“This is a collapse”: Rostechnadzor sounded the alarm after 15 shutdowns at Kuzbass mines

Over the past week, Rostekhnadzor inspectors have suspended work at 15 Kuzbass mines - twice as many as the week before.

A sharp deterioration in the safety situation at Kuzbass mines. During the week from November 22 to November 26, the department stopped work at 15 enterprises.

So, at the Taldinskoye-Yuzhnoye mine, There was a fatality at the mine due to the use of dangerous equipment and violation of project documentation. Serious injuries at the Sibirskaya mine – operation of the drilling rig in violation of safety requirements and faulty electrical equipment. Dust-explosive conditions in the mines named after. Kirov, "Pervomayskaya" and "Taldinskoye-Yuzhnoye" – direct risks of methane and coal dust explosions. Excess of methane at the Sibirskaya mine – gas concentration exceeded permissible standards

Lack of design documentation at the olzherasskaya-Novaya mine - work was carried out without an approved technical design

At some enterprises, like at the Berezovskaya mine, work was stopped for 90 days. Rostechnadzor demands that mine owners and local authorities urgently take measures to correct the situation.