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year in Italy, 100 to 150 fatal accidents occur in the fields (in the EU 500). And the numbers are underestimated. New-generation machines can reduce them significantly, but investment in training is also needed. Ergonomic systems also prevent other health damage: 60 per cent of agricultural workers have a chronic disabling disease

Members of the European Parliament Paolo De Castro and Elisabetta Gardini raised questions in Brussels to speed up the creation of a single database for the entire European Union area for analytical reporting of the data on accidents involving the use of agricultural machinery. The INAIL, National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work, Observatory found that these events increased in Italy by 14% in 2015 over 2014 to 486 fatal accidents and serious injuries

Data on accidents with agricultural machinery were made public at EIMA International. Tractor rollovers are the leading cause of deaths and drivers in the category over the age of sixty are the most exposed to this risk