Fatal work-related injuries in the Genoa district (North-Western Italy): Forensic analysis of the 10-year period between 2011 and 2020 |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan;2. Education and Research Center of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan;3. Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare, 4-3 Kozunomori, Narita, Chiba, 286-8686, Japan;1. Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, 342005, India;2. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, 342005, India;3. Department of Anthropology (UGC Centre of Advanced Study), Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India;1. Wroclaw Medical University Department of Forensic Medicine, 4 J. Mikulicza-Radeckiego Street, Lower Silesia Province, Wroclaw, 50345, Poland;2. Institute of Toxicology Research, 45 Kasztanowa Street, Lower Silesia Province, Borowa, 55093, Poland;1. Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, 273008, India;2. State Medicolegal Expert, State Medicolegal Cell, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226004, India;3. Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Hind Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 225003, India;4. TBI Hospital, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, 231001, India;1. Department of Forensic Medicine, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, 32500, Nepal;2. Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia;3. Department of Forensic Medicine, Gandaki Medical College, Kaski, Nepal;4. Department of Forensic Medicine, Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal;1. Epilepsy Research Center,Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;2. Medical Imaging Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;3. Trauma Research Center, Shahid Rajaee Trauma Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;4. Trauma Research Center, Shahid Rajaee Trauma Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran |
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| Abstract: | According to the ILO (International Labor Organization), an occupational accident is that which occurs in the course of work and results in either a fatal or non-fatal injury. Occupational-related deaths are increasingly a concerning issue, also worldwide, with severe social repercussions: it is clear that when a person loses their life, it has a permanent impact on all their family, as well as incurring direct and indirect costs for employers, workers and the community at large. The aim of the present retrospective-observational study is to investigate, from an autoptic and forensic point of view, the characteristics of occupational-related deaths of victims received between the 10-year period of 2011–2020 by the Municipal Morgue of Genoa, which forms part of the Institute of Forensic and Legal Medicine, for the purpose of providing a Forensic and Coroner's overview of this important phenomenon. The study comprises of a list of 47 people who died as a result of an occupational injury: 46 males and 1 female. It was observed that workers in the construction and steel manufacturing industries were in the category most at risk of fatal accidents (40.5%). In 41 cases (87.2%), death was related to major mechanical trauma, from falling from a height (42.5%) objects falling directly onto the victim (38.3%) and lastly, from pedestrian road accidents (6.4%). Fatal head traumas with endocranial haemorrhage accounted for deaths in 23 of all the cases studied (63.4%). As shown in our study, death in the workplace is still today having to be considered as an important social issue and it is still necessary to improve the workers' knowledge of the related hazards and risks involved at work, together with preventative procedures. An in-depth analysis of such risks in the workplace, as well as the monitoring and training of workers is fundamental if we are to achieve an overall improvement in working conditions. |
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| Keywords: | Work accident Fatal injury Mechanical trauma Autopsy Forensic pathology |
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