[Summary translation prepared by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

Sevuralboksitruda will pay a 50,000 ruble fine for death of employee, 23 January 2023
The Sverdlovsk Regional Court upheld the decision of the previous instance, which awarded Sevuralboksitruda a fine of 50,000 roubles for safety violations. The error resulted in the death of a person.
The accident occurred in February 2022 at Krasnaya Shapochka station. A track fitter of the transport and charge-making shop of JSC Sevuralboksitruda died on the railway tracks. Rostrud specialist revealed a violation of the requirements of labour legislation and "Rules on labour protection in the operation of railway transport infrastructure facilities". It was established that the deceased employee was cleaning the switches from snow and was alone in the train traffic area, although according to the rules there should have been at least two people there.