A 27-year-old employee of a steel company, Yahaya Ibrahim, has been killed by an engine roller after slipping on the machine at the company’s factory along the Sagamu-Ogijo Expressway in Ogun State.
It was gathered that the incident occurred on Sunday at 4:50a.m while Ibrahim was working at the company’s plant.
The Ogun State police command confirmed the incident to newsmen on Sunday.
Ibrahim was operating the engine roller when he suddenly slipped and fell onto the roller.
Efforts by his colleagues to rescue him were unsuccessful, as the roller reportedly crushed him.
Spokesperson for the command, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident and stated 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.
