According to the information available to the Inspectorate, last year 32 people died in accidents at the workplace, ten more than in 2020.
The accident summary also includes a case related to the Covid-19 certificate; a supervisor of a store had asked a person without a certificate to leave the shop. An altercation ensued as a result of which the store employee sustained a fracture of the arm.
The summary also explains the incidents ending fatally, which are mostly related to technical and physical work. The summary statistics (in Latvian) are available here.