"The Soviet Interdistrict Investigation Department of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Stavropol Territory opened a criminal case on the fact of violation of labor protection requirements, which inadvertently resulted in the death of workers (part 3 of Art. 143 of the Criminal Code of Russia)," the message says.

The circumstances of the incident are currently being investigated.

On January 4, as a result of the depressurization of a container with hot water at a brick factory in the Stavropol Territory, two workers died.