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

Krasnoyarsk Aluminum Plant will pay 1.5 million rubles to a former employee who contracted an occupational disease, 17 December 2024

According to the Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, a 60-year-old man dedicated half of his life to working as an electrolysis operator of molten salts at JSC RUSAL Krasnoyarsk Aluminum Plant. In March 2024, doctors diagnosed him with lung cancer and bronchial asthma. The disease led to his disability.

According to a report from the regional office of Rospotrebnadzor, the illness was caused by the employer's violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules. Laboratory tests showed that the concentration of harmful chemicals in the electrolysis operator’s work area exceeded the permissible limits.

The prosecutor's office filed a lawsuit seeking 1.5 million rubles in moral damages from the employer.