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Bergamo (Italy) – His life and passion were making Grana Padano. Now the entrepreneur Giacomo Chiapparini (75) died in his family dairy. He was killed by more than 15 000 cheeses!

- Dairy farmer Giacomo Chiapparini (75) died on his farm while checking the cheese

According to the Italian newspaper "Corriere della Serra," Giacomo Chiapparini wanted to check on the hard cheese at his dairy farm in the small town of Romano di Lombardia on Sunday. At around 9 p.m., he went to his storage room.

The warehouse had ten massive metal shelves, each holding 1,600 wheels (each weighing 90 pounds) for maturing. When Giacomo Chiapparini wanted to turn and clean the loaves with a machine, a shelf fell over for unclear reasons. In a deadly domino effect, the dairy farmer was buried by more than 15,000 Grana Padano!

The cheese fell to the floor, and the shelves fell over in a deadly domino effect.

The victim's son and a few employees heard the shelves falling. They called 911. 21 fire brigade units with 118 officers came from the surrounding towns to rescue Giacomo Chiapparini from the cheese masses with their bare hands.

Rescue workers spent a whole night trying to free the 75-year-old. However, after an almost twelve-hour operation, any help came too late on Monday morning at 8.45 a.m.: The 75-year-old could only be rescued dead.

Operation at the dairy farm: 21 fire brigade units have moved out to the property in Romano di Lombardia

Giacomo Chiapparini leaves behind a wife, two children, and several grandchildren. On the company's website, the family stated that the farm produces 270 quintals of milk daily to make 50 bikes daily. In total, more than 15,000 loaves of cheese leave the farm there every year.

Daughter Mary: “In 1977, my father started with 26 cattle, a tractor, a backhoe, half a shed, and some land. He started building the first barn and sold the raw material to processing companies, winning quality awards.”

Today there are several stables, warehouses, dairy, the maturing warehouse, the shop, the office, the milking parlor, and family homes in the multiple award-winning businesses.