Overview
- UGT FICA leaders Sandra Vega and Gorka López Prieto presented the regional figures on September 16, highlighting what they described as avoidable fatalities.
- The union reports 17,142 accidents with sick leave in the first half, projecting that the year’s total could surpass the 30,083 accidents it cited for 2024 if current trends continue.
- Industry, construction and agriculture account for 42% of recorded accidents and 47% of fatal incidents in the regional economy, according to UGT.
- Those most affected are mainly machine operators and laborers with less than a year of experience working in companies with fewer than 50 employees.
- UGT links higher risk to small companies that lack union representation and seeks reduced-coefficient measures for over‑60 construction workers after a 65% rise in accidents among that group.