The State Service for Mining Supervision and Industrial Safety has named those responsible for infringements that caused a blast at Sukhodilska-Skhidna Mine of public joint-stock company Krasnodonvuhillia (Luhansk region), the service's press service has reported.
The director, deputy director for labor protection, chief engineer, chief energy engineer and chief mechanical engineer of the Sukhodilska-Skhidna mine management, and the chief energy engineer and chief mechanical engineer of open joint-stock company Krasnodonvuhillia were said to be responsible for the blast.
The service said that in addition, a shiftman, drilling-and-blasting manager, blaster, ventilation and accident prevention manager, foreman for mining ventilation and accident prevention, PR-2 manager, PR-2 deputy mechanical engineer, acting assistant of PR-2 manager of the Sukhodilska-Skhidna mine management and PR-1 deputy manager of Uhleprokhodka LLC were responsible for the accident.
Five of the said persons were victims of the accident.
"Taking into account the level of responsibility of each person for the violation of Ukrainian law, the governmental commission believes that six employees of the Sukhodilska-Skhidna mine management should be fired," reads the report.
As reported, a methane-air mixture explosion took place at the depth of 915 meters in the early hours of July 29 at the Sukhodilska-Skhidna coalmine run by the private JSC Krasnodonvuhillia. Twenty-eight people died at the scene.
