Down in one! Worker somehow survives as huge 25ft high shelves crash down on top of him

Publish date: 2024-05-17

A worker has somehow survived as huge 25ft high industrial shelves piled with vodka and beer crashed down on top of him in a Russian warehouse. 

CCTV captured the moment the stacker, 40, escaped death as thousands of bottles of booze collapsed at a warehouse in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia.

Footage shows the man pushing a trolley down the storage facility's aisles seconds before the shelves came tumbling down. 

He sees one vast rack collapse and dives for cover under the second, only for this to collapse too.

The man was pulled from the carnage of twisted metal, broken glass and alcohol fumes with fractured bones. 

CCTV captured the moment the stacker, 40, escaped death as the shelves groaning with vodka and beer collapsed

CCTV captured the moment the stacker, 40, escaped death as the shelves groaning with vodka and beer collapsed

The stacker appears to see one vast rack of vodka and beer bottles collapse and dives for cover under the second, only for this to come down too

The stacker appears to see one vast rack of vodka and beer bottles collapse and dives for cover under the second, only for this to come down too

A spokesman from the emergencies ministry today said in a statement: 'Rescuers rushed to the site. An injured man was found under the rubble, trapped by the metal structures.

'With the help of a hydraulic rescue tool, the man was pulled out and handed over to ambulance workers.

An investigation has been launched into a suspected breach of health and safety rules. The stacker was taken to hospital for treatment.   

The man was pulled from the carnage of twisted metal, broken glass and alcohol fumes in the booze warehouse in Siberia with fractured bones and taken to hospital for treatment

The man was pulled from the carnage of twisted metal, broken glass and alcohol fumes in the booze warehouse in Siberia with fractured bones and taken to hospital for treatment

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The shelves were stacked full of alcohol for distribution to shops and supermarkets in the world's largest and coldest region, Siberia, ahead of Russia's festive season.

A source said boxes of vodka and beer were among those that crashed in the warehouse on Kalinin Street, Krasnoyarsk.

An assessment is being made on the value of lost alcohol. 

The collapsed shelves were stacked full of alcohol for distribution to shops and supermarkets in the world's largest and coldest region, Siberia, ahead of Russia's festive season

The collapsed shelves were stacked full of alcohol for distribution to shops and supermarkets in the world's largest and coldest region, Siberia, ahead of Russia's festive season

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