The UK opened a case after a worker fell into an elevator shaft at a construction site in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District

A criminal case has been opened in Novy Urengoy (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District) after a construction worker fell into an elevator shaft. This was announced by the District Court of the Investigative Committee of Russia on Friday, February 28.

"According to the investigation, in December 2024, at a construction site, an employee of a commercial organization stepped on a technological hole — an elevator shaft, closed with a piece of foam and dusted with snow," the report says.

The man fell from a height of 4 m and received various injuries, which were later classified as causing serious harm to health. A criminal case has been opened under Part 1 of Article 216 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Violation of safety rules during construction or other work, if this negligently caused serious harm to human health").

As IA writes " " with reference to law enforcement sources, the incident occurred on Sibirskaya Street, where an art school is being built. The worker suffered a fractured pelvis and other injuries.

All the circumstances of the incident are being established by the investigators as part of the investigation.

February 13 a 28-year-old young man who was packing parts was injured in the workshop of one of the factories in Kurgan. When the valve was torn off the hinge of the crane beam, he was hit in the stomach, but he could not be saved. A criminal case has been opened.