Workplace fatalities on the rise in Malaga as 23 lose their lives in 2025

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There were 61 accidents per day on average in 2025, with 263 workers seriously injured

Irene Quirante

Monday, 23 March 2026, 11:20

Workplace accidents led to a rise in the number of fatalities in the province of Malaga last year, when 23 people lost their lives either at work or on the way to and from work.

This makes Malaga the second Andalusian province with the highest number of fatal accidents, only behind Seville (33).

The daily average of work-related accidents in the province last year was 61, which led to a total of 22,314 accidents. All of this data comes from the regional ministry of labour, which clarifies that 19 of the aforementioned 23 fatal accidents occurred during the working day, while the other four happened during commute times.

Last year was the second consecutive year in which workplace deaths increased (17 in 2023 and 20 in 2024). Just last week, one worker died and another was seriously injured after the collapse of a wall at a construction site in the Ronda district.

Malaga's records list two years with a particularly high number of work-related deaths: 2022 with 30 and 2007 with 44.

According to regional delegate for employment Carmen Sánchez, there was a rise of 1.1 per cent in work-related accidents in Malaga province last year. However, the rise is more striking in absolute numbers than in relative terms, considering that business activity has increased by 3.5 per cent in a province as dynamic as Malaga.

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