The deaths at work in Italy, a real slaughter
Safety at work must be a priority for everyone

 

Already in 1950, with the aim of raising the attention on safety in the workplace. National Day for Victims of Workplace Accidents was established, which this year was celebrated on 10 October.

But beyond the celebrations, reading the report of theInail who published the open data on the former 8 months of 2021 illustrates a phenomenon of unacceptable dimensions: as of August 31st, 772 deaths in the workplace, an average of more three a day.

Deaths at work
(January-August 2020 and January-August 2021)

The reports of accidents at work presented to the Institute in the same period amounted to 349.449, over 27 thousand more (+ 8,5%) compared to the same period in 2020. In particular, injuries on the journey to and from home and back are on the increase. work (+ 20,6%), thanks to the less massive use of Smart Working compared to last year.

Occupational diseases are also growing again, amounting to 36.496 (+ 31,5%).

A real slaughter, unacceptable in a civilized country where the work is protected by Constitution in art. 4 and there has been a solid theoretically severe legislation for many years, the Law 81 / 2008: Consolidated Law on the health and safety of workers, which regulates the protection of the health and safety of workers in the workplace.

It is the result of a series of safety regulations that have followed one another over time, and was subsequently supplemented by other provisions, but obviously the methods of application and above all the controls are not sufficiently rigorous.

Not to mention a fact that touches us closely as formators: even without wanting to get to nefarious cases of omission of a training that is rightly obligatory, sometimes the general and specific training on Safety that is offered to workers and employers is often not sufficient to prevent accidents, either because it is a low-quality training, or because it should still be integrated with ad hoc immersive courses. within the specific company.

The world of training cannot solve the problem by itself, but it can be an important step in supporting the action of the entire productive world towards a work environment that is truly safe.

Offering effective and quality safety courses does not just mean satisfying your customers.

It also means making our small contribution to limiting accidents.