In the Kemerovo region, a case was opened against an engineer due to an accident at the Ruban mine

- A criminal case has been initiated against a metrology engineer of the federal budgetary institution "Kemerovo Center for Standardization and Metrology", suspected of committing a crime ... illegal issuance of an official document certifying the compliance of the work or services performed with safety requirements, "the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Kemerovo area.

The investigation believes that an inspection certificate was issued by the engineer, according to which the system in the mine was checked and the sensors measuring the level of hazardous gases were in good order. However, the engineer did not actually visit the mine workings, which caused a threat to the life and health of the mine workers.

As a reminder, last Sunday in the mine, the coal seam heated up in block 519, due to which all 128 miners underground were brought to the surface. None of the employees of the enterprise were injured.

Recall that after the tragedy that occurred at the Listvyazhnaya mine in Kuzbass, when 51 people died, other coal mining enterprises in the region were checked. During inspections identified about 450 violations.