Third Incident Inside A Week At Belaruskali

Two First Mine Group workers fell from a height.

The incident occurred at the First Mine Group on November 19 (the 6th dump). According to unconfirmed information, one worker damaged his spine, and the other one broke his leg. That was reported by eyewitnesses in the group "Salihorsk Motorists" on Vkontakte.

It's already a third incident at Belaruskali inside this week.

It is to be recalled that on November 14, a combined machine knocked down a 22-year old worker in a mine. A driver of mining and excavation machinery was fatally injured, while he was fixing the mining equipment for cutting rocks. An investigative team went down the shaft in order to carry out on-the-spot checks. The accident site was examined.

The next day, on 15 November, the roof collapsed at the mine of the 3rd Mine Group, a worker was injured. The young man hurt his legs and hips, he was taken to hospital by an ambulance at 7.15. According to unofficial information, the injured man was placed in the intensive care unit, as he had a pelvic injury. An investigation team worked at the accident site. Kurjer.info reported about that.

Readers of charter97.org report that the people fell from the same object – the new granular concentrate warehouse construction.

After the first accident with a fatal outcome, LLC Passat was forced to dismantle five "self-made" cradles. Currently, until the end of the investigation period, the organization is forced to hire the required number of aerial platforms and related special equipment from third parties in order to complete the work.