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Racking/crane system collapse at PepsiCo-owned Lebedyansky juice plant (Russia)
S4 · 25 Apr 2017 · SSI Schaefer · Lebedyan, Lipetsk Oblast, Russia
Record
| Company | SSI Schaefer |
| Industry | Warehouse automation |
| Type(s) | malfunction |
| Date | 25 Apr 2017 (day precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | Lebedyan, Lipetsk Oblast, Russia · Lebedyansky juice plant |
| Severity | (serious injury, total loss, or grounding) |
| Scale | 1 storage facility; 28+ million liters of product lost |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
A storage racking system serviced and maintained by SSI Schaefer collapsed at PepsiCo's Lebedyansky juice facility in Russia, releasing over 28 million liters of juice into the Don River; a Moscow court later found the collapse was caused by uneven loading and rack/crane beams unable to bear the load, and ordered SSI Schaefer to pay insurer Ingosstrakh $42.4 million.
Primary source
Publisher: TASS · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Apr 2017 | Racking/crane system collapse at PepsiCo-owned Lebedyansky juice plant (Russia) | TASS | TASS |
Warehouse automation context
malfunction context
SSI Schaefer industry position
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