Today in Rome Enel, Inail and the national secretariats of the trade unions Filctem CGIL, Flaei Cisl e Uiltec Uil have signed a Memorandum of Understanding three-year project for the promotion of health and job security in the energy sector.
The agreement consolidates and renews the positive collaboration started with the previous protocol signed in November 2022 and is part of the framework of the policies prevent misfortune and malaise The goal is to strengthen joint efforts to manage the transformation of the world of work brought about by the digital, environmental, and demographic transitions and to address the complexity of the infrastructure, industrial, and energy investments planned in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) and the Complementary National Plan (NCP), ensuring high standards of protection for all workers involved in the funded activities.
The results of the 2022 agreement and the new objectives of the protocol
The new memorandum of understanding signed by the Group led by Flavio Cattaneo with Inail and the trade unions aims to broaden and deepen the areas of intervention already get started, with particular attention to research and testing of technological solutions and innovative models to ensure worker safety, as well as the dissemination and sharing of a participatory safety culture. The results of the planned initiatives will also be considered with a view to the replicability of the interventions and the number of recipients reached, directly or indirectly, in the energy supply chain.
On the sidelines of the signing of the protocol, the following were presented: results achieved within the scope of the2022 agreement, which has generated concrete projects on various health and safety fronts. The topic oftechnological innovation applied to safety. Under the previous agreement, next-generation personal protective equipment (PPE)—helmets equipped with electric field sensors based on Industry 5.0 principles and artificial intelligence—was successfully tested to reduce the risk of electrocution near live overhead lines, and a procedure for the use of remotely piloted systems in visual inspections of pressure equipment was validated.
Complete the picture initiatives System-wide initiatives include risk communication and health and safety promotion campaigns, which resulted in the publication of two informational brochures on electrical risks in the agricultural and construction sectors, aimed at workers in sectors that may find themselves working near electrical infrastructure, and the testing of integrative tools for assessing and managing work-related stress risk in the changed post-pandemic work/social context.
