Sardinia is one of the Regions with the greatest increase in victims at work. Inail reports it.
In the first seven months of 2022 there are +7 fatal cases in the island compared to 2021 , as well as in Tuscany and Veneto. Calabria registers a +6, Sicily +5. The largest decreases, on the other hand, are in Campania (-30), Puglia (-24) and Abruzzo (-18).
In total in Italy the reports of accidents at work with a fatal outcome presented to the Institute by last July were 569 , 108 less than the 677 registered in the first seven months of 2021 (-16.0%): there is there was a decrease in complaints in the January-April four-month period (-28.7%) and an increase in the May-July quarter (+ 9.8%), in the comparison between the two years.
Compared to the period January-July 2020 (716 deaths) there are 147 fewer cases, while in the comparison with the period January-July 2019 (599 deaths) the deaths were -30.
ACCIDENTS - In total, 441,451 reports of accidents at work submitted to Inail by last July were up by 41.1% compared to 312,762 in the first seven months of 2021 (+ 52.8% compared to 288,873 of the period January-July 2020 and + 16.6% compared to 378,671 of the period January-July 2019).
The data collected at 31 July of each year show at national level for the first seven months of 2022 an increase compared to the same period of 2021 both in cases that occurred during work, which went from 273,282 in 2021 to 392,516 in 2022 (+43, 6%), and of those in progress, that is, on the return journey between the home and the workplace, which recorded an increase of 23.9%, from 39,480 to 48,935.
THE NUMBERS - Last July the number of accidents at work reported marked a + 38.8% in the Industry and services management (from 265,499 cases in 2021 to 368,545 in 2022), a -4.2% in Agriculture (from 15,450 to 14,798) and + 82.7% in the State Account (from 31,813 to 58,108). There are general increases in accidents at work in almost all production sectors, in particular in Healthcare and social assistance (+ 143.4%), in Transport and storage (+ 137.1%) and in Accommodation services activities and catering (+ 85.2%).
(Unioneonline / D)
