• Work: Inail, accident reports have increased in 5 months, 434 deaths

  • Inail: 306 deaths at work between January and April, 171,870 reports of accidents

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31 August 2021 The reports of accidents at work presented to Inail between January and July were 312,762 (+ 8.3% compared to the same period in 2020), 677 of which with a fatal outcome (-5.4%). The number of professional-related pathologies reported increased, amounting to 33,865 (+ 34.4%). The same Institute makes this known by publishing the open data of the first seven months of 2021 and noting that the monthly data are provisional and strongly influenced by the Coronavirus emergency.



The reports of accidents at work submitted to Inail by last July were 312,762, almost 24 thousand more (+ 8.3%) compared to the 288,873 of the first seven months of 2020, a summary of a decrease observed in the quarter January- March (-10%) and an increase in the April-July period (+ 29%) in the comparison between the two years. The data collected at 31 July of each year show in the first seven months of 2021 a national increase in accidents during the journey, that is, those occurring on the way to and from the home and the workplace (+ 18.9%, from 33,204 to 39,480 cases), which decreased by 33% in the first two months of this year and increased by 66% in the period March-July (thanks to the massive use of smart working last year, starting in March) , and an increase of 6,9% (from 255,669 to 273,282) of those occurred during work, which fell by 10% in the first quarter of this year and increased by 25% in the four-month period April-July.   



The number of reported accidents at work increased by 6.4% in the Industry and services management (from 249,499 cases in 2020 to 265,499 in 2021), by 4.4% in Agriculture (from 14,797 to 15,450) and by 29.4% in the State Account (from 24,577 to 31,813). The health and social assistance sector shows a 34.4% reduction in accidents occurring at work compared to the same period in 2020 (a summary of + 163% in the first two months, -67% in the period March-June and by + 3% in July) while still distinguishing itself for the number of events.   



As regards the reports of accidents at work with a fatal outcome presented to the Institute within the month of July, 677 were; 39 less than the 716 recorded in the first seven months of 2020 (-5.4%). The comparison between 2020 and 2021 ", however, requires caution - the Institute remarks - as the data of the deadly reports of the monthly open data, more than those of the reports as a whole, are provisional and strongly influenced by the Covid-19 pandemic, with the result of not counting a significant number of "late" fatal reports of contagion, in particular relating to the month of March 2020. It should also be noted that the deaths caused by Covid-19 occur after a period of time has elapsed more or less long from the date of the infection ".   



Finally, the complaints of occupational disease registered by Inail in the first seven months of 2021 were 33,865.8,660 more than in the same period of 2020 (+34.4%), a summary of a decrease of 26% in the January-February period. and an increase of 77% in that of March-July, in the comparison between the two years. .



The territorial analysis shows a decrease in complaints only in the North-West (-4.5%), as opposed to the Islands (+ 16.5%), the Center (+ 15.2%), the South (+15, 0%) and the North-East (+ 14.0%). Among the regions, percentage decreases are recorded only in Valle d'Aosta, Piedmont, the Autonomous Province of Trento and Lombardy, while the most consistent percentage increases are those of Molise, Basilicata and Campania. 



The increase that emerges from the comparison of the first seven months of 2020 and 2021 is linked only to the male component, which records a + 15.4% (from 173,283 to 199,933 complaints), while the female component shows a decrease of 2.4% (from 115,590 to 112,829). The increase involved both Italian workers (+ 7.5%) and non-EU (+ 14.8%) and EU workers (+ 2.2%).   



The analysis by age group shows a decrease only among the 15-19 year olds (-3.7%), with increases for the 20-49 year old group (+ 9.7%) and among the over 50s (+ 3.3%).