A 27-year-old employee at KAM Steel Integrated Company, Yahaya Ibrahim, died after slipping on an engine roller at the factory located on the Sagamu-Ogijo Expressway in Ogun State.
The incident took place early Sunday morning at 4:50 am while Ibrahim was working at the plant. The Ogun State Police Command confirmed the event in a phone interview on Sunday.
Reports indicate that Ibrahim was operating the engine roller when he suddenly slipped and was caught by the machine. Despite efforts by other workers to save him, the roller fatally injured him.
Omolola Odutola, the police spokesperson, confirmed that the body had been transported to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital morgue. Odutola mentioned that officers arrived at the scene after receiving a distress call, describing it as an industrial accident.
Attempts to contact the company for comments were unsuccessful, as the phone number provided on their website went unanswered on Sunday.
In a similar incident, PUNCH Online previously reported that a 25-year-old construction worker died after falling from a building at a site in Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos State. The worker fell while removing lintel wood from the construction site.
