Biography

Antonella Pireddu is a researcher at the Italian National Institute for Insurance Against Accidents at Work (INAIL), Department of Technological Innovations and Safety of Plants, Products and Anthropized Settlements. She is a Civil Engineer with extensive experience in occupational safety and health, risk assessment and management, machinery safety, and prevention strategies for high-risk sectors such as construction sites and extractive industries. She collaborates with national and international institutions, standardization bodies, and industry associations, including the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, UNI, PIARC, ISTAT, Assomarmomacchine, and Anepla. She is actively involved in working groups on occupational safety training, contributes to the development of technical and scientific guidance in the field, and serves as a member of the Italian National Committee of PIARC (World Road Association). Her research focuses on the development and validation of innovative technologies for worker protection, including Virtual Reality training systems, robotics, and Internet of Things solutions for safety applications. She serves as the scientific coordinator of several research projects aimed at improving risk prevention and enhancing occupational training through advanced digital technologies. She is the author and co-author of scientific publications, technical reports, and monographs on occupational safety in quarries and road construction. She is also the co-inventor of international patents related to innovative safety technologies for construction sites and extractive operations.