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Accident at work: clarified the requirements of the employer’s criminal liability

  • 05/03/2019

With Judgment no. 50000 of 6th November 2018, the Court of Cassation stated on a case of accident at work, in which the vice president of the board of directors of a company, holder of a specific delegation in the field of safety and hygiene at work, was sentenced for the crime of serious bodily injury suffered by one of his employees.

According to the Court, the guiltiness was based on negligence, imprudence and inexperience, aggravated by the violation of the rules on hygiene and safety at work and, in particular, on the failure in adopting due accident prevention devices.

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