The reason a worker was injured at UC RUSAL SUBR Krasnaya Shapochka mine was insufficient organization of labor protection, the State Labor Inspectorate reports. Now a worker was injured on December 21, 2011 when he was busy crushing bulky rocks in the mine with a chipping hammer. ‘It was revealed in the course of an investigation that this serious accident had been caused by poor organization of labor protection and insufficient employee training in what concerns compliance with the labor protection regulations. The worker was allowed to start crushing bulky rocks even though he had no

Criminal action was taken against Rosprirodnadzor officials who are suspected of accepting a ?90,000 bribe for their audit of Svyatogor (a member of UMMC Holding); they are also suspected of taking 11.8m RUR from the company for covering up the detected legal offenses. Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow has already ruled that head of Rosprirodnadzor’s Environmental Control Department Lyudmila Plushch must be taken under arrest, Kommersant reports. The official was under the Federal Security Service and the Internal Affairs Ministry Economic Security Departments’ officers’ observation for over a