Soligorsk — A 51-year-old worker died in an accident at JSC Belaruskali’s number three mine on the evening of Jan. 3. Uladzimir Shtylyou was fatally injured in what local media described as a “roof collapse.” Belaruskali said the causes and circumstances of the accident are being investigated. The site is operating normally and production has not been halted, the company said. This is the second accident at Belaruskali in the past two weeks, and is the latest in a series of incidents in recent months. According to local media, a female worker was injured at the granulation facility at the producer’s number one production site on Dec. 25. Last November, a 24-year-old worker was fatally crushed by part of a rock removing machine at the number two mine (GM Nov. 18, 2016). Two workers died in separate incidents last June, while another worker sustained serious injuries in an accident at the number four mine in the same month, according to local media reports. In November 2015, a 27-year old “timberman” died in an explosion following a reported “sudden emission” of methane (GM Nov. 9, 2015).
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