Reports of accidents are increasing, occupational diseases are proliferating and four workers have already died at work in Sardinia in the first months of this year, one more than in 2023. And it happens in a context in which precarious contracts are growing, to the detriment of permanent positions.
The issue of health and safety in the workplace is the cause of the national strike of the private sectors called by CGIL and UIL for 11 April which, on the island, will be divided into five demonstrations from North to South: meeting in front of the headquarters of the Prefectures in Cagliari, in Piazza Palazzo from 9.30 to 13, in Nuoro in via Deffenu from 10 to 12, in Oristano in Via Beatrice D'Arborea, and then again, in Sassari the garrison in Piazza Caduti del Lavoro from 9 to 13 and in Portoscuso , in the square in front of the Enel Grazia Deledda power plant from 8am to 1pm.
Inail data on accidents at work
Even in Sardinia, the increase in workplace accidents, unfortunately in line with the national trend, is worrying. In the month of February alone, there was a +17.6% increase in accidents reported to INAIL (there were 710 in February 2023, there are 835 this year), +6% in the data relating to the two-month period January-February, in which a total of 1746 complaints (there were 1650 in the first two months of 2023) . Over 89% of accidents occur at work, the others while commuting.
Regarding the sectors, 71.4% occurs in industry and services with the highest figure in construction but with growth also in agriculture. Reports increase in all territories except Oristano: Cagliari and Sassari, with 33% and 27%, are those with the most cases, followed by Southern Sardinia with 18%. Accidents mainly concern men (64.8%) and people of Italian nationality (96.3%), and are concentrated between the ages of 40 and 64, especially among the over 50s (around 41%). Cases among young people up to 29 years old represent 21%, a slight decrease compared to the same period of the previous year, while the figure for thirty-year-olds is growing (+8%). +13.6% between 50 and 74 years of age. Reports of occupational diseases have increased significantly compared to the first two months of 2023: from 729 to 1255, in 86% of cases they concern men, mainly employed in the Industry and Services sector.
