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Management of major Sverdlovsk enterprise dismissed following worker deaths, 2 November 2024

At Kachkanar Mining and Processing Plant (KGOK, Sverdlovsk Region, part of Evraz), Director Alexander Prinev and Head of the Mining Department Igor Tsvetkov have been dismissed.

The information channel has published a statement from Evraz President Alexey Ivanov. The head of the holding company explained the decision to terminate their employment based on the results of an internal investigation into the fatal accident that occurred on August 14, 2024. At that time, assistant excavator operator Alexey Glushkov died. His body was found beneath the right drum of a hoisting gearbox — he had been pulled in feet first.