Two employees were eliminated in an accident at a potash mine in the Ural Mountains area of Perm, authorities stated Thursday.Perm area Governor Dmitry Makhonin said the miners suffered deadly injuries throughout a regular inspection of a shaft in the town of Solikamsk.
He did not provide additional details.Uralkali, the worlds largest potash manufacturer and the mines operator, validated the incident to the Interfax news firm, stating the workers were crushed to death after a deposit of salt rock broke off from assistance structures.The business stated it had actually launched an internal examination and that production at the website was unaffected.Russias Investigative Committee, which probes significant criminal offenses, said it introduced a criminal examination into prospective commercial security violations.A gas surge at the same Uralkali mine shaft in June 2024 hurt 2 workers.