Russia: Worker seriously injured at Yakovlevsky Mining & Processing Plant due to safety management failures
[Summary translation prepared by Business & Human Rights Centre]
Workplace injury digest in the region for January 2025, 30 May 2025
Yakovlevsky Mining and Processing Plant (LLC)
On 10 January 2025, a diagnostic manager sustained a severe injury as a result of the collapse of a hinged platform. The employee suffered an open fracture of the bones of the left lower leg and was hospitalized at Yakovlevskaya Central District Hospital.
According to the medical report on the nature and severity of the injuries sustained in the workplace accident, the injuries were classified as severe.
A commission has been established to investigate the circumstances and causes of the accident, with the participation of a representative of the Belgorod Regional Trade Union Association.
Cause of the accident: unsatisfactory organization of work processes.