dairy-factory/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_JS307617402.jpg&description=Grandfather Giacomo Chiapparini, 74, was found crushed to death in his factory after a shelf collapsed and sent 15,000 wheels of cheese falling to the floor An Italian dairy farmer was crushed to death when 15,000 large wheels of cheese suddenly collapsed and buried him in his factory. Giacomo Chiapparini is believed to have been using a machine to rotate the Grana Padano in the huge 21,500-square-foot storage space when a metal shelf suddenly collapsed. Firefighters were called to his farm in Lombardy and, after sorting through the cheese for nearly 12 hours, discovered the father of two dead. The collapse of a shelf is said to have caused a domino effect, leading to the disaster. Each wheel of cheese can weigh up to 40kg. Nearly 120 rescuers joined the effort to find the 74-year-old cheesemaker and searched through the night before the grisly discovery was made. One neighbour told Italian news outlet Il Giorno : 'We heard like thunder and shortly after the firefighters arrived.' Neighbour Milena added: 'He was a hard worker, he built himself from scratch and already 20 years ago he had to suffer the tragedy of losing a child 'From nothing he had built a large family-run business that exports throughout Italy where, in addition to cheese, there is also a butcher's shop. "If there was a problem, together with his family she was always very supportive, he gave work to many people, he was a very generous person.' Bortolo Ghislotti, president of the local agricultural district, added the farmer's family is now in a race against time to save the wheels of cheese and move them to a climate-controlled warehouse before they go to waste. He added: 'The family, his wife Angela and their two children cannot understand what happened. 'But now we are looking for some colleagues willing to keep all the forms , more than a thousand, which otherwise would have to be thrown away.' Efforts to remove the remaining cheese are being hampered owing to fears more shelves could buckle and){kind=link}
Grandfather Giacomo Chiapparini, 74, was found crushed to death in his factory after a shelf collapsed and sent 15,000 wheels of cheese falling to the floor
An Italian dairy farmer was crushed to death when 15,000 large wheels of cheese suddenly collapsed and buried him in his factory.
Giacomo Chiapparini is believed to have been using a machine to rotate the Grana Padano in the huge 21,500-square-foot storage space when a metal shelf suddenly collapsed. Firefighters were called to his farm in Lombardy and, after sorting through the cheese for nearly 12 hours, discovered the father of two dead.
The collapse of a shelf is said to have caused a domino effect, leading to the disaster. Each wheel of cheese can weigh up to 40kg.
Nearly 120 rescuers joined the effort to find the 74-year-old cheesemaker and searched through the night before the grisly discovery was made.