It was preliminarily established that the man was working at the facility and fell into the elevator shaft, receiving non-life-threatening injuries.
As the employees of the Lviv District Police Department No. 1 established, on November 30 at around 4:15 p.m., a worker – a 44-year-old resident of one of the villages of the Lviv District – died on the construction site of an apartment building on Zeleniya Street in Lviv. The man was working at the facility and fell into the elevator shaft, sustaining injuries from which he died at the scene.
According to the fact, the investigators of the territorial unit of the police, under the procedural leadership of the Galicia District Prosecutor’s Office, opened criminal proceedings under Part 2 of Article 272 (Violation of safety rules during the performance of work with increased risk) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides punishment – restriction of freedom for a term of up to five years or deprivation of liberty for a term of up to eight years, with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to three years.
An investigation is underway, law enforcement officers are establishing all the circumstances of the incident.
Communications Department of the Lviv Oblast Police