Greece: Employment crimes from early May to end of August 2025

We share an unofficial translation of an article by Prolet Connect.

6/5 A worker lost his life from an electric shock in Pikermi during site cleaning work.

6/5 A worker seriously injured his leg while installing signage during asphalt paving work on the Thessaloniki-Moudania National Road..

8/5 A stage technician at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus fell from a ladder and was seriously injured.

9/5 A 56-year-old contractor working in the biological treatment of waste for the municipalities of Argos, Mycenae, and Nafplio lost his life when he fell from the back of a farm vehicle.

11/5 A 28-year-old worker lost his life in Rhodes when he was buried under soil during work on the Gadoura dam.

13/5 A 26-year-old port worker was injured in his right leg during work at the container terminal of the port of Thessaloniki.

18/5 A worker was rescued from a ravine in the Kontogialos area of Corfu by the fire department.

19/5 A 57-year-old crane operator at a construction company was injured during work at the

junction where the E-65 connects with the Egnatia Motorway.

20/5 A 65-year-old logger in Krikello, Evrytania, lost his life after being crushed by a tree

trunk during logging work in the area’s forest.

22/5 A 30-year-old construction worker in Heraklion, Crete, was injured when he fell from a height during maintenance work.

26/5 A 45-year-old worker suffered injuries in the Sindos area of Thessaloniki when he fell from a height of three meters while working.

26/5 A worker at HELPE in Elefsina was injured in the leg.

27/5 A contractor worker at HELPE in Elefsina suffered the loss of a finger during work.

28/5 A worker on a gas network construction project in Alexandroupolis was seriously injured in his fingers.

29/5 An employee at the Fulgor factory in Corinth died while at work.

2/6 A 41-year-old worker lost his life during demolition work on an old building in Naxos, when he was rushed by a roof slab.

4/6 A 34-year-old worker was seriously injured in the Industrial area of Sindos.

6/6 A 65-year-old cleaning worker lost her life on Poseidonos Avenue when a taxi hit the back of a garbage truck.

18/6 During the repair of a refrigerator in the morgue of Serres hospital, an explosion occurred, seriously injuring a 19-(OAED apprentice) and 45 year-old refrigeration worker.

21/6 A 40-year-old builder, an immigrant from Syria, lost his life and another 35-year-old was seriously injured when a building balcony in Chania crushed them.

24/6 A 40-year-old construction worker lost his life in Patras when he fell from 6-meter-high

scaffolding.

26/6 A 64-year-old cook at a hotel in Heraklion, Crete, suffered a cardiac arrest while working, losing his life.

27/6 A 58-year-old builder in Porto Rafti died while working in the midst of a heat wave.

28/6 A 65-year-old builder, working at the Technical Service of the Municipality of Ilion, lost his life while working in the midst of a heat wave.

28/6 A volunteer firefighter was injured when, while extinguishing a fire in Agios Stefanos, she was hit by a passing vehicle.

29/6 A 62-year-old worker at the Agricultural Cooperative of Elafonisos in Crete lost his life when he was crushed by a metal structure.

3/7 A 53-year-old employee, driver of a company car for “Home Help”, suffered the loss of three fingers, while two other employees were injured when the vehicle they were traveling in was hit by a passing car.

3/7 A 35-year-old delivery man in Heraklion, Crete, suffered serious spinal injuries when he was hit by a vehicle.

4/7 A 23-year-old worker at a food company in the Sindos Industrial Area suffered burns while trying to unclog a metal kettle.

11/7 Three workers at a “Hellinik” construction site were injured when they were crushed by scaffolding.

14/7 A 60-year-old hotel worker in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, felt unwell at work and ultimately collapsed and died.

14/7 A truck driver at the GEK TERNA construction site in VOAK lost consciousness due to high temperatures, causing the truck to overturn.

15/7 A 63-year-old employee at Zakynthos airport lost his life from a heart attack while working.

15/7 A worker in a warehouse at the airport in Chania was seriously injured when he fell from a ladder.

15/7 An employee at “Agrinio Metalworking S.A.” was seriously injured in the leg.

18/7 Two employees at a restaurant in Maroussi were injured after an explosion in the kitchen.

18/7 A 55-year-old worker lost his life in Arta when he was crushed by a lifting machine.

21/7 a 30-year-old maintenance worker at a hotel in Rethymno lost his life from an electric shock .

25/7 A fish farming worker at the company ” Lion Fish Farms S.A.” in South Evia lost his life when he was crushed by a lifting machine .

25/7 Five firefighters were taken to hospital with respiratory problems and burns when their service vehicles were engulfed in flames during an attempt to extinguish a fire in Evia.

28/7 A 64-year-old elevator maintenance worker lost his life in Naoussa when he became trapped in an apartment building elevator .

29/7 An employee at “Macedonia” Airport was injured in the head by a cargo hold door.

2/8 A 51-year-old worker lost his life and another 21-year-old worker was seriously injured when a vehicle carrying professional sound equipment veered off course outside Grevena.

2/8 An employee of the company “TECHAN SA” was seriously injured in her legs when she fell from a height.

2/8 A 62-year-old worker on a garbage truck of the Municipality of Trikala in Trikala suffered a serious head injury when he fell from the vehicle.

4/8 A 55-year-old worker lost his life in Heraklion, Crete, when he fell into a sewage tank during an inspection.

4/8 A 63-year-old worker was injured during work at a hotel in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, when he fell from a height of 3 meters.

6/8 A 56-year-old worker on the Lefkada-Vonitsa project lost his life when he was hit by a truck.

7/8 A 35-year-old worker from Albania lost his life when he fell from scaffolding during

renovation work on a house in Nafpaktos.

8/8 A construction worker fell from the first floor of a newly constructed building in Heraklion, resulting in head and back injuries.

12/8 A 19-year-old delivery driver was injured when the motorbike he was riding collided with a car.

18/8 A 40-year-old worker, a road roller operator, lost his life when he was crushed by a heavy vehicle at a construction site in Alevrada, Aitoloakarnania.

19/8 An employee at “Macedonia” Airport was injured on the passenger boarding and disembarking stairs.

20/8 An airline employee was injured in the head after an object fell during a plane landing.

22/8 A DEDDIE employee in Lamia was electrocuted during maintenance work at a substation in the Volos Industrial Area.

28/8 A 54-year-old worker was seriously injured when he fell from scaffolding in Toumba.

29/8 A 63-year-old worker, an operator at the OSE bars in Larissa, lost his life from a stroke while working.

31/8 A worker with the 55-67 program in the cleaning department of the Municipality of Xiromero in Aitoloakarnania hit his head when he fell from the step of the garbage truck.