“Severstal” will send 2 billion rubles. for safety “Vorkutaugol” miners – RBC

PJSC “Severstal” in 2016 is going to send 2 billion rubles. to improve the safety of miners in the mines part of the holding company “Vorkutaugol”. The journalists said the deputy head of “Severstal” Alexey Egorov, “Interfax».

He noted that in recent years to improve the safety and tehbezopasnosti to “Vorkutaugol” mines were spent 3.7 billion rubles.

In addition, “Severstal” has paid 148 million rubles. the families of those killed and injured in the accident at the mine “North”, as well as 15 million rubles. bereaved families of rescuers, said Yegorov.

February 25, 2016 in the “North” in Vorkuta mine accident. The blast killed four people methane, another 26 people were trapped underground. On the night of February 28, during the rescue operations at the mine explosion again, resulting in the deaths of five rescuers MOE and helps them Miner. Explosions at the mine claimed the lives of 36 people. According to Rostekhnadzor, the accident at the mine is natural in nature. However, this version of the accident disagree relatives of the dead miners.