gurugram a protest was organised by former workers of spm autocomp pvt ltd manesar outside the deputy commissioners office on monday after the death of a worker suresh on wednesday the protesters alleged that suresh died from heat and excess work adding that such exploitation and absence of safety gear was putting hundreds of workers at riskthe workers claimed that suresh was carrying waste from a furnace for forging or melting iron in a cart the furnace operates at temperatures as high as 200 degrees celsius the heat from the waste as well as the high summer temperature made him faint and he passed away at the factory said akhilesh yadav who was earlier employed with the companyyadav was among more than 50 workers who were fired by the company last year for protests over the death of a worker shatrughan prasad 37 after he got stuck on a conveyer belt none of the workers currently employed with the company joined the protest as they feared they would be fired too said the protestershowever one of the workers with the company on the condition of anonymity told toi that suresh originally from bihar died on the premises of the factory contrary to claims by cops and the management that he died in the hospital one of the senior officials of spm said suresh was not well and threw up around 11am on wednesday we took him to the hospital but he passed away as his lungs was choked with food he added that the protest by the former workers was an attempt to defame the companythe matter was also reported to the manesar police station and investigating officer asi ajit singh told toi suresh was not well for days and still reported to work where he threw up he later passed away in the hospitalthe protesters however refuted the claims alleging there were no safety measures against the harsh conditions in the factory forget safety measures and gear workers do not even get cold water to drink in the summer said dheeraj singh another exworker since april last year this is the third case of a worker passing away at spm labour rights activists shyamvir said such incidents are increasing but there has been no change in the approach of the management or the government workers who raise their voice are silenced either by firing them or by threats