According to the department, the case was opened under Art. 217 of the Criminal Code of Russia (“Violation of industrial safety requirements for hazardous production facilities”).
Measures are being taken to identify and interrogate eyewitnesses, as well as the management of the enterprise, study documentation about the work and conduct safety training during mining operations.
In addition, the Investigative Committee determines the severity of the harm that was caused to the health of the affected employees.
“Other necessary procedural actions are being carried out, following which a proper legal assessment will be given to what happened, including the fact of the death of the miner,” the statement says.
Earlier it was reported that the prosecutor's office organized an inspection after the collapse at the mine in Krasnoturinsk.