Investigate The Exploding Of The ITSS Smelter Tungku, Central Sulawesi Police Forms A Joint Team

JAKARTA - The aftermath of the work accident that occurred at PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel (ITSS) on Sunday morning, December 24, the Central Sulawesi Regional Police (Polda) formed a joint team to carry out an investigation. Central Sulawesi Police Chief Inspector General Pol. Agus Nugroho together with Danrem 132/Tadulako Police Brigadier General Dodi Triwinarto flew to Morowali Regency, Sunday, to directly check the location of the work accident at PT. ITSS, which is located in the PT Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) area. "For the investigation of this incident, we have made a joint team consist of Central Sulawesi Police investigators together with the Morowali Police with the back-up team of investigators at Bareskrim Polri, the Biddokkes Team and the Inafis team from the Makassar Forensic Laboratory and the Police Headquarters," Agus said, quoting Antara. The police chief revealed, as reported information, the work accident of PT ITSS occurred at 05.30 WITA in the morning, precisely in the 2nd and 3rd floors buildings. He said the incident began when the technical team from PT ITSS would make improvements to one of the feronito furnaces on the 2nd floor. "However, when the technical team carried out the demolition of the furnace in question, there was an explosion accompanied by a burst of fire that resulted in the fire from the PT ITSS building," he said. The accident object, Agus said, as many as many as 59 PT ITSS employees became victims became victims were victims, namely 13 victims died were still in the observation stage of the Foreign Workers (TKA) and nine victims from the Indonesian Manpower (TKI). As many as 29 victims suffered serious injuries, 12 victims suffered moderate injuries, as well as five victims suffered minor injuries. As well as five victims reported for victims who died, they were still at the PT IMIP area clinic, while for 29 seriously injured victims have been addressed and handled by the Morowali Hospital. Meanwhile, 12 injured are still in the observation stage at the PT IMIP area and five lightly injured victims have been discharged. "Based on the results of monitoring in the field along with

However, he explained that his party had taken anticipatory steps, by securing the crime scene (TKP).