Basilicata is no longer a “black shirt” among the regions for accidents at work but still in the red zone also for 2023. The data emerges from the report by the Vega Engineering workplace safety observatory of Mestre released on the eve of the World Day for Health and safety at work, which was celebrated yesterday 28 April. «An important day to reflect on the daily tragedy of deaths at work. A precious opportunity for reflection for trainers, corporate safety managers and employers. To introduce into everyday life production of our country all the procedures useful for the prevention of serious and fatal accidents”, states Mauro Rossato, president of the Mestre Observatory, who has been at the forefront of worker safety in Italy for three decades.
The Vega Engineering workplace safety observatory analyzes the real risk of worker death, region by region. «This is the mortality incidence index, i.e. the ratio of fatal accidents to the regional and provincial working population, whose average in Italy at the end of 2023 is 34.6 deaths per million employed (35 in 2022) – explains Rossato-. This value, a true “indicator of risk of death at work”, allows the accident phenomenon to be compared even between regions with a different number of workers. Based on the incidence of fatal accidents, the Vega Observatory defines on a monthly basis the zoning of the risk of death for workers in our country which is thus described – like the pandemic – dividing Italy in colour”.
Well, to end up in the red zone at the end of 2023, with an incidence higher than 25 percent compared to the national average (Im=Average incidence index, equal to 34.6 deaths at work per million workers) are: Abruzzo, Umbria, Basilicata, Puglia, Molise, Campania and Calabria. Basilicata, in particular, is third in Italy in 2023, with an incidence of 53.0 percent (in the previous two years it was first), surpassed only by Abruzzo (64.2%) and Umbria (59.6%). ). There were twelve victims of accidents at work in Lucania (one per month) last year. In the sad ranking, in the orange zone are: Sicily and Emilia-Romagna. In the yellow zone: Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Marche, Piedmont, Veneto, Sardinia, Lombardy, Liguria and Trentino-Alto Adige.
The safest regions, in the white zone, are: Lazio, Tuscany and Valle d’Aosta. In short, the greatest risk is found in the Southern and Central regions. But the situation is dramatic
the whole country (1,041 deaths in 2023), as confirmed by the statistical processing of the Mestre Observatory. «There are no words to comment on a situation that shows no signs of changing despite the greater prominence given to these tragedies by institutions and the media but, on the contrary, according to the data, in 2023 accidents at work increased by 1.1% compared to 2022 – explains Rossato – and this means that workers in their daily working life are not sufficiently protected. On the other hand, there is a significant decrease in fatal commuting accidents compared to 2022 (minus 19.3%), probably a consequence of the greater use of smart working in these post-pandemic years. A comforting result, certainly, but which cannot be identified with an improvement in the safety conditions of workers in our peninsula. Among other things, unfortunately, we are aware of how they remain in this dramatic balance
many more deaths outside. Those who belong to the underground economy.”
And then there is an emergency that in recent years has become increasingly clear – notes the Vega Observatory -, namely that which affects foreign workers, subject to a risk of fatal injury more than double that of Italians. Thus, foreigners who died on occasion in 2023 are 155 out of 799. With a risk of death at work which is more than double that of Italians; there are 65.3 deaths recorded for every million employed people, compared to 31.1 Italians who lose their lives at work for every million employed people. At the same time, injury reports (fatal and non-fatal) decreased by 16.1% compared to 2022, but the decreases are due to the end of the Covid emergency which had instead “inflated” the 2022 data.
Source: Il Quotidiano del Sud
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