A miner was killed following a collapse at the Kalinskaya mine in the Russian Urals’ Sverdlovsk Region, the press office of the SeveroUralsk Bauxite Mine (SUBM) enterprise announced on March 25, Report informs referring to TASS.
"Miner Kirill Loskutov has died. The SUBM will provide the relatives of the deceased with all the required assistance. The family of the deceased will be provided with three million rubles [over $32,340] in compensation," the enterprise announced.
The body of the deceased will be sent for further forensic medical examination. The other miner, who survived and was rescued, will also be sent for a medical examination to establish the degree of his injuries.
"The rescue operation to save miners at the Kalinskaya mine took almost a day," the enterprise’s press office stated. "Unfortunately, one of the miners was discovered dead. His partner was found unconscious and was immediately taken to the emergency room at a local hospital."