Prevent Work Accidents, Minister Of Industry Asks ITSS To Tighten K3

Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita. BETWEEN/HO-Kemenperin.

JAKARTA - PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel (ITSS), the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) area was asked by the Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita to ensure the implementation of standard work safety and health operations (K3) in order to prevent another accident. "We invite all related parties to make work safety and health a top priority in industrial activities, as a real step to reduce work accidents in the future," he said in a statement received in Jakarta, reported by ANTARA, Saturday, June 15. He said, related to the work accident incident that occurred in the company on June 13, 2024, which made two people have to undergo treatment, his party has asked for clarification from PT IMIP, but the company cannot attend because it is conducting an investigation. According to him, his party will coordinate with the management of PT ITSS and PT IMIP to ensure compliance with applicable work safety and health regulations. This step is taken to enforce the right standards in the smelter industry.. "If necessary, the Ministry of Industry will conduct inspections to the location," he said.

Furthermore, he said, the ITSS company is recommended to make several essential improvements to improve operational safety, including the preparation of risk maps with appropriate mitigation measures, ensuring improvement implementation in accordance with procedures that have a tiered responsibility structure, as well as carrying out periodic calibrations of temperature and electric current measurements. Previously, the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) stated that there was no smelter furnace explosion in the PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel (ITSS) area which resulted in two employees being injured. "Once again we emphasize that it happened not because of an explosion, but rather a hot vapor flare when employees were cleaning up the steel crust on the factory floor," said PT IMIP Media Relations Manager Dedy Kurniawan, Friday. (14/6).

He said after being exposed to ferronickel hot steam on Thursday (13/6) at around 22.00 WITA, the two victims were immediately rushed to an IMIP clinic for medical treatment and then referred to Bungku Hospital, Morowali, Central Sulawesi.