Dying at work, 4 more victims. There will be over 700 in 2026

It is a trickle that shows no signs of stopping, that of deaths at work in Italy: today a tragic day with four victims in as many episodes, without distinction between North and South, between large and small companies. And a fifth victim died in hospital, five days after the accident.

A massacre that this year has reached and exceeded 700, according to Inail data, and approximately 404,809 total reports of accidents at work, an increase of 5.4% compared to last year. The most tragic event occurred inside the Fincantieri factory in Porto Marghera (Venice), where a 34-year-old Romanian worker lost his life while inside a ship under construction. Around 11 am he was suddenly taken ill.

Two other construction site colleagues felt unwell and were rescued by the Suem 118, which rushed together with the Spisal of Ulss 3. Unfortunately, there was nothing that could be done for the worker. The experts of the Regional Nuclear Bacteriological Chemical Radiological Unit of the Fire Brigade carried out measurements and sampling; as a precaution, all similar activities were interrupted and the workers removed. The area was seized.

In San Nicolò, in the province of Piacenza, a 54-year-old worker died in the town center of the Emilian town. The man, who worked for Iren, was inside a manhole on the road, in front of the entrance to a house, to read some water meters, when he was hit by a car that was carrying out a maneuver to enter the garage area, and died instantly despite the rapid rescue efforts of 118. The Carabinieri of the Provincial Company were on site for the investigation.

Going further south, the third fatal accident at work occurred in San Leucio di Sannio, in the province of Benevento. A young non-EU worker, within a company that operates in the sector of processing aggregates for crushed stone crushing. He fell, for reasons to be ascertained, from a staircase inside the company. The rescue efforts of the 118 health workers were of no avail.

Finally, in Casarano, in the province of Lecce, the owner of a construction company died, Rushani Bashkim, 61 years old, born in Durazzo (Albania) but resident in the Apulian town. During the processing phases in a private home he was crushed by the fall of a sliding gate, dying instantly here too.

Finally, the death which occurred yesterday in the hospital of Tommasino Calvaresi, a 70-year-old worker from San Benedetto del Tronto who was seriously injured on 29 October after falling from a scaffolding of approximately three meters on a construction site in Acquaviva Picena (Ascoli Piceno), dates back five days after the accident at work.

The national panorama of accidents at work presents an impressive picture: the Inail data relating to the first eight months of 2026 describe an Italy marked by approximately 404,809 total reports of accidents at work, equal to +5.4% compared to 2025. Anmil, the Association of disabled and disabled workers, reports a 2.9% increase in reports of fatal accidents: from January to today, 701 workers have lost their life and reports of occupational disease increased by 16.3%, reaching 74,542.