Italy had fatal 1,147 work-related accidents in 2023

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    (ANSA) - ROME, OCT 14 - Inail said in its annual report on Monday that it received 1,147 reports of fatal work-related accidents in 2023, a drop of 9. 5% on the 1,268 it got in 2022.
    The national labour accidents and occupational illness agency said it received over 590,000 reports of work-related accidents in total last year.
    It said 375.578 (64% of the reports) were recognized as actually being work-related.
    The agency said 18.1% of the accidents occurred outside the company premises, so when the employee was working with a means of transport or 'en route' to or from work.
    It said it received over 72,000 reports of occupational diseases last year, an increase of 19.8% compared to 2022. (ANSA).