Factory Worker Dies after Machine Smashed His Head in Ogun

                         

A worker of Wempco Steel Mill Company, Magboro, Ogun State, Samuel Ogunkoya, , has been died after one of the pipes affixed to the company’s ‘actrus pumping machine’ fell and smashed his head. It was learnt that the vehicle, which housed the machine, had developed a mechanical fault about a month before the incident. Some workers were said to have reported the fault, but the management allegedly told them to "manage it like that."

The vehicle was eventually taken to a mechanic’s shop on Friday for repair and was returned to the company on Monday by the mechanic. The machine was being used to mold concrete bricks when one of the steel pipes of the machine fell and landed on Ogunkoya’s head.

The deceased, who hailed from the Ijebu-Igbo area of the state, wanted to pick the charger for the remote control of the vehicle when the pipe smashed his head. He was said to have been rushed to a hospital in the community, where he was referred to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja. He was reportedly confirmed ‘Dead on Arrival.’