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Background  Solar  UV  radiation ( sUVR ) is one of the main carcinogen exposures in occupational settings, and  UV ‐induced skin cancers are the most frequent tumours in fair‐skinned individuals worldwide.    Objectives  According to this premise, we should expect a high number of occupational skin cancers reported to the national workers’ compensation authorities each year, also considering that the incidence of skin cancers has been constantly increased in recent years    Methods  We examined the data on reported non‐melanoma skin cancers ( NMSC ) and actinic keratoses ( AK ) to the Italian National Workers Compensation Authority ( INAIL ) from 2012 to 2017, and we compared the number of reported skin cancers for outdoor workers with the expected numbers, obtained from currently available  NMSC  incidence rates for the Italian population applied to the occupational  sUVR ‐exposed workers estimated with the  CAREX  methodology in Italy in 2005.    Results  The cases of  NMSC  reported each year to  INAIL  in Italy are 34 per year on average, while for  AK  the mean number of reported cases is of only 15/year. We estimated a number of expected  NMSC  cases in Italy for solar  UV ‐exposed workers ranging between 432 and 983, representing a proportion between reported vs. expected skin cancers of only 3.5–6.2%.    Conclusions  Our study clearly shows that occupational skin cancers in Italy are largely underreported, and, accordingly, urgent initiatives should be taken to raise appropriate awareness to the problem of occupational  sUVR ‐induced skin cancers, so that adequate preventive measures can be implemented rapidly.

Skin cancer in outdoor workers exposed to solar radiation: a largely underreported occupational disease in Italy