The case was opened over the death of a minor and injuries to two others during dismantling work. This may be a violation of safety regulations during construction, the department of the Russian Investigative Committee for the Krasnoyarsk Territory said.
According to investigators, three residents aged 17 and 18 found work a few hours before the emergency after a job advertisement on the Internet. The employer promised to pay three thousand rubles a day, but no employment contracts were signed and no safety training was provided.
A 17-year-old worker was fatally injured when a brick wall collapsed due to the vibration of a hydraulic hammer; two of his colleagues are hospitalized, their lives are not in danger. The prosecutor’s office has put the investigation under control, the watchdog added.