Reports of workplace accidents presented to the Institute in the first month of 2024 were 42,166 (+6.8% compared to January 2023), 45 of which were fatal (+4.7%).
There was also an increase in reported occupational diseases, which amounted to 6,218 (+30.7%).
This was communicated by Inail.
Reports of accidents at work presented to INAIL - explains the Institute - are however decreasing by 26.8% compared to 2022, increasing by 7.6% compared to 2021, decreasing by 9.3% compared to 2020 and by 12 .1% compared to 2019. The data collected on 31 January of each year highlight at a national level for the first month of this year an increase compared to January 2023 both in cases occurring at work, which went from 34,248 in 2023 to 36,414 of 2024 (+6.3%) and of those in itinere, i.e. occurring on the way to and from the home and the workplace, which increased from 5,245 to 5,752 (+9.7%).
In January 2024, the number of workplace accidents reported increased by 4.2% in Industry and services management (from 30,925 cases in 2023 to 32,215 in 2024), by 9.1% in Agriculture (from 1,545 to 1,685) and by 17.7% in the State Account (from 7,023 to 8,266).
The increase that emerges from the monthly comparison between 2023 and 2024 is linked both to the female component, which recorded a +3.3% (from 15,131 to 15,631 complaints), and to the male component, which presented a +8.9 % (from 24,362 to 26,535).
The increase affected both Italian workers (+6.3%) and non-EU workers (+11.9%), while EU workers recorded a decrease of 3.0%.
There were 45 reports of fatal accidents at work presented to the Institute in January 2024, two more than those recorded in the first month of 2023, one less than in 2022, four more than in 2021, seven less than in 2020 and one more on 2019. At a national level, the data collected on 31 January of each year highlight for the first month of this year, despite the provisional nature of the numbers, an increase compared to January 2023 only in cases in progress, which went from nine to 12, while those on work occasions dropped from 34 to 33.
The increase concerned Industry and services (from 37 to 39 reports) and the State Account (from 0 to 1), while Agriculture went from six to five deaths.
Over half of the fatal cases (27 out of 45) occurred in the North with an increase of 5 cases over the same period of 2023. The increase detected in the comparison between January 2023 and January 2024 is linked only to the female component, whose fatal cases reported went from three to five, while the male one is stable with 40 deaths in both periods.
Complaints from Italian workers (from 31 to 32) and EU workers (from 2 to 4) increased, while those from non-EU workers decreased (from 10 to 9).
The analysis by age group shows increases in fatal accidents in particular among 45-54 year olds (from 9 to 21 cases) and between 60-69 year olds (from 7 to 9) while decreases are recorded among those under 35 (from 11 to 4) and among 55-59 year olds (from 11 to 7).
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