Italy’s national workplace injury insurance institute INAIL, based in Rome, published its annual regional and provincial reports for 2025 online on 21 October 2026. Unlike the national annual report, which summarises Italy as a whole, these reports map workplace accident figures by region and autonomous province — a more granular dataset that reveals local differences otherwise hidden in a national total.
Incidence rates by region
The reports calculate an incidence index for each region and autonomous province: the number of reported workplace accidents, both total and fatal, weighted against the number of people in employment according to figures from the national statistics office ISTAT. Accidents involving students are excluded from this index. As in previous years, regional trends for employees and for students are described separately. According to INAIL, the calculation is methodologically consistent with the institute’s other publications.
From subsidies to reintegration
Each regional report consists of two parts. The first part presents, in tables, the size of the insured population, notifications of accidents and occupational diseases, and the results of care, rehabilitation and return-to-work support. It also includes figures on insurance supervision, the Bandi ISI subsidies for investment in workplace safety, the OT23 premium discount for companies that invest extra in prevention, and verification, type-approval and certification services. The second part describes concrete projects and events run by INAIL’s regional and provincial offices, with particular attention to prevention and the social and professional reintegration of people with disabilities. Together, the reports thus offer both a statistical overview and insight into the activities of the regional offices.
Context
Eurostat figures for 2024 show how Italy compares internationally: with 482 fatal workplace accidents, the country ranked tenth in the EU, with an incidence rate of 2.01 per 100,000 employees — unchanged from 2023, but around a quarter lower than the 2.66 recorded in 2021. Across the EU, 3,367 people died in workplace accidents in 2024 (+1.4% compared with 2023), while non-fatal accidents fell by 1.5% to roughly 2.78 million. Construction was the most dangerous sector EU-wide, accounting for 23% of all fatal accidents.
For HSE professionals worldwide, this publication illustrates an approach that extends beyond Italy: combining national accident statistics with a regional or sectoral breakdown makes prevention policy more targeted. A national average often conceals major differences between regions with heavy industry or construction and those with a service-based economy, and between areas with varying enforcement capacity. Organisations allocating safety budgets, inspections or subsidy schemes would do well — following Italy’s example — to check whether their own national accident data are available at a regional or operational level, so that interventions reach where the risk is actually highest.
Source: Disponibili online i Rapporti annuali regionali e provinciali 2025, 21 October 2026
Additional research: EUnews, “EU workplace deaths rise, Italy ranks tenth with 482 in 2024” (25 September 2026, based on Eurostat data)
