Even in Sardinia the increase is worrying, unfortunately in line with the national trend.
According to Inail data released by CGIL and UIL, in the month of February 2024 alone there was a +17.6% increase in injuries reported (there were 710 in February 2023, there are 835 this year), +6% in the data relating to the two-month period January-February, in which there were a total of 1746 complaints (there were 1650 in the first two months of 2023).
Over 89% of accidents occur during working hours, the others during commuting (home-work journey or business trips). Regarding the sectors, 71.4% occurs in industry and services with the highest figure in construction but with growth also in agriculture. Reports increase in all territories except Oristano: Cagliari and Sassari, with 33% and 27%, are the provinces that collect the most cases, followed by Southern Sardinia with 18%.
Accidents mainly concern men (64.8%) and people of Italian nationality (96.3%), and are concentrated between the ages of 40 and 64, especially among the over 50s (around 41%). Cases among young people up to 29 years old represent 21%, a slight decrease compared to the same period of the previous year, while the figure for thirty-year-olds is growing (+8%).
But it is above all older workers who record the greatest increase in injury reports: +13.6% between 50 and 74 years of age.
Reports of occupational diseases have increased significantly compared to the first two months of 2023: from 729 to 1255, in 86% of cases they concern men, mainly employed in the industrial and service sectors. The province of Cagliari concentrates 58% of complaints, followed by Oristano and Southern Sardinia with 14% and 12%. The first two months of 2024 already have 4 reports of fatal accidents: three in Cagliari and one in Sassari.
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