OSETEE reports at least 201 recorded deaths and 332 serious injuries at work. The final numbers will be confirmed at the end of February, once cross-checking is completed and incidents that were never reported publicly or officially recorded are included.
In a stark statement, OSETEE president and representative to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, Andreas Stoimenides, attributes the devastating toll to the government’s anti-labour agenda.
“This picture is deeply disappointing and terrifying, yet entirely expected. It stems directly from anti-worker policies, culminating in the 13-hour working day and the abolition of collective bargaining,” he said. He described the situation as a humanitarian crisis, worsened by the dismantling of labour inspections, systematic under-reporting and the absence of meaningful tripartite social dialogue.
Stoimenides noted that OSETEE had predicted this escalation as early as 2022 and had publicly warned in March 2025 that the death toll would surpass 200 by year’s end. “Unfortunately, the recent labour law, instead of addressing this phenomenon, introduces provisions that make working life even more unbearable,” he added.
He had already warned in an interview with The Press Project in May 2025 that the year was heading towards disaster; at that point alone, 81 workers had been killed and 120 seriously injured since January.
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