Overview
- Two maintenance workers were electrocuted in Calatayud when their repair platform’s boom reportedly contacted a medium-voltage line, bringing Aragón’s work-related death toll to 21 this year.
- A 29-year-old employee in Guarromán died after being crushed by an estimated 200-kilogram metal frame inside an industrial warehouse.
- The Calatayud case is under investigation by the local judicial police and has been referred to Court No. 1, with labor inspectors and the regional safety institute examining protocol compliance.
- In Jaén, the Guardia Civil, local police, Inspección de Trabajo and the Centro de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales have opened an inquiry to verify whether safety measures were properly applied in Guarromán.
- Guarromán’s town hall declared a day of official mourning and CCOO Aragón and UGT Aragón have called a demonstration in Zaragoza to press for stronger enforcement of workplace safety regulations.