“The preliminary reason is the operation of the stand overlift sensor as a result of the failure of the speed sensor,” TASS quoted the agency’s interlocutor as saying.
The regional prosecutor's office and the investigative department of the Russian Investigative Committee organized checks into the incident.
During an emergency stop of a cage with people at the Vorkutinskaya mine in the Komi Republic, 12 people were injured, eight of them were hospitalized.