According to MPs Giorgos Karameros and Giorgos Gavrilos, two employees at the company GEFSINOUS suffered finger amputations in incidents reported to have occurred only months apart. The MPs are requesting detailed information on the overall trend of workplace accidents in Greece between 2021 and 2025, and on what measures the government has taken to reverse what they describe as an escalating pattern.

The parliamentary question also focuses on enforcement capacity. SYRIZA is asking how many health-and-safety inspections were carried out by the Independent Labour Inspection Authority in 2024 and 2025, what staffing levels the authority had during that period, and whether inspections were conducted at GEFSINOUS before and after the most recent accident, including the findings and any penalties imposed.

In the text of the question, the MPs cite reported accounts from trade union sources about the latest incident: a worker allegedly lost fingers while operating a vegetable cutting machine. They say this followed an earlier amputation incident at the same workplace involving packaging machinery, and they point to allegations of inadequate safety measures, insufficient training, and work pressure.

SYRIZA argues that workplace accidents are not “bad luck” but the result of policy choices, including intensified work, deregulation, and weakened inspection mechanisms. The MPs are calling for immediate reinforcement of the labour inspectorate with staff and resources, and they ask whether the ministry has moved — or plans to move — to examine potential criminal liability for employers in the GEFSINOUS case and other serious workplace accidents, including any referrals to prosecutors.

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