Ogun: Engine roller crushes steel company worker to death

A 27-year-old employee of KAM Steel Integrated Company, Yahaya Ibrahim, was crushed to death by an engine roller at the company’s factory along the Sagamu-Ogijo Expressway in Ogun State.

The incident occurred at 4:50 am on Sunday, July 7, 2024, when the deceased slipped and fell on the machine while working at the company’s plant.

It was gathered that efforts by other staff members to rescue the victim were unsuccessful, as the roller crushed him to death.

The spokesperson of the State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the incident on Sunday 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.