Subsidized finance: the 2023 ISI-INAIL call for 2024

The ISI 2023 call is an INAIL incentive aimed at companies that, starting from 2024, intend to implement projects, carry out works, or purchase machinery to increase the levels of safety and health of workers in the workplace.
The contribution is divided into the following 5 axes:
1. Projects for the reduction of techno-pathic risks (as per annex 1.1) - Funding Axis 1;
2. Projects for the adoption of organizational and social responsibility models (as per annex 1.2) - Funding Axis 1;
3. Projects for the reduction of accident risks (as per annex 2) - Funding Axis 2;
4. Projects for the remediation of materials containing asbestos (as per annex 3) – Funding Axis 3;
5. Projects for micro and small enterprises operating in specific sectors of activity (as per annex 4) - Funding Axis 4;
6. Projects for micro and small enterprises operating in the primary production of agricultural products sector (as per annex 5) - Funding Axis 5
Beneficiaries may submit only one application for a contribution, for a single type of investment, at a single production site.

- Regarding axis 1, all companies, including sole proprietorships, can participate, except for micro and small enterprises operating in the agricultural, textile-clothing-leather goods and footwear (Ateco C13, C14 and C15) and fishing (Ateco A03.1) sectors.
- Regarding axis 2, all companies, including sole proprietorships, and third sector entities (non-profit companies, volunteering) not registered in the business register but listed in national, regional, and autonomous province registers can participate. Micro and small enterprises operating in the agricultural, textile-clothing-leather goods and footwear, and fishing sectors are excluded.
- Regarding axis 3, companies, including sole proprietorships, can participate, except for micro and small agricultural enterprises.
- Regarding axis 4, micro and small enterprises operating in the textile-clothing-leather goods and footwear, fishing, and furniture manufacturing sectors can participate.
- Regarding axis 5, micro and small enterprises operating in the agricultural sector can participate.

In any case, companies that have already received an ISI-INAIL contribution in the previous three years cannot participate.

Axis 1 is in turn divided into 2 sub-axes: investment projects (Axis 1.1) and the adoption of organizational and social responsibility models (Axis 1.2).

Regarding investment projects, interventions relating to the reduction of the following risks are eligible:
- Chemical (smoke and dust extraction systems etc., isolation booths etc.)
- Noise through environmental interventions or machinery replacement (booths, silencer separators, replacement of machinery, tractors etc.)
- Resulting from mechanical vibrations (machinery replacement)
- Biological (installation of systems, isolation, extraction systems etc.)
- Fall (flexible or rigid anchors)
- Accident through the replacement of obsolete or non-compliant machinery
- Seismic (reduction of the risk of material falling)
- Resulting from pollution (monitoring and purification plants and systems)
In any case, motor vehicles and their trailers are not eligible, with the exception of the machinery installed on them.

Regarding Axis 1.2, the following projects are eligible:
- Adoption of a health and safety management system for workers
- Adoption of an organizational and management model as per art. 30 of Legislative Decree 81/2008
- Adoption of a certified social responsibility system
- Social reporting methods certified by an independent third party

ISI INAIL 2023 Eligible Projects – Axis 2

Axis 2 refers to projects for the reduction of risk from manual handling of loads (MMC).
In this case, the risk factor to be reduced must strictly be present in the Risk Assessment Document (DVR).

Projects relating to the reduction of the following risks are eligible:
- Manual handling of patients (suitable beds, sliding sheets, ergonomic belts, etc.)
- Lifting, lowering and transporting loads (motorized machines, platforms, trolleys, winches etc.)
- Towing and pushing loads (motorized machines, trolleys, winches etc.)
- Handling of low loads at high frequency (complete or partial automation of the process)

In this case as well, motor vehicles and their trailers are not eligible, with the exception of the machinery installed on them.

ISI INAIL 2023 Eligible Projects – Axis 3

Axis 3 refers to projects for the remediation of materials containing asbestos. The intervention must relate to the removal from:
- Means of transport
- Plants and equipment
- Flooring
- Roofing
- Artifacts
Regarding the removal of asbestos and the reconstruction of roofing, the incentive provides a maximum of 90 € per square meter, to which technical expenses can be added up to a maximum of 10% of the overall project.

ISI INAIL 2023 Eligible Projects – Axis 4

Axis 4 refers to projects of micro and small companies operating in the following sectors: Fishing (Ateco code A03.1) and Textile-Clothing-Leather goods and footwear (Ateco codes C13, C14 and C15).
Eligible projects relate to the reduction of the following risks:
- Manual handling of loads
- Accident risks
- Emergency risks (only for fishing)
- Noise and vibrations
- Fire and explosion (only for fishing)
- Environmental risks
- Chemical risks (only for the Textile-Clothing-Leather goods and footwear sectors)

ISI INAIL 2023 Eligible Projects – Axis 5

Axis 5 refers to projects implemented by micro and small enterprises operating in the agricultural sector relating to the reduction of the following risks:
- Environmental (reduction of polluting emissions)
- Accident risks related to the use of machinery
- Noise risks
- Risks related to manual operations

Conclusions

As can be deduced from the complexity of this incentive, the ISI-INAIL Call can be used for a wide and heterogeneous range of interventions relating to the reduction of risks in the workplace and the replacement of obsolete machinery.
In the event that the company intends to purchase machinery without performing a replacement, it is recommended to consult other regional incentives - such as the Nuova Sabatini incentive.
In any case, the use of this incentive is subject to the EU regulations on De Minimis State aid, which essentially provide that each company does not receive public aid for a value exceeding 200,000.00 Euro over a three-year period.

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