“A criminal case has been initiated on the basis of a crime under Part 1 of Art.
143 of the Criminal Code of Russia (“Violation of labor protection requirements, resulting in the infliction of grievous harm to human health by negligence”), ”the message says.
It is noted that during the cleaning of the slop tank of the Semyon Dezhnev tanker on the Lena River in the Irkutsk Region, volatile fractions of oil products ignited, resulting in combined injuries and third-degree burns to the helmsman and electrician.
They were hospitalized in grave condition at the Kirensky district hospital.
Earlier, the prosecutor's office began checking after the fire on the ship "Semyon Dezhnev" in the Irkutsk region.