Riau Manpower And Transmigration Office Investigate Cases Of Dead Workers Infiltrated Palm Oil In Inhu

PEKANBARU - Head of the Manpower and Transmigration Office (Disnakertrans) Riau Imron Rosyadi summoned the head of the company PT Persada Agro Sawit (PAS) in Indragiri Hulu (Inhu) to collect information to investigate cases of the death of workers who were splashed with palm oil.

"To follow up on cases of workers who were splashed with palm oil in Inhu, the company needs to be summoned immediately for questioning regarding the cause of one worker's death," said Head of the Riau Manpower and Transmigration Office, Imron Rosyadi, as reported by ANTARA, Monday, August 21.

He said there were two victims of palm oil cooking at PT PAS, one of whom, M Firmansyah Panjaitan, died after being treated at the Syafira Hospital in Pekanbaru, Riau.

The victim who died earlier on Wednesday (16/8) was splashed with boiled water from the company's palm oil bunch having its address at Pematang Jaya Village, Rengat Barat District, Inhu.

As a result of being exposed to the hot water, the body parts such as the arms, neck and body of the victim were running up to 54 percent.

Imron said the summons for the company leadership of PT PAS had been sent Monday (21/8) while the summons had been submitted to the supervisory sector.

"For technical summons, we submit it to the supervisory sector, we want to ask for information regarding whether the implementation of K3 is appropriate or not. We also ask for information from the main witness to the incident who at that time was with the victim, namely Robbi Ramansyah. Robbi is still being treated for it needs to schedule a summons," he said.

Based on the information from the Riau Manpower Office team who had gone to the company, on Wednesday (16/8) 2023 at 03.10 WIB there was a work accident in the PKS Process Department where the victim worked.

The victims were Robbi Rahmansyah and M Firmansyah Panjaitan. Robbi is opening the top door of sterilizer number 01, with the sterilizer position still under pressure of around 0.7 bars and when the door opens suddenly the oil or hot vapor from the sterilizer overflows. Then hit Robbi and Firmansyah Panjaitan.

It's just that Firmansyah's position at the back of the stelizer 1 door caused steam/hot oil to fall and result in a 54 percent burns injury. Meanwhile, Robbi, who opened the door, suffered a 12 percent burns.