Injuries at work, record 2021

The impact of the pandemic in the workplace is not limited only to 2020 but is also affecting the first months of this year, with a trend in occupational infections which, however, has been significantly decreasing since last February. The comparison with the first five months of 2020 shows for 2021 an increase in both accidents at work (+ 5.2%) and in itinere (+ 10.0%). This is what emerges from the special issue of the Inail Data periodical published today. Net of the cases of contagion from Covid-19, there is an even more pronounced overall increase (+ 14.4% against + 5.7% gross of infections). In particular, reports of accidents occurring at work, which are the methods of occurrence to be considered for the purposes of the effects of the virus, increased by 15%, tripling the gross increase of Covid-19 cases (+5.2%). provisional balance of 2021 is particularly critical on the front of “traditional” deaths at work. In fact, 434 deaths were reported between January and May, two more than in the same period of 2020 (+ 0.5%) and 43 more than in 2019 (+ 11.0%). The trend in occupational diseases, with almost 24 thousand complaints in the first five months of this year, instead shows an increase of 43.4% compared to the same period of 2020 and a decrease of 12.6% compared to 2019.