July 13, 2017 at about 21:00 in the law enforcement agencies of the Severouralsk urban district received a report on the collapse of the rock at the mine. As a result of the incident, according to preliminary data, one miner died under the rubble. On this fact, the investigative department for the city of Severouralsk regional SDR organized a pre-investigation check.

The head and the investigator of the district department of the Investigative Committee, investigator-criminalist of the SKR, officers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the police and forensic medical expert left the scene.. Specialists conduct an inspection of the scene and body of the deceased, and a forensic medical examination will also be conducted. Investigators establish and interview eyewitnesses.