Irwandi, a worker at PT Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park , uploaded a video on the WeChat messaging application about ongoing repairs at the ferrosilicon smelter building.It was a day before Christmas in 2023, but smelters in the building, owned by PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel , ran like clockwork.In the video, workers can be seen doing welding work to fix a furnace. Sparks fly, like a firework.Irwandi’s post showed several oxygen tanks lined up for welding.
A former staff member at the IMIP clinic tells ERC about frequent, often fatal workplace accidents. While employees receive annual medical check-ups, foreign workers who die are cremated, and their ashes are sent home. Videos about accidents at IMIP trigger responses from the company’s cyber team to suppress information.ERC interviewed 52 workers from the four industrial sites on their working conditions.