A Friday of passion for victims at work. Two only today, on the eve of Easter. A 23-year-old worker died following the collapse of a scaffolding in Sorso (Sassari) on a construction site in the industrial area. The young worker would have been overwhelmed by the scaffolding which was dismantled and which gave way, perhaps due to the strong wind. On site the fire brigade, 118 and the carabinieri of the Porto Torres Company. A new tragedy of work in a sector such as construction in which there is a record of accidents.
The second fatal accident at work in Trentino (in turn the second after the death yesterday of a woodcutter in Val di Fiemmeì) this morning in Trento a 39-year-old worker of Albanian origins died. The man, who allegedly was run over by an attic during the renovation of a building, died following the serious injuries sustained shortly after being admitted to the ‘Santa Chiara’ hospital. Since the beginning of 2022, today is the third fatal accident at work.
Complaints
The reports of accidents at work submitted to Inail by last February were 121,994, up by 47.6% compared to 82,634 in the first two months of 2021 and by 26.4% compared to 96,549 in the January-February 2020 period. . Of these, 114 had a fatal outcome, an increase of 9.6%, 10 more than the 104 recorded in the first two months of 2021 and six more than the 108 in the January-February 2020 period. they can leave us indifferent. In just two months, over 120,000 reports of accidents were registered, 114 with fatal outcome. The worrying increases compared to the first two months of 2021 require serious reflection to stimulate greater attention to the issue of health and safety at work ”, explains the president of Inail, Franco Bettoni.
Urgency
“The trend of accidents in the period 2019-2021, net of Covid infections – continues Bettoni – presents elements of evident complexity: in 2019, in the absence of the virus, about 642,000 accident reports were received by the Institute, decreased to a little more of 423,000 in 2020 and rose to almost 513,000 in 2021. Substantially similar effects for accidents with fatal outcome, again with the exclusion of Covid cases. With reference to 2022, the statistical analysis of the first two months confirms the urgent need to act synergistically to reverse the trend “.
Little safety at work
«In our country there is still no real culture of prevention – concludes Bettoni – which must be built starting from the school desks, then preserving it over time with adequate information and continuous training for all the players in the production cycle. A valid prevention policy, the internalization of the safety culture, do not penalize the company on the market, on the contrary, they can constitute a determining element of affirmation and competitiveness ».