Project sheet
CALL: BRIC INAIL 2025 – Call for Collaborative Research Proposals funded by the National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work
TOPIC ID 62 “Analysis of the impact of innovative technologies and new corporate organisational structures on the incidence of workplace accidents and fatalities through the estimation of econometric models”
TITLE: Analysis of the heterogeneous effects of new technologies and new corporate organisational structures on the incidence of workplace accidents and fatalities
DURATION: 24 months from 4 May 2026 to 3 May 2028
PROJECT LEADER: Prof. Marta FANA
PARTNERSHIP:
- Coordinator: La Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Economics and Law
- University of Parma, Department of Economics and Management;
- La Sapienza University, Department of Legal and Economic Studies;
- CIRET “Ezio Tarantelli” Inter-University Research Centre, Sapienza University of Rome;
- La Sapienza University of Rome; Department of Economics and Statistics,
- University of Turin, Department of Economics and Statistics;&
SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) TARGET: Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
PROJECT ID: 2025-002086 (CUP: B53C26000290005)
Brief description
The main objective of the project is to investigate the relationship between workplace accidents and certain characteristics of the current production system. Specifically, it will examine the links between accidents and technological change, in particular automation and artificial intelligence, as well as how production fragmentation and the use of outsourcing affect the risk of accidents and fatalities at work across different economic sectors.
The empirical analysis, based on econometric models, will draw on original microdata from INAIL on accidents, the production contexts in which they occur, the sectors and occupations most exposed to risks and accidents, and the most common types of accident across the various dimensions analysed.
The Research Unit at the University of Parma is scientifically responsible for the strand of analysis examining the relationship between fragmentation of production chains, namely the reliance on contracting and subcontracting chains, and workplace accidents.
Taken as a whole, the research, which involves the University of Parma together with Sapienza University of Rome and the University of Turin, aims to provide new scientific evidence and analytical tools to guide INAIL’s prevention policies, promoting models of innovation and work organization capable of combining competitiveness, technological development and the protection of workers’ health.
