BREAKING: Factory worker killed by engine roller in Ogun
An employee of a steel company, Yahaya Ibrahim, was killed by an engine roller after slipping on the machine at the company’s factory along the Sagamu-Ogijo Expressway in Ogun State.
The incident occurred on Sunday at 4:50 am while the deceased was working at the company’s plant.
Ibrahim was operating the engine roller when he suddenly slipped and fell onto the roller in the early hours of Sunday.
Efforts by other staff members to rescue the victim were unsuccessful, as the roller reportedly crushed him to death.
Spokesperson for the command, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident, stating that the deceased’s body had been taken to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital morgue.
“Our men on traffic inspection visited the scene when we received a distress call. It was an industrial accident. The body has been deposited at the OOUTH morgue in Sagamu,” Odutola stated.
