Thread: Russian Water Treatment Plant Poisoning Kills 7 Workers

At least seven people have died from poisoning while carrying out work at a water treatment plant in southern Russia, the state-run TASS news agency reported Friday.


“There were a total of nine people, seven of them have died,” TASS quoted an unnamed emergency worker as saying.

The Rostov region branch of Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry said only that it was responding to an accident that took place during repairs at a collection facility in the city of Taganrog 1,000 kilometers south of Moscow.


Accidents during water and sewage collector repairs are common but rarely lead to such a large number of victims, according to the state-run RIA Novosti news agency. The outlet said that warm weather causes a greater accumulation of toxic substances inside collection facilities, including nitrogen, methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and ammonia.


The regional news outlet 161.ru reported that authorities in Taganrog last summer promised to complete by 2021 large-scale reconstruction works at a pipeline that provides drinking water for 350,000 people.


Regional authorities allocated 82 million rubles ($1.1 million) for the works from the budget.


Russian Water Treatment Plant Poisoning Kills 7 Workers - The Moscow Times

Russia, the China of 'Europe'

The anti Putin Moscow Times reporting in the heart of Russia.

Originally Posted by panama hat

Russia, the China of 'Europe'

Russia has confined spaces and H2s gas too. Imagine that

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there were 60 deaths due to hydrogen sulfide gas from 2001 to 2010 in the United States, which equates to an average of about six people per year. However, more updated figures show that this is becoming a much more wide-reaching and common problem for people around Texas and the rest of the United States.

In terms of more recent data from the BLS, there were 130 workplace fatalities in 2018 reported among workers in quarries, mining, oil, and natural gas extraction. This number also includes accidental deaths in other industries, but certainly this figure holds relevance, as hydrogen sulfide poisoning is a leading cause of gas inhalation death in these industries per the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

So I wonder how many hundreds are actually dead or dying?

Remember Chernobyl...

Originally Posted by misskit

Russian Water Treatment Plant Poisoning Kills 7 Workers

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

So I wonder how many hundreds are actually dead or dying?

Hopefully it is not so deadly as in Flint, Michigan, did they fix it already? Perhaps the Russians should ask them for advice.

Or there are also many in other states with similar problems, they could help. Why not to ask Ms. Erin Brockovich (or Julia Roberts)?

Originally Posted by Backspin

Russia has confined spaces and H2s gas too. Imagine that

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there were 60 deaths due to hydrogen sulfide gas from 2001 to 2010 in the United States, which equates to an average of about six people per year. However, more updated figures show that this is becoming a much more wide-reaching and common problem for people around Texas and the rest of the United States.

In terms of more recent data from the BLS, there were 130 workplace fatalities in 2018 reported among workers in quarries, mining, oil, and natural gas extraction. This number also includes accidental deaths in other industries, but certainly this figure holds relevance, as hydrogen sulfide poisoning is a leading cause of gas inhalation death in these industries per the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Given the story is about water treatment the above would appear to be surplusage?

Originally Posted by Klondyke

Hopefully it is not so deadly as in Flint, Michigan

It's worse but if the Russians complain they'll simply disappear . . .

Originally Posted by panama hat

It's worse but if the Russians complain they'll simply disappear . . .

They can dress it up as much as they want but, essentially, both places will always be corrupt shitholes.