According to data provided by the Vega Engineering Observatory on Work and the Environment (which processes official Inail data), three fatal accidents at work were recorded in the province of Cuneo from January to May 2024. La Granda ranks 48th among Italian provinces for the incidence of fatal accidents at work, i.e. the number of fatal accidents per million employed people, which for Cuneo is 11.5.
The provinces with the highest incidence of fatal accidents at work (commuting cases are not considered) are: Catanzaro (51.3; 6 deaths), Brindisi (46; 6 deaths), Caserta (37.3; 10 deaths), Imperia (36.5; 3 deaths), Aosta (35.2; 2 deaths). No deaths at work in the first five months of the year in 27 provinces.
In all of Italy, from January to May 2024, there were 369 victims, 11 more than at the end of May 2023, or 5.5% more: 286 at work (15 more than in May 2023) and 83 in itinere (4 less than in May 2023).
Lombardy still has the highest number of victims at work (48). Followed by: Emilia-Romagna (35), Campania (30), Sicily (22), Lazio (21), Puglia (20), Piedmont (19), Tuscany (17), Veneto (14), Trentino-Alto Adige (12), Calabria (8), Umbria and Liguria (7), Abruzzo (6), Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Sardinia and Marche (5), Valle d’Aosta and Basilicata (2) and Molise (1)
Ending up in the “red zone”, with an incidence higher than +25% compared to the national average (equal to 12.1 deaths at work per million workers) are: Valle d’Aosta, Trentino-Alto Adige, Umbria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Sicily and Puglia. In the orange zone: Calabria. In the yellow zone: Abruzzo, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont, Tuscany, Basilicata, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Molise. In the white zone: Lazio Sardinia, Marche and Veneto.
The highest incidence is recorded in the age group of workers over sixty-five (with an incidence of 55), followed by the age group of workers between 55 and 64 (with an incidence of 19.4).
The number of foreigners who died at work in the first five months of the year was 62, with a risk of death at work that was more than double that of Italians: 26.1 deaths per million employed, compared to 10.6 for Italians.
The construction sector still accounts for the highest number of work-related deaths, with 57 (around 20%), followed by manufacturing activities (37), transport and storage (25) and trade (18).
