- The worker got caught in a scrap grinding machine.
- Coworkers’ attempts to rescue the deceased were unsuccessful, as he was found dead upon extrication from the machine.
- No official communication regarding the incidence from Quantum Steel Industry
Scarcely two months after the Ogun State Government closed Quantum Steel Industry in Ogijo, following an explosion that injured seven employees, another worker has tragically lost his life in yet another preventable accident.
Eko Hot Blog gathered that the incident occurred last Monday when a forklift operator, Abayomi, got caught in a scrap grinding machine.
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A source revealed that the machine operator, unaware that it was still powered, asked Abayomi to remove a piece of scrap stuck in it. Upon removing the scrap, the machine reactivated, fatally dragging Abayomi into it.
Coworkers’ attempts to rescue Abayomi were unsuccessful, as he was found dead upon extrication from the machine.
The worker said, “A fellow worker at Quantum Steel Industry was killed by a scrap grinding machine last Monday. He was instructed by the scrap machine operator, who is a foreign national, to enter the machine and remove a scrap that was stuck in it.
“Unfortunately, he did not know that the operator had not switched it off. As soon as he removed the stuck scrap, the machine picked up and rolled him.
“Other workers at the factory tried to rescue him, but when he was brought out, he was already dead.”
Despite attempts to obtain an official statement from Omolola Odutola, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, regarding the fatal factory incident in Ogun, she was unavailable and unresponsive to messages sent to her line at the time of this report’s filing.
Nonetheless, a police officer familiar with the incident, but unauthorized to speak with the press, did confirm the tragic occurrence.
“Yes, it happened,” the police source said.
A representative of Quantum Steel Industry, contacted through the website, declined to provide a statement, claiming they were not in a position to speak with the media.
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