Two employees of JSC NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ) received severe thermal burns while decanting petrol at the Shalkar production site in the Aktobe region. Both men are in intensive care, and doctors assess their condition as serious. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated.
HOW THE FIRE OCCURRED
According to the KTZ mainline network directorate, in the morning workers of the protective forest plantation division underwent a briefing, after which they were given the task of draining the remaining petrol from a 200-litre barrel.
During the decanting of AI-92 petrol, a fire broke out. Both employees received thermal burns of varying degrees of severity.
The victims were given first aid and taken to the district hospital of the city of Shalkar.
WHAT CONDITION THE VICTIMS ARE IN
According to the Aktobe region health department, the men were admitted to hospital on 13 October. Both were hospitalised in the intensive care unit.
Doctors assess the railway workers' condition as serious.
WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE CAUSES OF THE INCIDENT
Deputy head of the Aktobe region labour inspection department Talgat Iskarin told Ulysmedia.kz that the circumstances of the accident are being investigated. According to him, an inspection has been launched.
The causes of the fire are not yet known.
CONTEXT
The problem of industrial safety also affects other major companies in the country.
In the first half of 2026 alone, three fatal accidents were registered at subsidiaries and associated companies of JSC NC KazMunayGas (KMG).
In September, in Aktau, a 33-year-old employee of JSC Kazakhtelecom died from an electric shock while working in the basement of a residential building.
In August, two employees of JSC Kazakhtelecom died on 4 and 5 August while working with communications line poles in Zhambyl and Kostanay regions. Both fatal incidents occurred within two days and were related to work on replacing or dismantling communications poles using crane-manipulators.
