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One killed, two missing in latest work-related accident at IMIP
The Saturday incident occurred just a month after an employee of PT Ocean Sky Metal Industry (OSMI), one of IMIP’s tenants, was killed after being buried by 150 kilograms of mining material.
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The facilities of PT Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP), one of the biggest nickel producers in North Konawe, Central Sulawesi, are pictured on May 14, 2023. At least 13 people were killed and 38 injured in eastern Indonesia on Dec. 24, 2023, in an explosion at a Chinese-funded nickel-processing plant owned by PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel (ITSS) in the Morowali Industrial Park, the owner of the industrial park that hosts the facility said. (AFP/Riza Salman)
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ne person is dead and two others are missing after a landslide struck the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) in Central Sulawesi over the weekend, the latest in a series of fatal work-related accidents at the sprawling nickel processing hub.
The incident occurred shortly after midnight on Saturday, when four hours of torrential rain triggered a landslide at one of the Tailings Storage Facilities (TSF) in the industrial park, burying four excavator operators.
Tailings are the residual materials left after extracting the target mineral from ore. They often consist of crushed rock, water, trace amounts of metals such as copper, mercury, cadmium and zinc, as well as processing additives such as petroleum byproducts, sulfuric acid and cyanide.
One operator was rescued shortly after the incident, while another was found dead on Sunday at around 6:30 p.m.
“We have mobilized hundreds of rescue personnel and heavy equipment to locate the remaining victims,” said IMIP spokesperson Dedy Kurniawan on Monday, as quoted by Kompas.
Dedy added that all the victims were employees of the local contractor, PT Morowali Investasi Konstruksi Indonesia.
The Saturday incident occurred just a month after an employee of PT Ocean Sky Metal Industry (OSMI), one of IMIP’s tenants, was killed after being buried by 150 kilograms of mining material.
