Article 16. Technical investigation of the causes of an accident at a hazardous production facility

For each fact of an accident at a hazardous production facility, a technical investigation of its causes is carried out in the manner prescribed by a specially authorized state body.

A technical investigation of the causes of an accident at a hazardous production facility is carried out by a commission led by a representative of a specially authorized state body. The composition of the specified commission includes:

representatives of the local government on the territory of which the hazardous production facility is located;

representatives of the organization operating the hazardous production facility;

representatives of other organizations in accordance with the law.

The commission for the technical investigation of the causes of an accident at a hazardous production facility may involve expert organizations, experts in the field of industrial safety, research, design, research and development, insurance, equipment manufacturing and other areas of investigation.

The organization operating the hazardous production facility, and its employees, as well as other organizations and government bodies, are within their competence, obliged to provide the commission for the technical investigation of the causes of the accident at the hazardous production facility with the necessary information to exercise its powers.

The results of a technical investigation of the causes of an accident at a hazardous production facility are documented in an act that indicates the causes and circumstances of the accident, the size of the damage caused, violations of industrial safety requirements, employees of the organization operating the hazardous production facility that have committed these violations, measures taken to contain and eliminate consequences of the accident, and suggestions for the prevention of such accidents.

The financing of the costs of the technical investigation of the causes of an accident at a hazardous production facility is carried out by the organization operating the hazardous production facility.