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Workplace accidents and safety investigations in Italy

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2026-11-05 10:54 UTC → 2026-11-05 15:48 UTC · added ~~removed~~

Italy is experiencing a rise in workplace fatalities and injuries. Data from the first nine months of 2026 shows that workplace accident reports increased by 4.8% compared to the same period in 2025, totaling 325,525 cases. Fatalities also trended upward, rising by 3% to 589 reported deaths. Updated Inail data indicates that 823 people died in work-related incidents during this period, including 595 deaths on-site and 228 during commutes. Additionally, reports of occupational diseases rose by 16.3%. Regional disparities remain significant. While Calabria, Sicily, and Campania are established ‘red zones’ with mortality rates exceeding the national average by more than 25%, Lombardy recorded the highest absolute number of workplace deaths at 84, representing 14.1% of the national total. In the province of Varese, fatalities more than doubled from the previous year. Sector-specific increases were recorded in healthcare and social assistance (+5.6%), accommodation and food services (+3.1%), and transport and warehousing (+3%). Foreign workers and women have seen a rise in fatalities. 84. In late October 2026, the death of 51-year-old agricultural worker Stefano Lacirignola prompted labor unions to demand stricter inspections. This was followed by a series of fatal accidents in early November ~~2026. These included a 57-year-old worker crushed by a press~~ 2026, including incidents in Fabriano, ~~a Romanian subcontractor who died while welding in a confined space in~~ Marghera, ~~a fall at an aggregate plant in~~ San Leucio del Sannio, ~~a construction worker killed by a collapsing gate in~~ Casarano, ~~and a crane-related accident at~~ Lake ~~Garda. Further fatalities were reported in~~ Garda, Piacenza, ~~where a municipal worker was struck by a vehicle,~~ and ~~in Novara, where a worker died after being struck by a crane arm.~~ Novara. In November 2026, the CGIL trade union raised alarms regarding three workplace deaths in the province of Siena. On November 5, 2026, a 44-year-old farmer, Christian Perkmann, was killed during forestry work in the Sarntal region. Local officials noted that this marks the third fatal workplace accident in the area recently. Perkmann was struck by two logs that rolled from a stack while he was working along a forest path.

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