SAFE in India (SII)’s sixth annual report, “CRUSHED 2024”, breaks new ground. For the first time, injured auto sector workers themselves carried out research for the report. Shramik Saathis or worker volunteers were trained in participatory research methods by SII and its partner, Praxis.
They used tools like factory resource mapping, body mapping and daily schedule mapping for an entire year. Through community or factory meetings, group discussions and individual-level interactions, the workers collated their major findings on worker safety concerns, key causes of compromised workplace environments and made important recommendations to the government, factory owners and managements.