“On August 7 at 07:00 Moscow time, an emergency stop of the human cage at the Vorkutinskaya mine took place,” the message on the VKontakte social network says.

As a result of the incident, eight people were hospitalized, four employees with bruises were sent home.

As TASS was informed in the press service of the company, the work of the mine was suspended until the reasons for the incident were clarified.

In the Amur Region, the road was restored to the microdistricts cut off due to downpours in Tynda, where an emergency mode was introduced due to heavy downpours.