The 20 year old male employee of Delta Agro Limited a soap making company based in Tema who was reportedly crushed this morning by a machine he was operating, is said to be in critical condition at the Police Hospital in Accra.
The man was said to have attempted to remove a foreign material that had mixed with a soap being processed, but the machine pulled him into the mixture crushing his left arm.
Tema Community 1 Police Commander, Superintendent Kwaku Buah has however dismissed earlier reports that the man (name withheld) had been crushed to death.
Superintendent Buah says the Police are in discussions with the management of the company to ascertain the cause of this unfortunate accident.
Meanwhile workers of the company who witnessed the incident gave contrasting information.
Reporters from Adom Fm were prevented entry in to the factory while the workers claimed that it took the police over an hour to get to scene of the accident.
Interestingly, Adom News got in touch with the girl friend of the victim. She believed her lover did not survive the incident.
The Production Manager of Delta Agro Limited, Fahed Sabra says the accident was as a result of the victims negligent and refusal to obey safety instructions in handling the mixture machine.
He states that the company will reach the family of the victim to pay the necessary compensation and insurance due to them.
Francis Henaku/Adom News/Ghana
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