Inail, deaths at work rise to 589 in the first nine months

Deaths at work continue to rise. According to INAIL data, in the first nine months of the year the reports of fatal accidents at work (not counting students) submitted by September 2026 were 589, 19 more than the 570 recorded in 2025. In August there were 498 reports. In the month of September, INAIL received 91 reports of fatal accidents, i.e. an average of more than three deaths per day.

The incidence of fatal cases - underlines Inail - went from 2.36 deaths reported per 100 thousand employed in 2025 to 2.42 in 2026 (+2.5%).

Among the sectors with the most fatal accidents occurring at work, the increases stand out for Construction (from 99 to 101), Transport and warehousing (from 71 to 80), Business support services (from 26 to 33), Accommodation and catering services activities (from 14 to 16), Health and social assistance (from 11 to 14) and Public administration (from 3 to 7); the largest decreases were particularly notable in Manufacturing Activities (from 83 to 73) and Trade (from 54 to 42).

From the territorial analysis, decreases emerge in the South (from 139 to 135) and in the North-East (from 128 to 124) with, vice versa, increases in the North-West (from 139 to 155), in the Center (from 104 to 106) and in the Islands (from 60 to 69). Among the regions with the greatest decreases are Abruzzo and Umbria (-6 for both) and Puglia (-4), while for increases Lombardy (+12), Sicily (+10), Lazio and Piedmont (+6 each), Campania (+5) and Calabria (+4).